Harold Gilman. Harold John Wilde Gilman was a British painter of interiors, portraits and landscapes, and a founder-member of the Camden Town Group.
Though born in Rode, Somerset, Gilman spent his early years at Snargate Rectory, in the Romney Marshes in Kent, where his father was the Rector. He was educated in Kent, Abingdon School in Berkshire, from 1885 to 1890, in Rochester and at Tonbridge School, and for one year at Brasenose College in Oxford University.
Although he developed an interest in art during a childhood convalescence period, Gilman did not begin his artistic training until after his non-collegiate year at Oxford University and after working in the Ukraine as a tutor to a British family in Odessa. In 1896 he entered the Hastings School of Art to study painting, but in 1897 transferred to the Slade School of Fine Art in London, where he remained from 1897 to 1901, and where he met Spencer Gore.
In 1904 he went to Spain and spent over a year studying Spanish masters. Velázquez and Goya as well as Whistler were major early influences.
At this time he met and married the American painter Grace Cornelia Canedy. The couple settled in London. They had two daughters and one son David born on 20 September 1908, at Letchworth Garden City in Hertfordshire. The family address at this time was 15 Westholm Green, Letchworth. Harold Gilman was married, for the second time, in the late summer
Though born in Rode, Somerset, Gilman spent his early years at Snargate Rectory, in the Romney Marshes in Kent, where his father was the Rector. He was educated in Kent, Abingdon School in Berkshire, from 1885 to 1890, in Rochester and at Tonbridge School, and for one year at Brasenose College in Oxford University.
Although he developed an interest in art during a childhood convalescence period, Gilman did not begin his artistic training until after his non-collegiate year at Oxford University and after working in the Ukraine as a tutor to a British family in Odessa. In 1896 he entered the Hastings School of Art to study painting, but in 1897 transferred to the Slade School of Fine Art in London, where he remained from 1897 to 1901, and where he met Spencer Gore.
In 1904 he went to Spain and spent over a year studying Spanish masters. Velázquez and Goya as well as Whistler were major early influences.
At this time he met and married the American painter Grace Cornelia Canedy. The couple settled in London. They had two daughters and one son David born on 20 September 1908, at Letchworth Garden City in Hertfordshire. The family address at this time was 15 Westholm Green, Letchworth. Harold Gilman was married, for the second time, in the late summer
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