Harold "Harry" Sutton Palmer (28 December 1854 – 8 May 1933) was an English

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landscape painter and illustrator.

Life and work

Sutton Palmer was born in

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, England, and studied at the

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for two years, winning a gold medal for his work. He exhibited in London - at the

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(RA) from 1870,

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and Dowdeswell galleries - and in

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. He was a member of the

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(RBA) from 1892 and

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(RI) from 1920. He illustrated several travel books for the publisher

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(see below), as well as

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s for A & C Black and Salmon. Sutton Palmer specialised in idyllic rustic landscapes painted in

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. He lived in London but painted widely in England (e.g. Surrey, Berkshire, Devon, The

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, Yorkshire) and Scotland. His works can now be found in art galleries such as the

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Art Gallery and

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, Luton, and also in private collections. Sutton Palmer married Maud Moore in 1889 at San Jose, California. He resided in California for short periods, and painted a series of California scenes.

Illustrated books

* Bradley, A. G.
The rivers & streams of England
' (London, A. and C. Black, 1909) * Moncrieff, A. R. H.
Bonnie Scotland
' (London A. & C. Black, 1912). 1st edition, 1904. * Austin, Mary Hunter.
California : the land of the sun
' (London : A. and C. Black, 1914). *Mitton, G. E. ''Buckinghamshire and Berkshire'' (A & C Black, 1920) *Moncrieff, A. R. H.
Surrey
' (London A. & C. Black, 1922). *Sutton Palmer, H. ''Devon: Water colours'' (A & C Black, 1951). *Sutton Palmer "Surrey Water-Colours" (A & C Black, 1915) Black's Water-Colour Series.

Notes and references

External links

* *
Sutton Palmer
(Biog. at victorianartgallery.co.uk)
Sutton Palmer
(Biog at bentonfineart.com)
Sutton Palmer exhibition catalogs
{{DEFAULTSORT:Palmer, Harold Sutton 19th-century English painters English male painters 20th-century English painters English illustrators English landscape painters English watercolourists Artists from Plymouth, Devon 1933 deaths 1854 births 20th-century English male artists 19th-century English male artists