Harry Fidler

Harry Fidler (1856–1935) was a British painter known for including farm animals and especially horses in his impressionistic paintings, typically using heavy impasto.

Herkomer boasted of the wide variety of styles of his students who were encouraged to paint from life and ignore intellectual art theories.

He and his wife visited the Art Society in St Ives, Fidler painted there and they may have been members.

[1][4] Fidler frequently included farm animals and especially working horses in his paintings with a heavy style.

[3] He frequently used poor quality canvas and inadequate ground which means that his work can require early restoration.