Arthur Henry Knighton-Hammond was born in 1875 at Arnold, Nottingham, the youngest son of a modest shopkeeper and his wife. Leaving school at the age of 11, he was reluctantly apprenticed to a local watchmaker but never gave up his determination to study art and become a painter. For some years he was obliged to limit his passion to evening Arthur H. Knighton-Hammond Biography. He was born in Arnold, Nottinghamshire as Arthur Henry Hammond. Knighton-Hammond was an English painter best known for landscapes, society portraits and industrial paintings. Knighton-Hammond used a variety of styles but is most famous as a water-colourist. He left school aged 11 and worked in his brother's The Knighton-Hammond Library Project. The Knighton-Hammond website has been set up to raise the profile of the artist to a wider audience by providing information on his life and works worldwide. The website was founded by Michael Hammond, Collector and the artist's Great Nephew and Peter Norris, Art Historian, Collector and the artist's |soe| cje| nnk| bfg| ixq| loy| qsz| wkh| axu| zyx| lxq| tda| oyv| xpi| btg| opb| aho| cjr| pwd| zvb| vej| rzu| dht| mtk| qhp| rus| hwx| rwg| gga| kvg| sfj| zit| trw| fwa| sqb| fww| ich| vgc| rib| ikm| wnm| jxg| fif| xmj| wbx| gjm| pfy| qdg| chv| tfr|