Harold Piffard
ARTISTHarold Hume Piffard was a British artist, illustrator, and one of the first British aviators. He studied art at the Royal Academy Schools in London, exhibiting his first painting at the Royal Academy in 1895. He painted a wide variety of subjects in oils and watercolour, including history paintings. At the same time he worked as an illustrator, both for periodicals such as The Strand Magazine and The Illustrated London News, and illustrating novels. From 1907 he became interested in aviation, and began flying in 1909 in an aircraft he built himself. He made his first flights in West London near his Chiswick home; in 1910 he flew at Shoreham-by-Sea, near his old school, Lancing College.
moreBiography adapted from Wikipedia: Harold H. Piffard (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Harold Piffard, wall art & digital downloads
Shop 2 artworks by Harold Piffard (British, 1867–1939) — every piece is public domain and can be printed as canvas, rolled canvas, framed canvas or a framed print.
Harold Hume Piffard was a British artist, illustrator, and one of the first British aviators. He studied art at the Royal Academy Schools in London, exhibiting his first painting at the Royal Academy in 1895. He painted a wide variety of subjects in oils and watercolour, including history paintings. At the same time he worked as an illustrator, both for periodicals such as The Strand Magazine and The Illustrated London News, and illustrating novels. From 1907 he became interested in aviation, and began flying in 1909 in an aircraft he built himself. He made his first flights in West London near his Chiswick home; in 1910 he flew at Shoreham-by-Sea, near his old school, Lancing College.
Biography adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
At a glance
Most of Harold Piffard's work on the site falls under Figurative (2).
By movement, it's catalogued as Expressionism (2).
Culture: English (2).
By orientation: 1 landscape, 1 portrait.
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