(b Nottingham, 12 June 1833; d Sussex, NB, 1888). Canadian painter of English birth. He settled in Canada in 1861 and travelled in Labrador with his brother, the scientist and explorer Henry Youll Hind (1823-1908). In 1862 he accompanied the gold-seeking Overlanders to British Columbia as expedition artist. He travelled extensively in Canada, making oils, watercolours and pencil studies that display a meticulous attention to detail. They are generally small in size, done directly in front of the subject, and rather dry and impersonal. In the mid-19th century most artists recorded the Canadian landscape in a romantic spirit, often theatrically and panoramically. Hind's vision, however, was more circumscribed. His paintings are filled with minutiae, as in Wood Interior with Tree Stump (c. 1880; Hamilton, Dr Duncan Hind priv. col.), in which a decaying tree trunk partially covered with moss is shown in close-up.
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