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Henry Bright (1810/14 – 21 September 1873), was an English landscape painter associated with the Norwich School.〔(Henry Bright biography ) (Saxmundham.org)〕〔See Gordon F. Roe.〕 ==Life== Henry was born in Saxmundham, Suffolk, the third son of some nine children of Jerome Bright (1770–1846), a clockmaker, and Susannah Denny, of Alburgh in Norfolk (who were married on 28 June 1790). They were nonconformist and attended services in the Congregational Chapel at Rendham, a few miles from Saxmundham.〔Saxmundham was described in the 1797 ''Universal British Directory'' as being "situated upon a hill, and has one large church, and a differing meeting house. The town consists of about 400 houses, which are in general pretty good ones; but the streets are narrow, and not paved. No particular manufacture is carried on here, and the town contains nothing remarkable". Nevertheless, notable residents were Henry's father, Jerome Bright, who was listed in G. H. Baillie's ''Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World'' (1929), sculptor Thomas Thurlow (1813-1899) and master craftsman in wood, Thomas Stopher (b. 1825).〕 Henry was apprenticed by his family to a chemist in Woodbridge, but was then transferred to another chemist in Norwich, Paul Squires. Either during, or after, his time with Squires, Bright became a dispenser at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. During his first apprenticeship he is said to have spent all his free time sketching. His obvious artistic talents were finally recognised and he became a pupil of Alfred Stannard (1806–1889), the younger brother of Joseph Stannard. He is also said to have been trained by John Berney Crome (1794–1842), who was John Crome's son, and John Sell Cotman (1782–1842), both members of the Norwich Society of Artists. About 1833 Bright returned to Saxmundham to marry Eliza Brightley (d. 1848) who came from the same town. They went on to have 2 sons and 2 daughters, of whom only the daughters are known to have survived into adulthood. The couple moved to Paddington, London in 1836, then to Ealing in 1848 (the same year that Eliza died). By 1854, Bright was living in St John's Wood, but left London in 1858 for health reasons and settled with his daughters in his brother's house in Saxmundham. Bright continued to visit London for business reasons and to view exhibitions, and, from 1860, lived at Redhill in Surrey for a few years. He also spent some time in Maidstone, Kent. Bright died in Ipswich in 1873. The family vault bears the following inscriptions: ''"In Memory of Harriet, daughter of J & S Bright of Saxmundham who departed this life June 15th 1810 in the 16th year of her age also () who died 1817 aged 21 years also of Alfred their 2nd Son who died Augt 1821 in the 20th year of his age Also of JEROME BRIGHT who died July 17th 1846 aged 76 years also of SUSANNAH BRIGHT who died Jan. 17th 1847 aged 76 years also of JEROME DENNY BRIGHT who died April 21st 1871 aged 79 years and also JANE FULLER BRIGHT who died July 10th 1876 aged 83 years'' ''NEAR THIS PLACE LIES MARY THE WIFE OF J.D. BRIGHT OF SAXM SHE DIED OCTR 21ST 1825 AGED 29 YEARS"'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Henry Bright (painter)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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