Charles Napier Hemy (

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, 24 May 1841 – 30 September 1917, Falmouth) was a British genre and marine painter. He was born to a musical family in

, and trained in the Government School of Design, Newcastle, followed by the

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and the studio of Baron Leys. Hemy returned to London in the 1870s, and in 1881 moved to the coastal town of Falmouth in Cornwall. He produced painted figure- and landscapes, but his best-known works are ''Pilchards'' (1897) and ''London River'' (1904) which are in the Tate collections.

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painted a portrait (now in the

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collection) of Hemy when visiting Hemy's Falmouth home, 'Churchfield', in 1905. The visit highlighted the importance of the circle of artists that surrounded the great marine artist in the town. Hemy was elected an Associate of the

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in 1898 and an

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in 1910. He was also honoured as an Associate of the

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in 1890, and became a full member in 1897. He died in Falmouth on 30 September 1917. His younger brothers Bernard Benedict Hemy (1845–1913) and Thomas Madawaska Hemy (1852–1937) were also painters, though did not match his success.Greg, Andrew, "Hemy, Charles Napier". Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online.

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. Web. 11 Jul. 2015.

References

External links

* Tate Collectio
Three Hemy pictures illustrated, with notes.

Exhibition at Falmouth Art Gallery "Hemy and friends" 24 November 2012 to 2 February 2013
* The Falmouth Art Gallery website
illustrates nine of Hemy's works
* Bob Speel's website ha

* Cornwall Artists Index wa
more biographical information
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hemy, Charles Napier 1841 births 1917 deaths 19th-century English painters 20th-century English painters Artists from Newcastle upon Tyne English male painters British landscape artists Royal Academicians Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Antwerp) alumni 19th-century English male artists 20th-century English male artists