Frederick Halford Coventry b. 19 January 1905

Also known as F.H. Coventry
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A painter, muralist, stained glass artist, glass painter & etcher, printmaker, poster-designer, art teacher, book-illustrator and designer, Frederick Halford Coventry's art practice encompassed both the fine art and commercial art sectors.
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creator of
Scrambling Man

Copper engraving, edition of 35. Exhibited in Drawings & Engravings by F.H. Coventry Exhibition, Twenty-One Gallery, London, 1930 (cat. 22); NZ Academy of Fine Arts Annual Exhibition 1937 (cat.146); An Exhibition of Mural Decorations, Paintings, Engravings and Drawings by F.H. Coventry, New Zealand House, London, 1950 (Cat No.L4); Josef Lebovic Gallery 1997 (181). Reproduced in Art In New Zealand, December 1930, p. 102 & The Studio, June 1931, p. 75. Entered in Prix de Rome competition 1930. In collections of Art Gallery New South Wales, Sydney, NSW; National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

 
creator of
The Labours of Hercules, ceramic tile mosaic.
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For exterior wall of The Central Office of Information, Hercules Road, London.

 
creator of
14 Stained Glass Windows, Plymouth Guildhall, Devon, England.
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Commissioned to replace windows damaged by German bombing during World War II.

 
creator of
The Coronation, illustrations
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F. & J Wood, The Coronation, designed and illustrated by F.H. Coventry, Wellington: N.Z. Department of Education, 1953. Collection National Library of New Zealand.

 
creator of
Exmouth, colour lithograph, poster
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Client British Rail (Southern Region).

 
creator of
Festival of Britain, colour lithograph, poster
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Client British Rail (Southern Region)

 
creator of
Royal Tunbridge Wells, colour lithograph, poster
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British Rail (Southern Region)

 
creator of
Girls and Boys Come Out to Play, Children's Dining Room, Ruahine, painted mural.
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Client New Zealand Shipping Company.

 
creator of
History of Kensington, painted mural for the Scarsdale Arms Public House, London.
Date

One of a series of paintings illustrating the history of Kensington commissioned to decorate the Scarsdale Arms Public House, Edwardes Square, London, W. 8. Exhibited in An Exhibition of Mural Decorations, Paintings, Engravings and Drawings by F.H. Coventry, New Zealand House, London, 1950 (Cat No. N.)

 
creator of
Oak Tree, painted panel for Verandah Café, M.V. Rangitoto
Date

Client New Zealand Shipping Company. Reproduction exhibited in An Exhibition of Mural Decorations, Paintings, Engravings and Drawings by F.H. Coventry, New Zealand House, London, 1950 (Cat No. C3.)

 
creator of
Kauri, painted panel for Verandah Café, M.V. Rangitoto
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Client New Zealand Shipping Company. Reproduction exhibited in An Exhibition of Mural Decorations, Paintings, Engravings and Drawings by F.H. Coventry, New Zealand House, London, 1950 (Cat No. C2.) Photograph exhibited in Art On The Liners Exhibition, Southampton City Art Gallery, 1986.

 
creator of
Horses Released from Work, 12 carved and gilded gesso panels on lacquered veneer, for entrance above main lounge, RMS Caronia II
Date

Client Cunard. Reproduced in “A Study of Design Aboard the RMS Caronia”, Art and Industry, Vol 47, No 278, August 1949, pp. 62-63; Gail Ross, Art & Industry: Frederick Halford Coventry, Art New Zealand, No. 125, Summer 2007-2008, p 62. Working images exhibited in An Exhibition of Mural Decorations, Paintings, Engravings and Drawings by F.H. Coventry, New Zealand House, London, 1950 (Cat Nos. G 1-3).Photograph of panels exhibited in Art On The Liners Exhibition, Southampton City Art Gallery, 1986.

 
creator of
From London to the Countryside, colour lithograph, poster
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Double graphic poster, London street scene by Coventry, countryside by K. Hauff. Client British Rail (Southern Region).

 
creator of
Canterbury Cathedral - The Nave Looking East, colour lithograph, poster
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Client British Rail (Southern Region).

 
creator of
Westminster, painting for 1st class dining saloon, M.V. Rangitiki
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Client New Zealand Shipping Company. Exhibited in An Exhibition of Mural Decorations, Paintings, Engravings and Drawings by F.H. Coventry, New Zealand House, London, 1950 (Cat No. D1.) Photograph of painting exhibited in Art On The Liners Exhibition, Southampton City Art Gallery, 1986.

 
creator of
Portrait of My Father, pencil drawing
Date

Exhibited at Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, 1946, (cat. 1004); An Exhibition of Mural Decorations, Paintings, Engravings and Drawings by F.H. Coventry, New Zealand House, London, 1950 (Cat No. J1).

 
creator of
Night Life, painting
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Exhibited at Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, 1945, (cat. 948).

 
creator of
Fairy Kindheart, frontispiece & illustrations
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Grace Ashton, Fairy Kindheart, London: Sands, 1945.

 
creator of
Dummy Figures used in Training, oil painting
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Purchased by the War Artists Advisory Committee for the Imperial War Museum Collection, London.

 
creator of
Pimlico Houses, painting
Date

Exhibited at Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, 1941, (cat. 596).

 
creator of
Poplar Trees, pencil drawing
Date

Exhibited at An Exhibition of Mural Decorations, Paintings, Engravings and Drawings by F.H. Coventry, New Zealand House, London, 1950 (Cat No. J3).

 
creator of
Girls Playing in Street, pencil drawing
Date

Exhibited at An Exhibition of Mural Decorations, Paintings, Engravings and Drawings by F.H. Coventry, New Zealand House, London, 1950 (Cat No. J2).

 
creator of
Ken Wood
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Drawing. Exhibited at An Exhibition of Mural Decorations, Paintings, Engravings and Drawings by F.H. Coventry, New Zealand House, London, 1950 (Cat No. K4).

 
creator of
Kauri Tree
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Drawing. Exhibited at An Exhibition of Mural Decorations, Paintings, Engravings and Drawings by F.H. Coventry, New Zealand House, London, 1950 (Cat No. K3).

 
creator of
Zeebrugge
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Drawing. Exhibited at An Exhibition of Mural Decorations, Paintings, Engravings and Drawings by F.H. Coventry, New Zealand House, London, 1950 (Cat No. K2).

 
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References [<ExternalResource: F.H. Coventry, 'Improvements Relating to the Decoration of Glass', London: Patent Office, GB787758, Patent applied for 1955, publish.>, <ExternalResource: Frederick Halford Coventry, 'Artist's Papers, National Gallery of Australia Archives, 77/721'.>, <ExternalResource: Hillman, Tony & Cole, Beverly (1999), 'South For Sunshine, Southern Railway Publicity and Posters, 1923 to 1947'.>, <ExternalResource: Author: Blackley, Roger. Renwick, William (ed.) (2004), 'Centennial Exhibitions of Art, William Renwick (ed.), Creating A National Spirit, Celebrating New Zealand's Centennial.', Wellington: Victoria University Press, 2004, p. 223.>, <ExternalResource: 'Artist's File', E.H. McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand.>, <ExternalResource: Unknown (1929), 'The Contemporary Group of Australian Artists', Art In Australia, Third Series No 29, September 1929, np.>, <ExternalResource: (1929), 'Modern Prints', London: The Times, 13 December 1929, p. 12.>, <ExternalResource: Thompson, Sydney (1930), 'New Zealand Artists Abroad', Art In New Zealand, Vol III, No 10, December 1930, pp. 93-94.>, <ExternalResource: Malcolm C. Salaman (1930), 'A Chat to the Print Lover', London: The Studio, Vol 100, 1930, pp. 298- 301.>, <ExternalResource: (1930), 'Twenty-One Gallery', London: The Times, 27 February, 1930, p. 12.>, <ExternalResource: (1930), 'Catalogue of Drawings and Engravings by F.H. Coventry', London: Twenty One Gallery.>, <ExternalResource: Frederick Coventry (1930), 'Letter From London', Art In New Zealand, Vol III, No 9, September 1930, pp. 57-60.>, <ExternalResource: (1934), 'Art Notes: Wellington', Art In New Zealand, Vol VI, No 3, March 1934, pp. 167-168.>, <ExternalResource: (1939), 'Murals For Government Court N.Z. Centennial Exhibition', Art In New Zealand, Vol XII, No 1, September 1939, pp. 29-35.>, <ExternalResource: Tom Purvis (1939), 'Poster Progress', London: The Studio Publications Ltd, 1939.>, <ExternalResource: (1949), 'A Study of Design Aboard the RMS Caronia', Art and Industry, Vol 47, No 278, August 1949.>, <ExternalResource: (1964), 'Windows for Plymouth', The Times, 2 March 1964, p. 22.>, <ExternalResource: James Gleeson (1981), 'William Dobell: a biographical and critical study', Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1981, pp. 38-39.>, <ExternalResource: Alastair Forsyth (1986), 'Art on the Liners, exhibition catalogue', Southampton: Southampton City Art Gallery.>, <ExternalResource: Abderrahman Slaoui (1997), 'The Orientalist Poster', Casablanca: Malika Editions, 1997, p. 47.>, <ExternalResource: Hendrik Kolenberg (1997), 'Australian Drawings', Sydney: Art Gallery of New South Wales, p. 52.>, <ExternalResource: Gail Ross (2007), 'Art & Industry Frederick Halford Coventry (1905-1997)', Art New Zealand, No. 125, Summer 2007-2008, pp. 60-63.>] [<ExternalResource: F.H. Coventry, 'Improvements Relating to the Decoration of Glass', London: Patent Office, GB787758, Patent applied for 1955, publish.>, <ExternalResource: Frederick Halford Coventry, 'Artist's Papers, National Gallery of Australia Archives, 77/721'.>, <ExternalResource: Hillman, Tony & Cole, Beverly (1999), 'South For Sunshine, Southern Railway Publicity and Posters, 1923 to 1947'.>]