Howard Hinton (art patron), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Howard Hinton (art patron)

(1867-1948) company director and patron of art

Date of Birth: 10-Nov-1867

Place of Birth: Croydon, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1948

Profession: art collector

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Howard Hinton (1867-1948), Australian art patron and benefactor, was born on November 10, 1867 at Croydon in south London, Surrey, England, the third child of Mary Hinton (nee Field) and Thomas Alexander Hinton.
A thwarted artist due to shortsightedness, he visited many of the great galleries of Europe in his youth.
At age 24 he migrated to Australia and quickly associated with leading artists of the Heidelberg School and the bohemian artists' camps around Sydney Harbour in the 1890s.
He built a successful career in shipping and used his moderate wealth to support waves of Australian artists in the first half of the twentieth century.
Through extensive donations to the Art Gallery of New South Wales and particularly the Armidale Teachers' College he became one of the greatest benefactors in Australian art history.