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John Horace Hooper was a nineteenth-century British landscape painter, born in Manchester, who died in 1906. He spent most of his career in the London area. Working primarily in oils, he depicted rural scenery and river landscapes, particularly along the Thames. His Royal Academy exhibits included views of Mapledurham, Pangbourne and Sonning, places that recur within his exploration of the English countryside and its waterways.
Water, trees and changing light provide the main structure of his compositions. Small figures, including fishermen and agricultural workers, establish a sense of scale within the landscape. His paintings belong to the Victorian landscape tradition, with its interest in atmosphere and seasonal change. Works preserved in British public collections and catalogued by Art UK document this sustained concentration on countryside and rivers.
This profile brings together identity references for John Horace Hooper and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
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Oil on canvas
"Mapledurham Mill, Oxon".
Öl auf Lwd.
Date to be documented
Published result : 2200 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 4000
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