Henry John Stock (1853 - 1930)

Henry John Stock

Henry John Stock was a British Pre-Raphaelite painter and representative of the English Romantic tradition.

Henry was nearly blind as a child, but gained his sight when he went to live at Beaulieu in the New Forest. Fully recovered, he attended St. Martin's School of Art and the Royal Academy schools. And apparently the trials of his childhood played a role in the artist's outlook. Stock enjoyed success as a secular portraitist, but his main area of interest has always been fantasy, religious and mythological subjects.