Charles harmony harrison biography
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Acclaimed Norfolk watercolourist Charles Harmony Harrison was born in a deprived area of Yarmouth.
Charles Harmony Harrison (1842-1902)
Acclaimed Norfolk watercolourist Charles Harmony Harrison was born in a deprived area of Yarmouth. From a young age he developed a love of nature and he used to make sketches during childhood day-trips around the Broads.
He became an apprentice at a sign-writer's , which gave him his first lessons in colour mixing and paint he studied at the Norwich School of Artists in his spare time and was especially inspired by the works of Crome and Cotman.
Towards the end of ten years of military service, he was gifted a box of watercolour paints, which motivated him to return to art.
He discovered that the medium of watercolour painting was perfectly suited to him and quickly gained notoriety .
He moved to London following the death of his first wife, but grew to hate the city, returning to his native Norfolk within a year.
He formed a close friendship with fellow artist Stephen Batchelder and together they explored the Broads by rowing boat. The pair
