Arthur Hacker was an English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 classicist painter.

Born in London in 1858, Hacker was the son of Edward Hacker, a line engraver specialising in animal and sporting prints (who was also for many years the official Registrar of Births, Marriages and Deaths for Kentish Town in the St Pancras registration district, north London). In his art he was most known for painting religious scenes and portraits, and his art was also influenced by his extensive travels in Spain

Spain

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 and North Africa

North Africa

North Africa or Northern Africa is the northernmost region of the African continent, linked by the Sahara to Sub-Saharan Africa. Geopolitically, the United Nations definition of Northern Africa includes eight countries or territories; Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, South Sudan, Sudan, Tunisia, and...

. He studied at the Royal Academy

Royal Academy

The Royal Academy of Arts is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly, London. The Royal Academy of Arts has a unique position in being an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects whose purpose is to promote the creation, enjoyment and...

 between 1867 and 1880, and at the Atelier Bonnat in Paris

Paris

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. He was twice exhibited at the Royal Academy, in 1878 and 1910, and was elected an Academician in 1910. In 1894 he was the subject of a bust by Edward Onslow Ford

Edward Onslow Ford

Edward Onslow Ford , English sculptor, was born in London. He received some education as a painter in Antwerp and as a sculptor in Munich under Professor Wagmuller, but was mainly self-taught....

. An original portrait by Hacker of Sir Alfred Keogh

Alfred Keogh

Sir Alfred Henry Keogh, GCB, GCVO, CH was a medical doctor in the British Army.Born in Dublin, the son of Henry Keogh, barrister and magistrate of Roscommon, Alfred Henry Keogh was educated at Queen's College, Galway, and Guy's Hospital, London. He received his M.D. from the Queen's University of...

 by hangs in the RAMC HQ Mess at Millbank

Millbank

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, London

London

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. He died in London on 12 November 1919.

In 1902, Hacker built a new house at Heath End, Checkendon

Checkendon

Checkendon is a village and civil parish about west of Henley-on-Thames in South Oxfordshire, England.-Parish church:The Church of England parish church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul is a 12th century Norman building...

, Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire

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, called Hall Ingle, commissioning the young architect Maxwell Ayrton

Maxwell Ayrton

Ormrod Maxwell Ayrton FRIBA , known as Maxwell Ayrton, was a Scottish architect. He spent most of his adult life working in London and designed houses, public buildings, and bridges.- Career :...

 and carrying out the decorations himself. His painting Pelagia and Philammon was once the "picture of the month" in Liverpool

Liverpool

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's Walker Art Gallery

Walker Art Gallery

The Walker Art Gallery is an art gallery in Liverpool, which houses one of the largest art collections in England, outside of London. It is part of the National Museums Liverpool group, and is promoted as "the National Gallery of the North" because it is not a local or regional gallery but is part...

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