Clifford Hanney - Artist

Clifford Hanney (1890-1990) was a painter of marine, landscape and figure subjects married to the artist Eirene Hutton-Seed. He was born at Publow, Pensford, near Bristol and studied at the University there and art at West Marlands School of Art, Southampton, and Bristol Municipal School of Art under R E J Bush. He lived in Bristol but was eventually buried at Publow churchyard. He was art master at Kimbolton Grammar School, 1923, then after a number of appointments was principal of Crewe School of Art, 1943–50. Hanney was elected an associate of The Royal West of England Art Academy, 1923, was one of the founders of the New Bristol Art Club in 1933 and was elected to the Bristol Savages in 1951 (an influential artists group in the city), becoming its president in 1963. Hanney exhibited at The Royal West of England Art Academy, the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool, Manchester City Art Gallery and Oldham Art Gallery. Among his main works were Twilight, Sea Hawks and The Schooner.