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Harold Frederick Weaver Hawkins (1893-1977) was an English painter who specialized in "ambitious, sometimes mural-sized, modernist allegories of morality for an age of atomic warfare and global over-population."〔(Harold Frederick Hawkins Biography ) Australian Dictionary of Biography〕 ==Personal life== Hawkins was born on August 28, 1893 in Sydenham, an area of London, England. He was the eldest of five sons of architect Edgar Augustine Hawkins and his wife Annie Elizabeth, née Weaver.〔(Harold Frederick Hawkins Biography ) Australian Dictionary of Biography〕 Harold attended Dulwich College from 1906 to 1910, and then Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts. World War I derailed his intention to become an art teacher. He enlisted in the Queen's Westminster Rifles and was seriously wounded in the Battle of the Somme at Gommecourt, France in 1916.〔(Harold Frederick Hawkins Biography ) Australian Dictionary of Biography〕 As a result of his injuries his right hand and arm were rendered useless but were saved from amputation after countless operations. Weaver’s father had declared to the operating surgeon "My son is an artist. He would rather die than live without arms.".〔E. Chanin and S. Miller, ''The Art and Life of Weaver Hawkins'' (Sydney, 1995) p36〕 Weaver had to teach himself to draw and paint using his left arm, which was never at full strength. In 1923, he married Irene (Rene) Eleanor Villiers, another artist. They had a daughter and two sons. Hawkins settled his family in Australia in 1935. He died on August 13, 1977 in Willoughby, Australia. 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「Weaver Hawkins」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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