(1817 - 1886)
Henry Mark Anthony, landscape painter, was born in Manchester, the son of a merchant. In about 1823, the family moved to Cowbridge, Glamorgan, where he was apprenticed to a doctor. He later became a pupil of his cousin, George Wilfred Anthony, a Drawing Master in Manchester. In about 1833, Anthony moved to London before studying at The Hague, the Académie des Beaux-Arts, Paris, and Fontainebleau. Anthony was among the first to introduce the French style of ‘plein-air’ painting to Britain. He exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy and travelled in Britain and Europe. His work was admired by the Pre-Raphaelites for its careful observation of nature and he became a friend of Ford Madox Brown. Anthony died in Hampstead at the age of 69.
