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    Oil on Board, 46x30cm. Adolphus Knell fl. 1860 - 1890 Adolphus Knell is believed to be one of the sons of the marine painter William Adolphus Knell (1818 - 1875). There were at least four well known marine painters in the Knell family including John Henry and William Calcott Knell. At different times they shared the same residential London address but their exact relationship is unclear. Adolphus Knell was first listed as a painter in Bath later moving to Bristol where he lived and painted for most of his life. He specialised in the busy waterways and harbours of Southern England. A large collection of his work is held in the Old Customs House, Lymington.
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    Albert Chevalier Taylor R.A. 1862 - 1928 A superb example by the artist best known for his long association with the Newlyn School. He was born at Leytonstone in Essex and won a scholarship to the Slade School at the age of seventeen. He moved to Newlyn in 1884 at the very beginnings of the Newlyn School of Painting founded by Stanhope Forbes. He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1887 and won a medal at the Paris Salon in 1891. In 1895 he left Newlyn for London and became very successful eventually being elected a member of the Royal Academy.
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    Watercolour, 47x41cm. Albert Moulton Foweraker R.B.A. 1873 - 1942 Provenance : Ex private collection. Born in Exeter, Moulto Foweraker began life as an engineer but in 1898 became a full time painter. In 1902 he was elected a member of the Royal Society of British Artists. He was an exhibitor at principal London and provincial galleries during which time he traveled extensively in Spain, Southern France and North Africa. He produced many paintings on his travels although it is for his Devon and Cornish paintings that he is best known.
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    Oil on Board, 11x17cm. Carruthers Gould R.B.A., R.W.A. 1870 - 1948 The son of the Victorian caricaturist Sir Francis Carruthers Gould lived for many years at Doverhay in Porlock. He first exhibited at the principal London Galleries from 1892 and was elected a member of both the R.B.A. and the R.W.A. He produced a good deal of work in both oil and water-colour of Exmoor and the surrounding countryside and has an enthusiastic following.
  • Carruthers Gould R.B.A., R.W.A. 1870-1948 The son of the Victorian caricaturist Sir Francis Carruthers Gould lived for many years at Doverhay in Porlock. He first exhibited at the principal London Galleries from 1892 and was elected a member of both the R.B.A. and the R.W.A. He produced a good deal of work in both oil and water-colour of Exmoor and the surrounding countryside and has an enthusiastic following.
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    Oil on Canvas, 90x64cmcm. Alexander C Koolman R.P., R.B.A. 1907-1998 Alex Koolman was a noted painter in oil and pastel of portraits and figures, often in interiors. He exhibited regularly at the Royal Society of British Artists, being elected a member in 1948, and also with the Royal Society of Portrait Painters. An example of his work is held by Kirklees Muesums & Galleries. He lived in London for many years.
  • Oil on Board, 74.5x64cm. Alexander C Koolman R.P., R.B.A. 1907-1998 Alex Koolman was a noted painter in oil and pastel of portraits and figures, often in interiors. He exhibited regularly at the Royal Society of British Artists, being elected a member in 1948, and also with the Royal Society of Portrait Painters. An example of his work is held by Kirklees Muesums & Galleries. He lived in London for many years.
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    Oil on Board, 58x50cm. Alexander Jamieson R.O.I., I.S. 1873 - 1927 An important Scottish painter, he studied at the Haldane Academy in Glasgow where he won a scholarship to Paris in 1898. He was elected a member of the International Sculptors, Painters and Gravers and a member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters. His first one-man show was held at the Carfax Gallery in 1912. His work is represented in a number of important public collections.
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    Watercolour, 73x62cm. Alexander Kellock Brown R.S.A., R.S.W., R.I. 1849-1923 Kellock Brown was born in Edinburgh studying first at the Glasgow School of Art and later attending Heatherley's in London. His first Royal Academy painting was exhibited in 1872 and he became a regular exhibitor both in London and in the principal Scottish galleries from this date. He was to spend much of his life in Glasgow and remains a painter in the true Scottish watercolour tradition. Additional details on request.
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    Oil on Board, 34x27cm. Algernon Mayow Talmage R.A., R.O.I., R.W.A., A.R.E. 1871-1939 Talmage studied at the Herkomer School and in St. Ives, staying on in the town to assist Julius Olsson at his painting school. He went on to exhibit internationally, winning medals in America and in Paris and he was elected a full Royal Academician in 1929. Like many of his St. Ives colleagues he favoured moonlit subjects painted in a restrained impressionist manner intending to convey atmosphere and mood.
  • Oil on Board, 57x47cm. Algernon Mayow Talmage R.A., R.O.I., R.W.A., A.R.E. 1871-1939 Talmage studied at the Herkomer School and in St. Ives, staying on in the town to assist Julius Olsson at his painting school. He went on to exhibit internationally, winning medals in America and in Paris and he was elected a full Royal Academician in 1929. Like many of his St. Ives colleagues he favoured moonlit subjects painted in a restrained impressionist manner intending to convey atmosphere and mood.
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    Oil on Canvas, 68x79cm. Donkin exh. 1880 - 1909 Signed with a monogram and dated 1882. A stunning example of 'Staithes School' painting, painted before the formation of the Newlyn School in Cornwall. This type of subject matter has become very rare, painted at a time when this type of subject matter was in the main romanticised in the typical manner. Little is known of the early life of Alice Donkin although she is recorded as living at various times in Berkshire and London. She obviously had considerable success during her lifetime as she exhibited at numerous important leading London galleries exhibiting with the Dudley Gallery, London Salon, Royal Society of British Artists, Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Society of Women Artists, Royal Academy etc.
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    Oil on Canvas, 57x50cm. 1902 - 1990 Alice Khon was a student of Madeleine Planty. She later studied at the L'Ecole des Beaux Arts de Lyon. At about this period she befriended Rene Dumas, Pierre Pelloux, Antoine Chartres and Henri Vielly. These artists exhibited together as 'Les Nouveaux'. In 1936 Khon met Pierre Bonnard and Foujita. She became friends with the artist Salvado who was Picasso's model for the painting 'L'Arlequin' Khon also modelled for Picasso. In 1941 she exhibited at 'Galerie Roger' in Lyon. In 1941 Khon became a member of the French Resistance during World War II changing her name to Marie Claude and became the secretary for the Regional State Major of Combat.
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    Oil on Canvas, 16x19cm. Newton Sutherland exh. 1908 - 1915 A painting in the true Scottish tradition and wonderfully atmospheric. Allan Sutherland lived in Glasgow and exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy, Glasgow Institute and the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Water-Colours. With a talented artist such as Sutherland it is interesting that he ceased to exhibit after 1915 but this was in fact very common as World War I claimed the lives of many promising painters.
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    Oil on Canvas, 55x45cm. Hornby N.E.A.C. 1914-1996 Anna Hornby was born on the 6th of April 1914 and was educated at the independent Westonbirt School, Gloucestershire. She went on to study art in Florence with landscape and flower painter Aubrey Waterfield in 1934, and later that year enrolled at the Byam Shaw School of Art in London where she studied under Francis Ernest Jackson, graduating in 1940. Apart from painting, calligraphy was Anna's other great passion - in 1952 she was appointed Honorary Secretary of the Society for Italic Handwriting, a post she held until 1962. Through her interest in calligraphy and her association with the Society, she became acquainted with Alfred John Fairbank, whose portrait Anna painted (exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1961). Anna was also a member of the Art Works' Guild and was elected a member of the New English Art Club in 1971. She exhibited widely with no fewer than 13 pictures at the Royal Academy, additionally she exhibited at the Royal Society of Painters in Watercolours, The Royal Society of Portrait Painters and the Royal Society of British Artists. Anna Hornby died in 1996, bequeathing paintings by Peter Greenham and Francis Ernest Jackson to the Ashmolean Museum of Art, Oxford. Many of her papers and letters, including correspondence with Alfred John Fairbank are held in the national archives of the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford and the National Art Library, London.
  • Oil on Board, 48x41cm. Arthur Spooner 1873-1962 Provenance: Available on purchase. Arthur Spooner taught landscape and figurative painting at the Nottingham College of Art in the early to mid 1900's. A member of the Royal Society of Artists, he was feted during his lifetime and is one of Nottingham's most famous painters. His earlier work included landscapes, portraits, and figure subjects, but few have survived. Today portraits by Arthur Spooner may sell for five figure sums, but the Goose Fair was bought for much more. In 2004, after a bidding war, Sir Harry Djanogly purchased the painting for £218,050.
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    Oil on Canvas, 11x17cm. Arthur White 1865 - 1953 An early member of the St. Ives School, he was born in Sheffield and studied art at the Sheffield School of Art under Henry Archer and J. T. Cook from 1880. He exhibited in London, including at the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and in the provinces. Much of his working life was spent in St. Ives and St. Ives itself was the inspiration for much of his work. He was a member of the St. Ives Society of Artists.
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    Watercolour, 24x15cm. Arthur Wilde Parsons R.W.A. 1854 - 1931 A well known Bristol landscape and marine painter, he worked in both oil and watercolour. Much of his subject matter was taken from the West Country and Cornwall where he was a regular visitor. He was a regular exhibitor at the London galleries, including the Royal Academy, the Royal Institute, the Royal Society of British Artists etc. He was elected a member of the R.W.A. and lived for much of his life in Rodgate, Bristol.
  • Watercolour, 94x70cm. Augustus Walford Weedon R.I., R.B.A. 1838-1908 Augustus Walford Weedon was born in London and painting in watercolour specialised in landscape subjects, depicting views in England, Scotland and Wales. He is also known to have travelled to Holland where he produced views mostly of canals and waterways. He exhibited extensively in London and provincial galleries, where his works were well received. He was elected to the Society of British Artists in 1883, and to the Royal Institue of Painters in Watercolours in 1887. An Exhibition of his works was held at the Fine Art Society in London in June 1908, and two of his paintings are recorded as hanging in the Melbourne and Sydney Art Galleries in Australia.
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    Oil on Canvas, 60x49cm. Augustus William Enness R.B.A. b.1876 An interesting and original painter principally in oils he was born in Whitby in Yorkshire. He moved to London and had a studio in St. John's Wood from 1915. His work was much admired and he exhibited at numerous important galleries including the Royal Academy, Royal Institute and the Royal Society of British Artists. In addition he also exhibited in Scotland at the Royal Scottish Academy and the Glasgow Institute.
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    Oil on Canvas, 11x8cm. Austin Winterbottom exh. 1887 - 1908 An excellent work by the Sheffield landscape painter Austin Winterbottom. Rarely on the market, this little-known artist was a highly imaginative and skilled painter. He worked almost exclusively in the north of England but exhibited on a number of occasions at the Royal Academy, the Royal Society of British Artists and the Manchester City Art Gallery.
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    Oil on Canvas, 28x22cm. Mason b.1947 Barry Mason specialises in painting historical naval subjects and deep sea sailing ships. He studied at the Exeter College of Art for three years. Exhibited at the R.S.M.A. from 1973.
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    Watercolour, 10x7cm. Bartram (Frederick John) Hiles R.W.A. 1872 - 1927 Born in Bristol, the artist lost both his arms at the age of eight in a tram accident. Despite this incredible disability he taught himself to draw and paint holding the brush in his mouth. He attended art classes at the Merchant Venture's Technical college in Bristol and later won a scholarship to the National Art Training School. At the Institution he won several prizes and subsequently visited Paris, returning to London where he worked in decoration and exhibited regularly with the R.B.A. Bartram Hiles had a very successful career in spite of his disability and exhibited at many leading London and provincial galleries. He was elected a member of the Royal West of England Academy and his work was purchased by Queen Victoria.
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    Pastel, 53x63cm. Bernard Dunstan R.A., N.E.A.C., R.W.A. b.1920 Born in Middlesex, he is married to the painter Diana Armfield. He studied at the Byam Shaw School of Art and then at the Slade.His reputation has owed much to his intimate interiors and nude studies reminiscent of the Degas and Sickert tradition. A much respected painter he has justifiably an enthusiastic following. He was elected a member of the Royal Academy in 1968 and his work is held in important public collections.
  • Watercolour, 77x100cm. Charles Branwhite A.O.W.S. 1817 - 1880 Painted in 1876, this is possibly an exhibition painting by the Bristol painter Charles Branwhite. He was the son of N.C. Branwhite, the painter, and began his career as a sculptor. He studied painting first with his father and then with the celebrated W.J. Muller. A resident of Bristol all his life, he was to become a good friend of two of Bristol's best know painters - Samuel Jackson and Francis Danby. A number of important public collections hold his work, including the British Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Bristol City Art Gallery.
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    Oil on Board, 10x7cm. Charles Wellington Furse A.R.A., N.E.A.C., I.S. 1868 - 1904 An exceptional talent, Furse tragically died in his thirties. Responsible for the iconic Edwardian painting 'Diana of the Uplands' which resulted in his being elected an associate of the Royal Academy when it was exhibited at the Academy in 1904. He studied at the Slade under Legros, in Paris at the Academie Julien and then at the Westminster School of Art under Fred Brown. During 1899 - 1901 he worked on the decorative spandrels in Liverpool Town Hall. He visited Italy on two occasions, in 1893 and 1903. Sir Alfred Munnings admired him, saying 'He was a fine painter - he finished just as I began to paint'.
  • Oil on Canvas, 43x52cm. Charles William Wyllie ROI, RBA 1853 - 1923 Charles Wyllie was the younger brother of William Lionel Wyllie and in his youth showed such promise that he had his first painting hung in the Royal Academy at the age of thirteen. He worked both in oil and watercolour and his subjects, though of a shipping nature, tended to be mainly of harbour, river or canal scenes. During World War I he worked as a naval camouflage expert. He exhibited at the Royal Academy, New Watercolour Society, Suffolk Street and the Grosvenor Gallery and was a member of the Royal Institute of Painters. The National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, has two examples of his work and the Tate Gallery has 'Digging for Bait' which was bought by the Chantrey Bequest.
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    Watercolour, 43x54cm. Clifford Fishwick 1923-1997 Provenance : Ex private collection. Painter in oil watercolour and gouache, lithographer and mural painter. Fishwick was born on June 21st 1923 at Rising Bridge near Accrington in Lancashire. He studied at Liverpool College of Art from 1940-1942, 1946-1947 and in New York. Fishwick held his first solo exhibition in 1957 at St. George's Gallery, Lancashire and subsequently exhibited widely, including shows at the Royal Academy, Royal Society of Artists and the R.W.A. He was a member of the Newlyn Society of Artists and his work is represented in a number of private and public collections. From 1958 to 1984 he was Principal of Exeter College of Art. Most of his works originated from sensations aroused by coast and landscapes and as well as a painter, was an accomplished rock climber and yachtsman.
  • Oil on Board, 30x38cm. Clifford Frith b.1924 A well executed portrait probably painted in the early 1850's by one of Australia's leading artists. Clifford Frith was born in London in 1924 where he studied at the Camberwell and St. Martin's School of Art. He emigrated to Australia in 1977. Over the past fifty years he has participated in many solo and group exhibitions in Australia, Canada and the UK. He is principally known for his sculptures and has received many public commissions. However, he was no slouch with a brush being a finalist in the Doug Moran Portrait Prize for his portrait of Robyn Archer. Clifford Frith's work is featured in numerous public, corporate and private collections nationally and internationally including the Tate Gallery, London; South London Gallery; Hull Art Gallery; Tel Aviv Art Gallery, Israel; Contemporary Art Society, London; Sussex University; United National Gallery of Australia; Art Gallery of South Australia; Parliament House, Canberra; Fliners University of South Australia; Adelaide Festival Centre; South Australian College of Advanced Education and Adelaide University.
  • Oil on Canvas, 60x50cm. Stone exh.1935- Provenance: Ex private collection. This wonderful painting is very evocative of post war England and beautifully observed. Little is known of this fascinating artist, although we have had work by him in the past. His first recorded address is in Brighton, when in the pre-war years he visited Cornwall and exhibited a number of Cornish paintings at the Royal Academy during this period. Following World War II, he continued to exhibit at the Academy from addresses in Sussex at Rottingdean and Newheaven.
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    Oil on Canvas, 14x17cm. Fulton R.S.W.A. 1848 - 1930 Fulton was born in Parkhead near Glasgow, and studied at the Glasgow School of Art. He was elected R.S.W. in 1890 and had a long and successful career exhibiting at the London galleries and abroad. He excelled at this type of subject, capturing the landscape of rural Scotland in a sensitive and original manner. He lived and worked for most of his life in Glasgow, exhibiting at both The Royal Scottish Academy and the Glasgow Institute.
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    Derwent Lees Provenance: The Fine Art Society 1886 - 1931 Born in Australia he studied in Melbourne and then in Paris. He then arrived in London to attend the Slade School from 1905 - 1907. While still undergoing his studies he was invited to join the academic staff and he taught drawing at the Slade from 1908 - 1918. His close associates included J. D. Innes and Augustus John and around this period he worked with them in Dorset and Wales painting lyrical landscapes in vivid colours on small wooden panels. He travelled widely in Europe and during 1912 - 1914 he visited the south of France. Derwent Lees met his wife Edith Brice known as Lyndra, through Augustus John for whom she has modelled 'The Edwardians', and 'Secrets and Desires'. Derwent Lees died in Surrey in 1931.
  • Dorothea Maclagan Born in Greenock, she studied at the Byam Shaw and Cole School of Art between 1914 and 1917. She then studied for five years at the Royal Academy Schools where her tutors included Sir George Clausen and Ernest Jackson. While at the Academy Schools she won a silver medal for drawing, the Armitage Prize, the Landseer Prize and the Landseer Scholarship. She kept a studio in London throughout the 1920's and exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy, the Royal Portrait Society and the New English Art Club as well as in the provinces and in Sweeden and Holland. Amongst her close artist friends were Glyn Philpot, Vivian Forbes and John Nash. During the 1930's she moved to Meadle in the Vale of Aylesbury where she made a garden and began to specialise more in botanical work. After the was she had one-woman shows in Cambridge and at Dartington Great Hall. She continued to exhibit regularly in London and exhibited more than 40 paintings at the Royal Academy during her career. Her highly sensitive work, often on a small scale reflects the influence of her thorough classical training. She delighted in 'concentrated' work and botanical painting and her meticulous watercolour style and precise observation. Her figure studies whilst possessing great academic skill also reveal a subtle and human tenderness.
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    Oil on Canvas, 16x20cm. Dorothea Sharp R.B.A., R.O.I., V.P.S.W.A. 1873 - 1955 Dorothea Sharp was considered as one of the greatest artists of her time. Born in Dartford, Kent she studied painting both in England and France. Her first paintings were of an academic nature. Her style changed dramatically having seen the work of the impressionist painters and with the encouragement of George Clausen and Sir David Murray she developed a highly distinctive style. She exhibited with considerable success at the Royal Academy and other leading London galleries. In the 1920's she with her good friend and fellow artist Marcella Smith, moved to St. Ives - both of whom became active members of the St. Ives Society of Artists.
  • Watercolour, 56x44cm. Dudley Hardy R.I., R.B.A., R.M.S., P.S. 1867 - 1922 Provenance : Exhibition label verso - The Graves Gallery. An exceptional talent Dudley Hardy was the eldest son of the marine painter Thomas Bush Hardy. He studied first under his father and then at the age of fifteen was sent to the Dusseldorf Academy and studied under Crola and Lowenstein. He rebelled against the teaching methods of the Academy and left remaining in Dusseldorf painting landscapes and genre. However he did decide to return to the Academy for a further three years before returning to England. He then spent a spell at the Antwerp Academy under Verlat and for two years in Paris with Collin and Rossi. He evidently had a vivid imagination as he acted as 'war artist in the Sudan' for a periodical while living in London! He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1885, and he quickly established his reputation with the showing in 1888 of his first large canvas Sans Asile. He painted many Eastern scenes and later a number of Breton genre subjects, he was also well known for his theatre posters that include the famous 'Yellow Girl'.
  • Oil on Canvas, 14x18cm. Dudley Hardy R.I., R.B.A., R.M.S., P.S. 1867 - 1922 An exceptional talent Dudley Hardy was the eldest son of the marine painter Thomas Bush Hardy. He studied first under his father and then at the age of fifteen was sent to the Dusseldorf Academy and studied under Crola and Lowenstein. He rebelled against the teaching methods of the Academy and left remaining in Dusseldorf painting landscapes and genre. However he did decide to return to the Academy for a further three years before returning to England. He then spent a spell at the Antwerp Academy under Verlat and for two years in Paris with Collin and Rossi. He evidently had a vivid imagination as he acted as 'war artist in the Sudan' for a periodical while living in London! He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1885, and he quickly established his reputation with the showing in 1888 of his first large canvas Sans Asile. He painted many Eastern scenes and later a number of Breton genre subjects, he was also well known for his theatre posters that include the famous 'Yellow Girl'.
  • Watercolour, 56x44cm. Dudley Hardy R.I., R.B.A., R.M.S., P.S. 1867 - 1922 An exceptional talent Dudley Hardy was the eldest son of the marine painter Thomas Bush Hardy. He studied first under his father and then at the age of fifteen was sent to the Dusseldorf Academy and studied under Crola and Lowenstein. He rebelled against the teaching methods of the Academy and left remaining in Dusseldorf painting landscapes and genre. However he did decide to return to the Academy for a further three years before returning to England. He then spent a spell at the Antwerp Academy under Verlat and for two years in Paris with Collin and Rossi. He evidently had a vivid imagination as he acted as 'war artist in the Sudan' for a periodical while living in London! He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1885, and he quickly established his reputation with the showing in 1888 of his first large canvas Sans Asile. He painted many Eastern scenes and later a number of Breton genre subjects, he was also well known for his theatre posters that include the famous 'Yellow Girl'.
  • Oil on Board, 42x37cm. Dudley Hardy R.I., R.B.A., R.M.S., P.S. 1867 - 1922 Provenance : This exceptional small panel is described in 'Brush, Pen and Pencil' a biography of the artist's life. (further details on request) An exceptional talent, Dudly Hardy was the eldest son of the marine painter Thomas Bush Hardy. He studied first under his father and then at the age of fifteen was sent to the Dusseldorf Academy and studied under Crola and Lowenstein. He rebelled against the teaching methods of the Academy and left - remaining in Dusseldorf painting landscapes and genre. However he did decide to return to the Academy for a further three years before returning to England. He then spend a spell at the Antwerp Academy under Verlat and for two years in Paris with Collin and Rossi. He veidentley had a vivid imagination as he acted as 'War Artist in the Sudan' for a periodical while living in London! He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1885 and he quikly established his reputation with the showing in 1888 of his first large canvas Sans Asile. He painted many eastern scenes and later a number of Breton genre subjects, he was also well known for his theatre posters that include the famous 'Yellow Girl'.
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    Oil on Paper, 43x53cm. Duncan James Corrowr Grant 1885 - 1978 Private Collection. Provenance : Clarissa Roche, with interesting accompanying letter.
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    Oil on Board, Signed Verso, 90x60cm. Edmund Gill 1820 - 1894 Born in London, Edmund Gill was highly successful during his lifetime and made a speciality of painting waterfalls, which earned him the nickname 'Waterfall Gill'. He met David Cox in 1841 in Birmingham, which was to prove an inspiration to him. He first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1842 and he continued to show there until 1886. He lived at various time in London, Ludlow and Hereford. Much of his subject matter is taken from the landscape of Wales and Scotland ; this example was probably painted in North Wales.
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    Oil on Canvas, 8x14cm. Edward Matthew Hale R.O.I. 1852 - 1904 Edward Mathew Hale studied in Paris from 1873-1875 under Cabanel and Carolus Duran. He was the official war artist for the London Illustrated News during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878. He exhibited with considerable success at many of the principle London galleries including the Royal Academy and was elected a member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters. A painting was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1893.
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    Oil on Canvas, 19x26cm. Edwin Harris 1855 - 1906 Whenever interest is shown in the work of Edwin Harris it always seems to be centred around the years he spent in Newlyn in the company of Stanhope Forbes and the other Newlyn artists. This has meant that his work before he went to Newlyn has tended to be ignored, even though he was already exhibiting at the RBSA in 1877. A landscape, genre and figure artist, Harris was born in Ladywood, Birmingham, where he was educated locally and met W. A. Breakspeare who was to become his lifelong friend. After receiving his initial training at the Birmingham School of Art he went to Verlat's Academy in Antwerp, where he met Breakspeare again, who was already a student there. After returning to Birmingham in 1880 Harris made several exploratory trips to Newlyn, and finally settled there in 1883. He spent twelve happy years in Newlyn, which were marred only by the death of his wife. During that time her painted mostly scenes of pretty girls against a background of a cottage interior, or anecdotal subjects which sometime featured old men, as in 'Resting' above. Unlike Stanhope Forbes, Harris did not seem to have any empathy with the local fishing folk. Fred hall painted an excellent portrait of Harris which shows him as a heavily moustached, faintly lugubrious-looking man with a pipe drooping from his mouth. The portrait is now in the possession of the Tate Gallery. This Painting is illustrated in 'A Companion to Victorian and Edwardian Artists' by Adrian Vincent.
  • Watercolour, 70x90cm. Elizabeth (miss) Gulland d.1934 Both a painter and engraver this artist was born in Edinburgh. She exhibited at the principal London galleries from 1884 and also at the Royal Scottish Academy. This haunting portrait illustrates her considerable individuality and her skill as a gifted and original artist. She lived for many years at Bushey where Herkomer founded his influential school of painting.
  • Oil on Board, 34x23cm. Ernest Borough Johnson 1867-1949 Inscribed verso March 1916. Born in Shifnal in Shropshire, Johnson was a painter in oils, watercolours, tempera and pastel of portraits, figure subjects and landscapes. He was also an important lithographer, etcher and charcoal draughtsman. Johnson studied at the Slade School under Alphonse Legros and at the Herkomer School, Bushey. He exhibited very widely at the principal London galleries from 1886 and extensively abroad. Elected an RBA in 1896, RI in 1906 - he received an Honourable Mention at the Paris Salon in 1922, and a silver medal in 1923. Amongst his published books were 'The Art of the Pencil' which is a wonderful record of his fine draughtsmanship. He was Professor of Fine Arts, Bedford College, London University, and for fifteen years Headmaster of the Art Department of Chelsea Polytechic. Amongst his highly successful work as an illustrator was Thomas Hardy's 'Tess of the D'Urbevilles'. His work is represented in public collections worldwide.
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    Oil on Canvas, 66x84cm. Ernest Jules Renoux 1863 - 1932 Born in Romeny-sur-Marne, Renoux was working at the height of French Impressionism. He favoured painting the human form, often using members of his family as sitters. His home town has a museum dedicated to his life and work and there is also a well dedicated to his memory. Further details on request.
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    Aldridge 1850 - 1933 A good early example of a marine oil dating from the 19th century by the well known Worthing artist Frederick James Aldridge. Aldridge lived all his eighty three years in Worthing and was a regular visitor to Cowes Regatta for fifty years. Highly collectable, he was a regular exhibitor at the London galleries including the Royal Academy. On his death an obituary appeared in the Times which commented that he had 'established an international reputation especially in British Commonwealth countries.'
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    Oil on Canvas, 55x44cm. Florence A Saltmer exh. 1882 - 1908 An artist with a distinctive style, Florence Saltmer lived at various times in London, Surrey and Sussex. She exhibited with considerable success at numerous principal London galleries including the Royal Academy, Royal Institute, Royal Society of Oil Painters, Society of Women Artists etc.