Ernest Procter

Ernest Procter (22 March 1885–21 October 1935) was an English designer, illustrator and painter, and husband of British artist Dod Procter. He was actively involved with the Newlyn School, partner of the Harvey-Procter School and an instructor at the Glasgow School of Art.

Personal life and education Ernest Procter was born into a Quaker family in Tynemouth, Northumberland. His father Henry Richardson Procter was an eminent scientist and a Leeds University professor who specialised in leather chemistry. He was also a Fellow of the Royal Society. Edward painted his father's portrait.

Procter, like his father, attended school first in York at the Quaker Bootham School. From 1907 to 1910 he was a student of Stanhope Forbes at the Forbes' School of Painting in Newlyn, Cornwall. He contributed to the school's publication, The Paper Chase in 1908 and 1909, was an assistant to Stanhope and Elizabeth Forbes, and was a successful, well-respected student. They had a son together named Bill and stayed in Paris until 1918.

Career After the war Dod and Ernest Procter returned to Newlyn, where Ernest was a member of the Newlyn Society of Artists. In 1920 Ernest and Harold Harvey established the Harvey-Procter School. Aphrodite Helston Flora Dance, 1926 Spring Hawthorn Those Who Dare Sir Thomas Beecham Conducting A Mass of Life at the Queen's Hall, 1929 Reredos of the Altar of the Dead for the St Hilary Church Nissen Huts, St Omer, chalk and gouache, Imperial War Museum, Gift of the British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem, 1920 The Interior of a Garage, Boulogne, pastel drawing, Imperial War Museum, Gift of the British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem, 1920 The Interior of the BRCS and Order of St John Garage, Boulogne, pastel drawing, Imperial War Museum, Gift of the British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem, 1920

Book illustrations and other works Crowns Mine, Botallack, pencil drawing. Penlee House Gallery and Museum. In Newlyn (untitled). Penlee House Gallery and Museum. No Breakfast for Growler, 1901, book illustrations. Penlee House Gallery and Museum. Young Witches at Play in the Night Sky, pastel drawing. Penlee House Gallery and Museum.

Museums and galleries His works are part of collections at the Imperial War Museum, Tate, Leeds, Newcastle, Penlee House Gallery and Museum, and Worthing / Adelaide.

Memberships He was a member or affiliated to the following organisations:

Associate of the Royal Academy (ARA), from 1932 International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Engravers (IS), from 1925 New English Art Club (NEAC), from 1929

Newlyn Art Gallery (NAG), also called the Passmore Edwards Art Gallery, Newlyn, Cornwall Newlyn Society of Artists (NSA), Newlyn, Cornwall – member from 1924 to 34, trustee 1928 to 34

Exhibitions

Procter's work was exhibited: 1904 +: Newlyn Art Gallery (NAG) – starting 1904, first sale 1909 1913: Fine Art Gallery 1916 +: International Society Leicester Galleries Royal Academy (49) Leicester Galleries (99)

Memorial exhibitions in 1936: Leicester Galleries Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle

Posthumous: 1985: Painting in Newlyn 1900-1930, Newlyn Art Gallery (NAG) & Barbican Art Gallery 1987: Looking West, Paintings inspired by Cornwall 1989: A Century of Art in Cornwall, CCC centenary, Truro 1990: Dod Procter RA and Ernest Procter ARA, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle 1992: Royal West of England Academy, Bristol: Artists from Cornwall

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