Background
Haddelsey was born in Grimsby, England. He came from a family of lawyers: his father, grandfather and great-grandfather all worked in the legal profession.
Haddelsey was born in Grimsby, England. He came from a family of lawyers: his father, grandfather and great-grandfather all worked in the legal profession.
Haddelsey went to school in Ampleforth in Yorkshire, England, but taught himself most of his art In his work, he focuses in particular on landscapes and horses. In 1980, Vincent Haddelsey went on a journey to Inner Mongolia, where he studied and painted the Mongolian Pony.
Various paintings resulted from this trip.
Haddelsey died on 29 August 2010 in Paris.
In 1965 Haddelsey travelled to Mexico, where he intended to paint members of the Charros tribe. He took part in a rodeo and was as a result invited to become the member of a Mexican association of elite horsemen.