Henry Mark Anthony

Henry Mark Anthony (4 August 1817 – 1 December 1886) was an English landscape artist, often favourably compared to John Constable by critics.

He exhibited at many major art institutions and travelled widely, being credited with introducing the en plein air style of painting to Britain.

Thus he studied at The Hague, in Paris, at the Académie des Beaux-Arts with Paul Delaroche, Ary Scheffer, and Horace Vernet, and in Fontainebleau in 1837, where he was influenced by the Barbizon school, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, and Jules Dupré.

Anthony was among the first British artists to introduce the French style of plein-air landscape painting to London.

However, new developments in British art after 1860, and his failure to be elected to the Royal Academy, led to a solitary later career.

William Michael Rossetti praised his landscapes in 'The Spectator' and 'Critic' and later wrote: "The works which Anthony produced between some such dates as 1847 and 1857, were certainly very remarkable, and stood out saliently from the throng.

Dante Gabriel Rossetti helped to secure Anthony the patronage of the important Newcastle collector James Leathart in the 1860s.