Θάλαττα, θάλαττα — Thalatta! Thalatta! (The Sea! The Sea!) — painting by Bernard Granville Baker, 1901
Bernard Granville Baker (23 October 1870 – 12 March 1957) (known as B. Granville Baker) was a British soldier and painter specialising in military subjects. He wrote and illustrated a number of books.
Life and work[]
Baker was born in Pune in India. He was the son of Montagu Bernard Baker, who worked for the British East India Company, and his wife Harriet Fanny Bangh.[1]
He was educated at Winchester College and the Military Academy at Dresden. He served in the 21st Hussar regiment[Clarification needed] in India and Burma. He then joined the 9th Royal Prussian[Clarification needed] Hussar regiment to fight in the Boer Wars in South Africa in 1900. In the First World War, he became a Lieutenant-Colonel and commanded a battalion of the Yorkshire Regiment.[1] He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order medal in 1918.[2]
Baker is known for his illustrations and watercolour paintings of military subjects, such as "Sir John Moore at Corunna, January 16th 1809" in the 1920s.[1] He exhibited his paintings at the Liverpool Walker Art Gallery and London Salon between 1914 and 1930, as well as in his home town of Beccles.[2]
He wrote and illustrated a number of books. From a Terrace in Prague has the dedication "This book is dedicated to a wise and gentle lady who looks out upon life from a terrace",[3] while A Winter Holiday in Portugal has "This book is dedicated to a lady, fair and gracious who lives in Lisbon".[4]
He was a Justice of the Peace for Suffolk. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and of the Royal Historical Society.[2]
Baker died in Beccles in 1957.[1]
Works[]
- The Walls of Constantinople (2 volumes, 1910)
- The Danube with Pen and Pencil (1911)
- A Winter Holiday in Portugal (1912) (with C. Gasquoine Hartley)[4]
- The Passing of the Turkish Empire in Europe (1913)
- The German Army from within (1914) (with Thomas Burke)
- Hutchinson's History of the Nations (1915, including The Sea! The Sea!)
- Types of the Allied Armies (1914–1918) (with "Oilette")
- Soldiers of the World (1914–1918) (with "Oilette")
- From a Terrace in Prague (1923)[3]
- Waveney. Illustrated (1924)
- Blithe Waters: Sheaves out of Suffolk (1931)
- Old Cavalry Stations (1934)
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Bernard Granville Baker". Military Print Company. http://www.military-art.com/mall/artist.php?ArtistID=176. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Copsey, Tim. "Bernard Granville Baker (1870 - 1957)". Ask Art. http://www.askart.com/askart/artist.aspx?artist=11199131. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 From a Terrace in Prague. Free e-book.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 A Winter Holiday in Portugal. Free e-book.
External links[]
- Works by Bernard Granville Baker at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Bernard Granville Baker at Internet Archive
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