Henry Bernard Chalon (1770–1849) was an English painter and lithographer.

Life

Son of the Dutch émigré and engraver Jan Chalon (1749–1795), Henry studied at the Royal Academy Schools and then started specializing in sporting and animal painting. He was appointed Animal Painter to Frederica, Duchess of York, in 1795, and later to both the Prince Regent and King William IV. Royal patronage also led to work for many other social prominent sporting enthusiasts but, despite exhibiting frequently at the Royal Academy, he never became a member of it. This may be because of a conservative trend in painting at this time, which favoured George Stubbs's measured style, which Chalon forever tried to imitate. He also drew lithographs for Philipp Andre's "Specimens of Polyautography" in 1804.

Henry Bernard Chalon

His one child, a daughter, was the miniaturist Maria A Chalon (Mrs Henry Moseley, c. 1800–1867).

Henry Bernard Chalon

External links

HB Chalon on Artcyclopaedia

HB Chalon at Tate Britain

John Noott Galleries - biography

1770 births

1849 deaths

18th-century English painters

English male painters

19th-century English painters

English lithographers

19th-century English male artists

18th-century English male artists

Henry Bernard Chalon