Richard Harry Carter - Artist

Richard Harry Carter was born in Truro (Cornwall) in 1839. He developed a reputation for coastal landscapes, maritime scenes and subjects drawn from traditional fishing communities. His works were exhibited at the Royal Academy and Royal Institute of Painters in watercolours. Carter lived in Falmouth during the 1880s and exhibited Shetland subjects in London in 1891. He participated in Newlyn Art Gallery's opening exhibition in 1895. By 1901 he was living with a fisherman and his family at Sennen Cove. During his later career, he increasingly painted in oils and travelled to Holland with Walter Langley in 1904. His paintings are represented in Cornish public collections, including Falmouth Art Gallery and the Royal Cornwall Museum. He died in 1911.