Martin Hardie (artist)

Martin Hardie (1875-1952) was painter, printmaker, writer and museum curator.

[1] Born in London, Hardie was an expert on watercolours, and painted many himself.

[2] In 1921 Hardie was appointed Keeper of the Department of Prints and Drawings at the Victoria & Albert Museum,[3] a position he kept until his retirement in 1935.

[1] James Laver, who worked under him, described him as 'the most considerate of chiefs, the most helpful of guides, the most delightful of friends' and said 'his is a refined and delicate talent founded upon good draftsmanship and an exquisite sense of atmosphere'.

In July 1925 he exhibited 6 works in the Fifth Annual Exhibition of the Australian Painter-Etchers’ Society, held at Art Gallery, Education Department, Sydney, NSW., (Catalogue of the Fifth Annual Exhibition of the Australian Painter-Etchers' Society, July 1925)