Illustrator, printmaker, painter and teacher, born in Bangalore, Madras, India. Hartrick studied at Edinburgh University, the Slade School of Fine Art and in Paris, notably at Académie Julian, where he met such luminaries as Toulouse-Lautrec and Van Gogh. In 1887 showed first picture at Paris Salon. Returned to Scotland, then from 1889 worked in London as a black-and-white illustrator for The Pall Magazine, The Graphic and The Daily Graphic. Hartrick was notable for his drawings of country life, of which the British Museum has fine examples. Although he later lived in London a period with his wife, the artist Lily Blatherwick, time in Gloucestershire inspired Hartrick with rural subjects. Taught at Camberwell and Central Schools of Arts and Crafts.
Text source: 'Artists in Britain Since 1945' by David Buckman (Art Dictionaries Ltd, part of Sansom & Company)