Harry Fidler

Harry Fidler (1856–1935) was a British painter known for including farm animals and especially horses in his impressionistic paintings, typically using heavy impasto. He married Laura Clunas (d. 1936), who was an artist with a similar style.

Life

Fidler was born to a farming career in Wiltshire in 1856, He did not train as an artist until his early thirties. He was the ninth of ten children His students included William Nicholson and Lucy Kemp-Welch. "Clearing the Potato Field" at the Potteries Museum & Art GalleryOn a second visit to Bushey in 1898, Fidler met and married Laura Clunas. (according to another source they did not marry until 1918).

Fidler frequently included farm animals and especially working horses in his paintings with a heavy style.

Fidler died at Stoke near Andover in 1935. He has paintings in several public collections including Derby Museum, the Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Watford Museum, the Smith Art Gallery at Brighouse and the Grundy Art Gallery in Blackpool. Harry and his wife Laura have paintings at Cartwright Hall, the art gallery in Bradford.