Hector Caffieri RBA (1847-1932)
Hector Caffieri was born in Cheltenham, one of eight children of Hector St Cyr Caffieri (1817-1890). His parents were a wine merchant of French descent and his wife, Mary (1820-1888).
Best known for his sensitive, atmospheric studies of fisherfolk and he was a versatile painter of landscapes and genre scenes.
When his parents died, in Boulogne, they were calling themselves ‘Caffieri de Beauvallon’. During his youth, the family lived in Cheltenham, including 7 Painswick Lawn and 24 Montpelier Walk.
He began to exhibit at the Society of British Artists in 1869, while living at the second address. (The society gained its royal charter in 1887.).
Although an English artist, he spent many years in France, where he also studied at the Académie Julian. He exhibited his work in England and France.
