Clement-Jones family 12/22 - Person Sheet
NameHenry STRACHEY, 10607
Birth1863
Death1940
Notes for Henry STRACHEY
Henry Strachey (known as Harry) was an
English painter and art critic.
He was born in 1863, the son of Sir
Edward Strachey and was a cousin of
Lytton Strachey. He studied at the
Slade School of Fine Art in
London and exhibited widely between 1888 and 1923 at many galleries and shows, including the
Royal Society of Artists in
Birmingham (four times), the
Grosvenor Gallery, the
Walker Art Gallery,
Liverpool (twice), the
London Salon (eight times), the
New English Art Club, the
New Gallery (three times) and the
Royal Academy (ten times).
He was an accomplished portrait painter and amongst his subjects, in 1914, was the 7 year old Brenda Capron who is better known under her married name as the artist
Brenda Pye.
He was the
art critic of
The Spectator magazine (1896–1922).