Paintings of the village and parish of Thursley

Thursley has a fine history of supporting artists and this entry adds current and historic paintings of the village. We would welcome any new entries be they current or in the past. See also the entry for Thursley's Artists Through the Ages as it provides some background on some of the artists featured.

Three paintings by John Hassell

From the Surrey History Centre:

John Hassell (1767-1825) is remembered today as a watercolour painter, engraver and drawing master. He was born in 1767, perhaps in Wales, and first appeared as an exhibitor at the Royal Academy in 1789. He was a popular drawing-master and published several works on the techniques of drawing and painting in watercolour. He also published books of topographical views which owe much to the romantic interest in the picturesque. Several of these books, notably his ‘Views of Gentleman’s Seats Adjacent to London‘ (1804-1805), ‘Picturesque Rides and Walks within Thirty Miles of the British Metropolis‘ (1817-1818) and ‘Excursions of Pleasure‘ (1823) show Hassell’s deep interest in Surrey which was to take him to most parts of the county and result in at least 750 watercolour views of churches, houses and other buildings of architectural or historical interest which he found. They provide a superb glimpse of the county’s architecture over two centuries ago before the face of Surrey was transformed by the coming of the railway.

The Old Parsonage and the Granary of Hill Farm Barns by Edward Wilkins Waite (1854-1924)

The Old Parsonage has attracted painters for decades past

These paintings are by Arthur Robertson who was a late Victorian British watercolour artist and topographical painter active in the 1880s and 1890s. He specialised in village and town scenes, domestic and architectural subjects and figures in contemporary dress:

The Lodge, The Street, Thursley

The Old Parsonage

Postcard of painting of Keeper’s Cottage by A.R. Quinton.

Minding the Fire by Henry Edward Spernon Tozer

Mercy Fosberry and her daughter Mary by Eveline de la Belinay Lance c1930

Kitchen of Pitlands Farm (now Punch Bowl Farm) by Eveline Lance

The Three Horse Shoes when the breathalyser was introduced by Russell Brockbank, Art Editor of Punch

Sunflowers leading to the Threshing Barn, painted in Thursley by Philip Traill, 2003

Philip's daughter, Helena Traill, is establishing a reputation as a plein air painter:

No. 248 Heather and Gorse, on Thursley Common, 2026

No. 46 After a walk everything changes, Moat Pond, 2025

These contemporary paintings of Thursley Common are by Sallie Roles: