Hugh Frazer (artist)
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Hugh Frazer was an Irish landscape
and genre painter.
Frazer was born in Dromore
, County Down
, enrolled in the Dublin Society in 1812 and exhibited at the Royal Hibernian Academy
from 1826 through 1864. Granted membership at the RHA in 1837 he would be a professor there from 1839 to 1853. Frazer was also President of the Association of Artists, which was founded in Belfast
in 1836.
Landscape art
Landscape art is a term that covers the depiction of natural scenery such as mountains, valleys, trees, rivers, and forests, and especially art where the main subject is a wide view, with its elements arranged into a coherent composition. In other works landscape backgrounds for figures can still...
and genre painter.
Frazer was born in Dromore
Dromore, County Down
Dromore is a small market town in the Banbridge District of County Down, Northern Ireland. It is south-west of Belfast, on the A1 Belfast – Dublin road. The 2001 Census recorded a population of 4,968 people....
, County Down
County Down
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, enrolled in the Dublin Society in 1812 and exhibited at the Royal Hibernian Academy
Royal Hibernian Academy
The Royal Hibernian Academy is an artist-based and artist-oriented institution in Ireland, founded in Dublin in 1823.-History:The RHA was founded as the result of 30 Irish artists petitioning the government for a charter of incorporation...
from 1826 through 1864. Granted membership at the RHA in 1837 he would be a professor there from 1839 to 1853. Frazer was also President of the Association of Artists, which was founded in Belfast
Belfast
Belfast is the capital of and largest city in Northern Ireland. By population, it is the 14th biggest city in the United Kingdom and second biggest on the island of Ireland . It is the seat of the devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly...
in 1836.