George Hillyard SWINSTEAD
Mentioned in Whybrow's 1883-1900 list of artists in and around St Ives. He was the brother of Frank Hillyard SWINSTEAD, and one of the three artist sons of Charles SWINSTEAD. He studied (1881) at the RA schools and his sending in address for his active exhibition career was London. From 1906 until his death, he exhibited Polperro scenes with some regularity.
media
Genre, portrait, landscape and coastal painter.
works and access
Pilchard Boats, Polperro; Crab Boats, Polperro; After Rain - Polperro Harbour (1924); Evening Light, Polperro (1925); The Sunlit Path, Polperro (1924);
exhibitions
B 28, D 11, GI 8, L 27, RA 48, RBA 157, RCA 116, RI 77
memberships
RBA (1893), RI (1907)
misc further info
Three artist brothers, Alfred Hillyard (coastal and teacher and figure painter, Frank H SWINSTEAD (entry), and George H Swinstead (as above).
Thanks to Tony Copsey of Suffolk Artists for corrections sent.
references
Hardie (2009) Artists in Newlyn and West Cornwall
Johnson & Greutzner (2008) British Artists 1880-1940
Tovey, David (2021) Polperro - Cornwall's Forgotten Art Centre - Volumes One & Two, Wilson Books
Whybrow (1994) St Ives;