Edward Robert Smythe (1810-1899)

Artist Name Edward Robert Smythe (1810-1899)
Title Constable Country Landscape
Description This lovely very large exhibited British Victorian landscape oil painting is by noted Suffolk artist Edward Robert Smythe. Painted circa 1850 it is a Constablesque Suffolk landscape. In the foreground, beneath the shade of a tree, a young boy with his dog is fishing by a lock. Beyond, cattle graze in a field with a cottage and windmill behind them in the landscape. There are some lovely passages with fine strong impasto and delicate detail make this an excellent British Victorian landscape oil painting
Provenance Guildhall art Gallery John Constable Exhibition label verso, 1952. 
Medium Oil on Canvas
Size 52 x 42 inches
Frame Housed in a stunning original craved and gilded ornate swept frame, 50 inches by 60 inches. In excellent condition.
Condition Good condition.
Biography Edward Robert Smythe (1810-1899).  was born in Ipswich, son of James Smyth (1780-1863) and his wife Sarah Harriet née Skitter (1783-1845). Edward attended the school of Robert Burcham Clamp at Ipswich. Elected a member of the Ipswich Society of Professional and Amateur Artists in 1832 and attended his first meeting the same year and was probably working under Henry Davy. He had a studio in the Old Shire Hall, Ipswich where he painted with artists such as Samuel Read, Wat Hagreen, Frederick Brett Russel and Robert Burrows. About 1840, he moved to Norwich to study the Norwich School of Painters where he became acquainted with Robert Ladbrooke’s son, Frederick Ladbrooke and is said to have worked with John Sell Cotman (1782-1842). He returned to Ipswich some five years later, taking a house in Bramford Road. He married at Ipswich in1848, Ellen Burman (1827-1879) and went on to have several children. Smythe exhibited at the Suffolk Fine Arts Association Ipswich in August 1850, several oil paintings including 'Chapel Viaduct, Colne Valley', 'A Group of Animals', 'A Sketch Ploughing', 'Ponies and a Dog' and 'A Landscape', and a watercolour 'The Ruling Passion strong in Death' and was also a member and exhibitor at the Ipswich Fine Art Club 1886-1898 and in 1889 at the Woodbridge Art Exhibition  had several oil paintings on display including 'Horses at Marsh', 'Donkeys' and 'Early Morn'. He also exhibited five works at the Royal Academy including 'View in the Colne Valley at Chappel, Essex' and exhibited five works at the British Institution including 'Pony and Boy' and 'The Village Blacksmith'. In 1865, Edward was living in Bury St Edmund’s, and his wife died in 1879, aged 52. By 1891 he had moved in with his married daughter Ellen Kate where he died in 1899, aged 88, and was buried in Ipswich cemetery. Five of his painting were on show at the Centenary exhibition of the Ipswich Art Club in 1974, a pastel 'Crossing the Stream', and oils 'Beach Scene', 'Knife Grinders' and 'The Squires Son' and a drawing 'Gipsies by the Wayside'. His oil 'The Charge of Balaclava' was bequeathed to Queen Victoria and is at Windsor Castle and in recent years he has regained something of the prestige that he held during his lifetime and his oil 'Woolpit Horse Fair' realised £39,650 at Bonham's London auction in 2011. (Suffolk Artists). 
Price SOLD
By clicking "Accept All" you agree to the use of analytical cookies that we use on our website to measure usage. These cookies provide information that will help us to improve our site and enhance user experience. By clicking "Manage Preferences", you can manage your consent and find out more about the cookies we use.
Manage your privacy preferences

These are functional cookies needed to keep our website working properly and give you the best experience when visiting our website.

We collect information about how visitors use our website. The information is in aggregate form and counts visitor numbers and other information to help us improve our website.

These cookies ensure that, if applicable, any adverts are properly displayed and targeted based on your browsing. They may also be used to integrate social media on our site.

We may use assets from 3rd parties on our website, for example, Google fonts, which enhance your viewing and visual experience.

Read our privacy policy