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Referred to as “the Turner of his generation”, Hilder was one of the best known artists of the twentieth century. No other artist ‘is so well remembered for the way he captured completely the essence of our heritage in the English, and most particularly the Kent, countryside. He lived in Blackheath for most of his life when it was a Kentish country village, and frequently stayed for extended periods with his grandparents in Birling, Kent. He studied art at Goldsmith’s College School of Art where he met his wife Edith, with whom he later collaborated with him on many flower and landscape works. Among the numerous books illustrated by Hilder are Moby Dick, Treasure Island and Mary Webb’s Precious Bane.
At the age of eighteen, Hilder’s work was accepted and hung in the RA, London, and went on to exhibit in many country around the world. Hilder produced images for LNER in the interwar years, and was personally commissioned to do work for the MOI by Edwin Embleton. His first one-man exhibition had been held at the Fine Art Society in Bond Street, London in 1939. He was elected a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours in 1935, becoming President of the Society in 1964. He was also a much admired lecturer at Goldsmiths’ College, the Art Workers’ Guild, The Slade, The Royal School and The Central School, and his book Starting in Watercolours has been translated into many languages and was an international bestseller. He was awarded an OBE in 1986, and in 1988 was still much in demand, reaching an even wider public through etchings and two successful books Rowland Hilder’s England and Rowland Hilder Country. Sir Hugh Casson, Former President of the RA described his style and technique as ‘so recognisable that there are parts of England which, in tribute to his skill, seem to have grown physically like his paintings’. In the 1950s, Roland Hilder (sic) was represented by Artist Partners, Ltd.
Rowland Hilder was born in 1905 at Great Neck, Long Island USA. His parents, of Kentish stock, brought him back when they finally returned to England in 1915. He trained at Goldsmiths’ College School of Art, London and during his career, which extended to well over half a century, he has been recognised world-wide as the ambassador for British landscapes.
Such was his success that he was later invited back to Goldsmith’s College School of Art college as a Professor of Drawing, a post which he held for more than ten years. Meanwhile he had made a brilliant start to his professional life as an illustrator and artist. His work was first shown at the Royal Academy in 1923 and since then his work has become widely represented in private and public collections worldwide.
In 1986 Rowland Hilder was awarded the Order of the British Empire.
Prior to his death in 1993 Rowland Hilder was still as busy at any time in his career, much in demand and reaching an even wider public through his achievements as an etcher, and through the two highly successful books on his work, ‘Rowland Hilders England’ and ‘Rowland Hilder Country’. His definitive book on his craft, ‘Starting in Watercolour’ was reissued in an enlarged and revised edition in September 1988.
Sir Hugh Casson, Former President of the Royal Academy, puts it this way. ‘His style and technique are so recognisable that there are parts of England which – in tribute to his skill – seem to have grown physically like his paintings’
