Henri Tebbitt
Painting, Visual Artist
1852 – 1926
Who was Henri Tebbitt?
Henri Tebbitt was an English-Australian painter.
Tebbit was born in Paris of English parents in 1854. He was self-taught as an artist and after travelling in various countries settled in England. An oil painting by him, "Wet Weather", was shown at the Royal Academy exhibition of 1884. Coming to Australia in 1889 he did a large amount of work particularly in water-colour. His pictures for a time were very popular with the public, and examples were acquired for the Brisbane, Hobart, Launceston, Bendigo and Geelong galleries. He had married Martha Bateman in Scarborough in September 1877. They had a daughter Daisy Marguerite, born in Paris France in 1878. However, Henri immigrated to Australia without the family, and went on to marry Robertha McGuigan in Sydney in 1903.
He died in Rose Bay Sydney on 4th January 1927. Although his standing as an artist was not high, Tebbitt was a man of some character with a philosophic mind.
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