12 March 1770 - 11 January 1837) was a French painter born in Rome, where his father occupied a post in the house of the French ambassador. His mother was Italian. As a baron of the Empire he is sometimes referred to as Baron Gerard. Related Paintings of Francois Pascal Simon Gerard :. | The Fatherland under Threat | Portrait of the Empress Josephine | Portrait of Empress Josephine of France, first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte | Napoleon Ier en costume du Sacre | Auguste Amalia Ludovika von Bayern | Related Artists: Elisabeth LouiseVigee Lebrun (1755-1842)
French Elisabeth Louise Vigee Lebrun Galleries George Hardy (1822-1909) was an English genre painter, a member of the Cranbrook Colony and eldest brother to Frederick Daniel Hardy.
Hardy was born in Brighton in Sussex the first son (of 8 children) of George Hardy (b. 1796 in London), a musician to George IV, Queen Adelaide, and Queen Victoria in the Royal household at Windsor. His mother was Sarah Lloyd (b. 1804).
Hardy became an oil painter of light-hearted genre subjects and moved to the artists' colony in Cranbrook in Kent. He married Ellen Hutton in May 1862 and the couple had 3 children.
Hardy died in Eastbourne in 1909.
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1817-1904
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