Florence Small

Florence Veric Hardy Small
Born	ca. 1860 Nottingham, England
Died	1933 South Hampstead, London
Nationality	English
Other names	Florence Deric Hardy Florence Veru Hardy Small Florenee Veric Hardy Small
Known for	Painting

Florence Veric Hardy Small (circa 1860 – 1933, known also as Florence Deric Hardy, Florence Veru Hardy Small, or Florenee Veric Hardy Small) was an English painter.[1] She was born in Nottingham and died at South Hampstead in north London.[2]

Career

Small studied art in Geneva, Berlin, and Paris.[2] In Paris she trained under William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Deschamps, and Robert Henri.[3] She settled in London sometime during or before the 1880s, and produced many portraits using oil paint and pastels, mostly of high society women and children. Her portrait style is described as "gentle, unmistakably feminine" and "typical of the 'innocent-child' genre subjects made popular during the latter half of nineteenth century."[2] Small also painted genre scenes, flowers, and fruit.[3]

For the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887 Florence Small painted a portrait of the queen from which chromolithograph copies were made and sold;[4] it was well received.[5] Her pastel painting White Lilies was well received in a 1893 exhibition at Nottingham Castle.[6]

Exhibitions

Small exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français [fr], and in 1909 she won a jury commendation. She also exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in London from 1881.[3] She exhibited widely in other London galleries, including Grafton Gallery (in 1904) and Grosvenor Gallery (1889),[2] and multiple times with the Allied Artists Association in the Royal Albert Hall.[1] She also exhibited in Nottingham and other industrial cities such as Birmingham and Manchester.[2]

Small became a member of the Pastel Society (see the modern continuation) in 1898, exhibiting with them in 1900 and 1910.[2] Her work at the 1900 exhibition was described as "tasteful ... studies in pleasant colour and human expression".[7]

References

1. "Florence Veric Hardy Small". Database of Modern Exhibitions (DoME) | European Paintings and Drawings 1905-1915. 18 April 2020. Archived from the original on 5 April 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
2. Angwin, Benjamin (November 2014). "Florence Veric Hardy Small – People – Southwark Heritage". heritage.southwark.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
3. "Small, Florence Véric Hardy". Benezit Dictionary of Artists. 31 October 2011. doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.b00170793. ISBN 978-0-19-977378-7. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
4. "Jubilee Notice". The Nottinghamshire Guardian. 3 June 1887. p. 4. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
5. "A New Portrait of the Queen". Liverpool Mercury, etc. 2 June 1887. p. 6. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
6. "Pictures at Nottingham Castle. Second Notice". The Nottinghamshire Guardian. 3 June 1893. p. 2. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
7. "The Pastel Society's Exhibition". The Standard. 5 February 1900. p. 3. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

External links

• Florence Veric Hardy Small at the Musee d'Orsay
• Florence Veric Hardy Small at the National Trust Collections