{"title":"Hammond, Robert John","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRobert John Hammond (1853-1911)\u003c\/strong\u003e was a British artist. He produced a large number of landscape and genre scenes depicting the picturesque British countryside during his career.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginally training as a watchmaker, it seems passion called louder than vocation, for Hammond gave up his dependable craft to engage in the painting of British landscapes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSuch paintings had burgeoned in popularity during the 19th-century so that by Hammond’s time there was a strong market. His clients were most likely those wishing to recapture the idyll of a countryside becoming seemingly more and more out of reach with the tumorous growth of industrialisation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDespite appearing not to have received any formal training, there is much to suggest that Hammond worked with landscape artist Frederick Henry Henshaw (1807-1891) on several occasions. Henshaw was a member of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, where the two men lived, and exhibited extensively at the Royal Academy in London. Perhaps he took on the role of tutor to Hammond. There are certainly some similarities in their style, with lustrous skies and crotchety oak trees bent at aching angles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt seems Hammond also took inspiration from the greats of landscape art. His use of lush greens in winding woodlands is evocative of Constable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis work is also infused with a romantic air, carried through in the neatness of thatched roofs, the rosy cherub-cheeks of children in traditional rustic dress. This romanticism strikes more to the tune of Turner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCertainly, it seems that a blend of fantasy with just enough realism to be conceivable is what purchasers of Hammond’s work desired. They were certainly popular. He exhibited on numerous occasions in Birmingham and Manchester.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis son would follow in his footsteps, becoming himself a landscape artist, as well as a lithographer. Perhaps he had his father’s bravery to thank in giving up time to focus on art for his own success. Some of his work is now held by the Birmingham Museums Trust.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"hammond-robert-john-1853-1911-a-surrey-cottage","title":"Hammond, Robert John (1853-1911) - A Surrey cottage","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArtwork by the British artist Robert Hammond.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis download consists of 1 image in JPEG format that is 600dpi and 5770 pixels wide by 4440 pixels tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe picture is out of copyright and in the public domain, so you are free to use it in whatever way you'd like, including commercial use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead more about \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/hammond-robert-john\" title=\"Robert John Hammond\"\u003eRobert Hammond\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Digital Download - 1 image","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":61256342208842,"sku":null,"price":0.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/files\/Hammond_RobertJohn_1853-1911_-ASurreycottage_main.jpg?v=1772671451"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/collections\/Hammond_Robert_John_1853-1911-8405687.jpg?v=1772671373","url":"https:\/\/publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/hammond-robert-john.oembed","provider":"Public Domain Image Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}