Albert Henry Fullwood

Albert Henry Fullwood
Fullwood in 1896
Born(1863-03-15)15 March 1863
Died1 October 1930(1930-10-01) (aged 67)
Resting placeRookwood Cemetery
Alma mater
  • Birmingham Institute
  • Birmingham School of Landscape Art
Known for
MovementHeidelberg School
Spouse
Clyda Blanche Newman
(m. 1896)
ElectedSociety of Artists

Albert Henry Fullwood (15 March 1863 – 1 October 1930) was an Australian artist who made a significant contribution to art in Australia. He painted with Heidelberg School artists around Melbourne and moved with Tom Roberts and Arthur Streeton to live and paint at their camp in Sirius Cove, Sydney. Fullwood was the Australian official war artist to the 5th Division in the World War I.[1][2]

Biography

Fullwood was born in Hockely, Birmingham, son of Frederick John Fullwood, jeweller, and his wife Emma, née Barr. From 1878, Fullwood studied art at evening classes at the Birmingham Institute. He studied art at the Birmingham School of Landscape Art at the Birmingham YMCA.

Albert Fullwood painted alongside members of the Heidelberg School at Eaglemont around 1889 to 1891. This period was a crucial time for the Heidelberg School, as it marked the peak of their plein air painting activities.

Fullwood is represented in numerous galleries including the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the National Gallery of Victoria, the Art Gallery of South Australia, the Wollongong Art Gallery, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, the Budapest Museum of Fine Arts, and in the Australian War Memorial.[3] A significant painting of the early Ballarat streetscape is held by Ballarat Art Gallery and a very large watercolour of Chalk Quarries (c. 1910) is held in a private collection in Doreen, Victoria.

Personal life

He married Clyda Blanche Newman, daughter of photographer John Hubert Newman, on 13 October 1896 in Sydney. They had two sons, Philip L. Fullwood and Geoffrey Barr Fullwood, and a daughter Marjorie Clyda. Both Philip and Marjorie pre-deceased him.

References

  1. ^ Terry, Martin (1981). "Fullwood, Albert Henry (1863 - 1930)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 8. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. pp. 598–599. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 26 October 2008.
  2. ^ Serle, Percival (1949). "Fullwood, Albert Henry". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. Retrieved 26 October 2008.
  3. ^ Gray, Anne (1983). A. Henry Fullwood: War Paintings. Australian War Memorial. ISBN 0642-99431-5. Note: A catalogue at the end of the book lists 58 works held by the AWM