Arthur Trevor Haddon

Arthur Trevor Haddon (1864–1941), also known as Trevor Haddon, was a British painter and illustrator.

Arthur Trevor Haddon
Illustration by Arthur Trevor Haddon, from Yule Logs
Born22 August 1864
London, England
Died13 December 1941 (aged 77)
Cambridge, England
NationalityEnglish
EducationSlade School of Fine Art; Hubert von Herkomer (18880-90)
Known forPainter, illustrator
MovementOrientalist

Life and career

Arthur Trevor Haddon was born on 22 August 1864 in London. He won a scholarship to the prestigious Slade School of Fine Art and enrolled in 1883.[1] There, he studied under Alphonse Legros. He also studied with Hubert von Herkomer from 1888 to 1890.[2]

Although he lived primarily in London and Cambridge, Haddon traveled to Rome, Madrid, Venice, California, South America, Hawaii, and Asia.[3] He died in Cambridge on December 13, 1941 at age 77.[4]

Work

Haddon was both a painter and illustrator.

Selected paintings
  • Palm Fringed Shore, c. 1826
  • Spanish Streetscape, date unknown
  • Pastel portrait of Herman Finck (1939)

Illustrations in publications

Haddon illustrated the following works:

  • Browne, Edith A., Peeps at Many Lands: Spain, with twelve full-page illustrations in colour by Trevor Haddon and Edgar T. A. Wigram, London: Adam & Charles Black, 1910
  • Calvert, Albert Frederick, Granada Present and Bygone, (illustrations by Trevor Haddon), J. M. Dent, London, 1908
  • Calvert, Albert Frederick, Southern Spain: Painted By Trevor Haddon, A. & C. Black, Ltd., London, 1908
  • Gould, Baring, A Book of the Rhine from Cleve to Mainz. With eight Illustrations in Colour by Trevor Haddon, London, Methuen 1906
  • Nye, G.H.F, Our Island Home (8 illustrations by Trevor Haddon), Bemrose & Sons, Limited, London, c. 1898
  • Okey, Thomas, The Old Venetian Palaces and Old Venetian Folk. With Fifty Coloured and Other Illustrations by Trevor Haddon, London. J. M. Dent & Co. 1907
  • Thirlmere, Rowland, Letters from Catalonia and other parts of Spain (illustrations by Trevor Haddon), Hutchinson & Co., London, 1905

See also

References
  1. Ambrosini, R. and Dury, R., European Stevenson, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2009, p. 8
  2. Calton Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland Archived April 23, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  3. Vallejo Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA
  4. Calton Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland Archived April 23, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
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