Douglas Houzen Pinder 1886-1949 - Early 20th Century Watercolour, Tavy Cleave
Douglas Houzen Pinder 1886-1949 - Original Early 20th Century Watercolour. Laid on card. Signed. The first letter of the signature has been trimmed from painting.Douglas Houzen Pinder 1886-1949 Newquay Artist. One artist that spent many years in Newquay is Douglas Houzen Pinder. Born in 1886 and with his father dying the following year, by 1901 he had moved, with his mother, to Newquay, where she was an Infant Mistress at a Boarding School. and Douglas was articled to a local architect. In 1908 Douglas Pinder married Edith Jane Osborne from St Wenn, near to Padstow and Wadebridge. During the 1914-1918 war, Pinder was a Conscientious Objector, a member of the Plymouth Brethren, and he took a job as a postman. After the war he ventured to Egypt, having been commissioned to paint many desert scenes close to Port Said. After that he moved to Devon and returned to Newquay in 1930. In 1930 Douglas Pinder had his own art gallery, called Towan Studios, at 80 Fore Street, Newquay. Pinder painted many watercolours and a far smaller number of oils. He usually painted seascapes, often including detail which allowed the location to be clearly identified.For more information please click here.
