William Lee HANKEY

William Lee HANKEY
1869
1952

William Lee Hankey was born in Chester. He studied at the Royal Academy of Art in London and then in Paris, where he became influenced by Jules Bastien-Lepage. He lived in France in the early 1900s. A member of the Newlyn School, he is best known for his portraits of pastoral life. From 1893 he was an exhibitor at the Royal Academy.

media

Painter in oils and watercolour

works and access

Peasant Life oil on canvas (1914)