Hector Caffieri
Hector Caffieri was a fine British watercolourist, born in Cheltenham Gloucestershire, England in 1847.
Caffieri had marvelous tutors having trained in Paris under Léon Bonnat, (1833-1922 ) and Jules-Joseph Lefebvre (1836-1911) both great exponents of genre painting and both traditional academicians.
Academic Art is simply characterized by its highly finished style, typical of of the work of Léon Bonnat and Jules-Joseph and often, its use of historical or mythological subject matter and its moralistic tone.
Caffieri worked and lived in London in 1880. He later moved to Cookham Berkshire and then to France in 1903, living for some time in Boulogne-Sur-Mer on the northern coast, which perhaps explains his great interest in coastal scenes.
He was a masterful watercolourist, painting fishing scenes, English and French ports, flowers, landscapes and on some occasions, sporting subjects.
Caffieri was a member of the New Water Colour Society which later became the Royal. He died in January 1932.
Artist Exhibitions
Caffieri had exhibited widely:
At the Royal Academy from 1875 to 1901 -some 38 works:
The Salon de la Société des Artistes Français 1892-3 with 'Attente' and Départ des Batteaux de Boulogne.
Royal Society of British Artists - 58
Royal Society of Portrait Painters 1
Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colour - 148
Royal Institute of Oil Painters - 17
Royal Scottish Academy - 1
Royal Society of Painters in Water Colour - 2
Royal Society of Artists Birmingham - 25
Agnew and Sons - 3
Dudley Gallery - 6
Grosvenor Gallery - 2
Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts - 24
Walker Art Gallery Liverpool - 26
Manchester City Art Gallery - 15
New Gallery - 1
Museums and Collections:
Capetown, Sunderland, Sydney, Warrington.
Royal Collection.