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William Hoggatt, Isle of Man Artist (1879-1961)
Hoggatt was born on 1 September 1879

Hoggatt’s artistic talents were recognised whilst he was still at school when he won a scholarship to the Royal College of Art. Rather than study in London Hoggatt chose to be apprenticed to a local firm of stained glass manufacturers and continued his studies at the Storey Institute in Lancaster. He was later sponsored by H. L. Storey to study at the Academie Julian, one of the leading private international art schools in Paris. Hoggatt eloped to the Isle of Man in 1907 with Dazine, a friend’s sister he had met whilst working at the Tate Gallery in London. They were married for 54 years. Hoggatt’s work was reproduced in journals such as The Connoisseur and The Studio. He exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy in London from the early 1900s until his death. In 1925 he was elected to the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours. He was also a member of the Liverpool and Manchester Academies. Hoggatt and his wife used their home to provide a regular meeting place for members of the Island’s artistic community, he was also unstinting in his encouragement of local artists, giving demonstration lectures at the Manx Museum and acting as President of the Manx Artists Group.