Hercules Brabazon Brabazon
Painting, Visual Artist
1821 – 1906
Who was Hercules Brabazon Brabazon?
Hercules Brabazon Brabazon was an English artist, accomplished in Turner manner watercolours.
Brabazon was the younger son of Hercules Sharpe and his wife, Anne Mary, the daughter of Sir Anthony Brabazon, 1st Bt. Initially raised in Paris, he moved with his family to Oaklands, an estate near Sedlescombe, East Sussex, in 1832. He attended Harrow School, the École Privat, Geneva, and Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating with a B.A. in mathematics in 1844.
His father then wanted him to study law, but instead he left England and went to Rome to study music and art, enrolling at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia and Accademia di San Luca. His father attempted to make him return by reducing his allowance, but in 1847, upon the death of his elder brother, he gained financial independence when he inherited family estates in Connaught, the will requiring that he change his surname to Brabazon. From then on he led a life of travel, art study and painting, inspired by the works of artists such as Velázquez and Turner.
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- Born
- Nov 27, 1821
Paris - Nationality
- England
- Education
- Trinity College, Cambridge
- Harrow School
- Died
- May 14, 1906
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on July 23, 2013
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