Harold Septimus Power (1877 - 1951)

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Harold Septimus Power

Harold Septimus Power, usually known as H. Septimus Power or H. S. Power, was a New Zealand-born Australian artist, who was an official war artist for Australia in World War I. He exhibited in 1899 with the Melbourne Art Club and soon after moved to Adelaide where he worked as an illustrator and political cartoonist. In 1904, he was commissioned by the trustees of the Art Gallery of South Australia to paint an animal scene. He was a member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and the Society of Animal Painters. He also exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts. After war broke out in the summer of 1914, the Australian government appointed official war artists to depict the activities of the Australian Imperial Force in the European theater of war. Power was appointed in 1917 and was attached to the 1st Division, A.I.F. from September to December of that year and then again in August the following year. Official War Artist during the First World War and was renowned for his depiction of animals, in particular horses, on the field of battle. 

Wikipedia

Date and place of birt:31 december 1877, Dunedin, New Zealand
Date and place of death:3 january 1951, Melbourne, Australia
Nationality:Australia, New Zealand
Period of activity: XIX, XX century
Specialization:Animalist, Artist, Batalist, Cartoonist, Genre painter, Illustrator, Landscape painter, Painter, Portraitist
Genre:Animalistic, Caricature, Flower still life, Genre art, History painting, Military art, Landscape painting, Portrait, Rural landscape, Still life
Art style:Realism
Technique:Oil, Oil on canvas, Watercolor

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