Harry Epworth Allen (1894–1958) was a painter, notably in tempera, especially of Derbyshire. Born in Sheffield, Allen attended King Edward VII School for boys, then became a clerk in the steel works of Arthur Balfour, in his spare time attending Sheffield Technical School of Art. Served in the Army in World War I, gaining the Military Medal for conspicuous gallantry. Although badly injured and having an artificial leg Allen continued to paint and became Balfour’s confidential secretary until the slump made Allen redundant in 1931. He now painted full-time and joined the new Yorkshire Group of Artists. Began exhibiting RA. Also showed with RSBA and PS. Although Allen’s early work is conventionally realistic he soon developed his distinctive style of simplified landscape and figure studies, which eventually were shown abroad in Canada and America.
In the early 1940s Allen published a series of articles in The Artist on landscape painting in which he expounded his approach. His work is in a number of provincial galleries, notably Sheffield, Wakefield, Newcastle upon Tyne, and Newport, as well as in Australia and New Zealand. Memorial show at Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, in 1959, which in 1986 held an exhibition of his decorative works, and tour. He lived in Ecclesall, Sheffield.
This is part 1 of a 2-part post on the works of Harry Epworth Allen:
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| 1930s Sheepdog Trials tempera on canvas 47 x 61 cm Buxton Museum & Art Gallery, Derbyshire |
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| c1933-34 A Derbyshire Farmstead tempera on paper 36.5 x 50 cm The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent |
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| 1934 The Wall of Death pencil & tempera on paper 35.6 x 51.1 cm |
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| by 1934 The Caravan tempera on board 36.5 x 50 cm Homerton College, University of Cambridge |
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| by 1934 Derbyshire Hills watercolour 27 x 37 cm |
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| c1936 Eyam, Derbyshire pencil & tempera on paper 35.2 x 51.2 cm Laing Art Gallery, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle Upon Tyne |
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| 1936 The Wall of Death gouache & watercolour over pencil 21.5 x 16.5 cm |
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| 1936 Portrait of a Lady tempera on panel 51 x 40.8 cm The Hepworth Wakefield |
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| by 1937 An Archill Landscape colour lithograph, after a tempera painting by Allen 41.2 x 53.3 cm |
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| 1940 Summer tempera on canvas 50.4 x60.8 cm Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, Wales |
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| 1945 Valle Crucis Abbey, Llangollan, Wales gouache 29 x 38 cm |
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| by 1945 The Road to the Hills tempera on board 45.7 x 61 cm Derby Museum and Art Gallery |
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| 1947 Evening Achill Island, Ireland tempera on pulpboard 45.5 x 53 cm |
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| 1949 The Derelict Farm tempera on board 48.3 x 59.7 cm Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston |
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| c1950 A Derbyshire Landscape tempera on board 50 x 61 cm |
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| by 1954 Burning Limestone tempera on paper 46.5 x 58.3 cm Newport Museum and Art Gallery, Newport |
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| by 1955 Derbyshire Walls tempera on canvas 47.5 x 58 cm Sheffield Museums |
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| c1959 Industrial Landscape, Hope Valley, Derbyshire tempera on paper 63.1 x 76.7 cm Buxton Museum & Art Gallery, Derbyshire |
Note: Dates were not found for the remainder of works in this series.
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| A Welsh Bridge tempera on board 35 x 47 cm |
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| A Rural Landscape mixed media 19 x 27 cm |
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| A Lane near Clifden watercolour 20.3 x 30.4 cm |
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| A Farmstead bodycolour 31.7 x 38.6 cm |
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| A Connemara Cottage with Figures pastel 26 x 37 cm |
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| Ashopton Packhorse Bridge tempera 47 x 59 cm |
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| Ballindooly, County Galway tempera on card 22 x 26 cm |
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| Barn Interior in Derbyshire coloured chalks 35 x 49 cm |
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| Burning Limestone woodcut 17.7 x 25.4 cm |
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| Cart shed with Farm Buildings pencil and watercolour 24 x 33 cm |
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| Carpenter's Cottage, Cordwell Valley woodcut 17.7 x 25.4 cm |
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| Clouds over Achill tempera and gesso on panel 35 x 50 cm |
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| Connemara Village pencil on paper with watercolour wash 20.2 x 25.5 cm |
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| Connemara Landscape pastel 27 x 37 cm |
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| Connemara Cottages tempera 24 x 37 cm |
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| Connemara Cottages pastel 26 x 37 cm |
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| Conisborough Castle oil on board 41.9 x 57.2 cm |
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| Coverack watercolour 16 x 20 cm |
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| Cottages in Keel, Achill Isand tempera on board 36 x 51 cm |
