Louis Bosworth Hurt
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Louis Bosworth Hurt was an English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 landscape artist.

Life and work

Hurt was born in Ashbourne
Ashbourne
Ashbourne is the name of more than one thing:Places*Ashbourne, County Meath in Ireland*Ashbourne, Derbyshire in England*Ashbourne, Victoria in Australia*Ashbourne, South Australia in AustraliaOtherAshbourne Cup...

 in north Derbyshire
Derbyshire
Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains. The county contains within its boundary of approx...

 in England. He was a student of George Turner
George Turner (artist)
George Turner was an English landscape artist and farmer who has been dubbed "Derbyshire's John Constable".-Life and work:Turner was born in Cromford, Derbyshire in England, but then moved to Derby with his family...

. who was known as Derbyshire's John Constable and their paintings have similar styles. Hurt and his wife, Harriet, lived in Derbyshire where they kept Highland cattle. Hurt is renowned for his paintings of these cattle and studies he made of highland cattle in Scotland. He also painted near Bettwys-y-Coed where he had a second home.

Hurt exhibited thirteen times at the Royal Academy in the 1880s and 1890s as well as exhibiting and holding exhibitions provincially. Bournemouth Art Gallery hold a collection of his paintings as it was founded by one of Hurt's patrons. Hurt also has paintings in the South African National collection, in Reading and in Manchester. Paintings that he originally sold for 7 to 40 pounds were valued at £80,000 in 2005.

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