Archibald Standish Hartrick

Archibald Standish Hartrick OBE RWS (7 August 1864 – 1 February 1950) was a Scottish painter known for the quality of his lithographic work.

His father died shortly afterwards and in due course his mother married Charles Blatherwick, a doctor and keen amateur watercolourist who had been involved in the establishment of the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour.

The couple settled in Tresham in Gloucestershire, from where they both pursued their artistic careers; they both had works shown at the Continental Gallery in 1901.

[14] Eventually, Hartrick had over 200 works shown at the Royal Watercolour Society and he also exhibited at the Venice Biennale on three occasions.

[16] A series of his works showing rural characters, entitled Cotswold Types was acquired by the British Museum.

In 1940, he was the first artist commissioned to record the work of the Women's Land Army, the same subject he had covered in World War 1.

Woman's Work:On the Railway - Engine and Carriage Cleaners (c. 1917) (Art.IWM ART 161764)
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