Edward Halliday
Edward Halliday | |
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| Born | 7 October 1902 Garston, Liverpool, England |
| Died | 2 February 1984 London, England |
| Education | Liverpool College of Art,Académie Colarossi,Royal College of Art,British School at Rome |
| Known for | painting, portraiture, radio/television host |
Edward Irvine HallidayCBE(1902–1984) was a British painter, known for his portraits and his murals in the 1920s.[1]He also worked in television and radio as a host.
About
[edit]Edward Irvine Halliday was born on 7 October 1902 inGarston,Liverpool,to James Halliday and Violet Irvine.[2]He first attendedLiverpool College of Art.[3][when?]Halliday continued his studies and attended life drawing classes atAcadémie Colarossi(1922–1923), theRoyal College of Art(1923–1925), and theBritish School at Rome(1925–1928).[4][5]He was awarded thePrix de Romefor Decorative Painting in 1925.[3][6]
He established himself as a portrait artist with his work,Lord Darling(1928).[7]
DuringWorld War II,Halliday served in theRoyal Air ForceinBomber Command.[7]After the war in 1948, he received a painting commission for a portrait ofPrincess Elizabethfrom theDrapers' Companyof London.[7]This was the start of many more royal portrait commissions. Other sitters for Halliday's portraits includedWinston Churchill,Edmund Hillary,Lord Denning,Lord Widgery,Louis Gluckstein,Robert Stopford,Lord Hunt,Frank Whittle,Malcolm Sargent,Leon Goossens,Beryl Grey,Gladys Cooper,Wally Hammond,Brian Johnston,andBen Travers.[7]
Halliday had two arts series radio programs,Artists at Work(1932) andDesign in Modern Life(1934).[7]The success of these radio programmes led to further radio and television work.[7]In the 1950s, Halliday was the voice behind the BBCTelevision Newsreel.[7]
Death and legacy
[edit]He died at his London home inSt John's Wood,on 2 February 1984.[7]His daughter Charlotte Halliday is a painter.[8]
Halliday's work is in many public museum collections includingNational Portrait Gallery, London,National Maritime Museum,Bank of England Museum,Parliamentary Art Collection,among others.[9]
References
[edit]- ^"Edward Irvine Halliday".Artnet.Retrieved17 June2020.
- ^Matthew, H. C. G.; Harrison, B., eds. (23 September 2004)."The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography".Oxford Dictionary of National Biography(online ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. ref:odnb/31191.doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/31191.Retrieved17 June2020.(Subscription orUK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^abDobson, Frank; Rushbury, Henry; Rutherston, Albert Daniel; Halliday, Edward (1933).Artists at work: based on a series of broadcast dialogues between the editor and Frank Dobson, Henry Rushbury, Albert Rutherston and Edward Halliday.G.G. Harrap & co., ltd. p. 104.
- ^"Edward Irvine Halliday".National Portrait Gallery, UK.Retrieved17 June2020.
- ^Compton, Ann (1997).Edward Halliday: Art for Life, 1925-1939.Liverpool Science Fiction Texts and Studies. Liverpool, UK: Liverpool University Press. pp. 10–11, 18, 44.ISBN9780853239727.
- ^"National Programme Daventry 20.20: 'ARTISTS AT WORK'— V".BBC Genome.The Radio Times, Issue 449. 10 May 1932. pp. 29–30.Retrieved17 June2020.
Mr. Halliday, who studied art at Liverpool, Paris, and the Royal College of Art, was the winner of the coveted Prix de Rome for Decorative Painting in 1925.
- ^abcdefghButler, George; Compton, Ann."Portrait of Sir Isaac Hayward, 1884–1976, trade unionist and local politician".Artware Fine Art.Retrieved17 June2020.
- ^Brodie, Louise (15 April 2012)."Charlotte Halliday".St John's Wood Memories.Retrieved17 June2020.
- ^"Edward Irvine Halliday, 1902–1984, British".Art UK.Retrieved17 June2020.
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