Edward Aubrey Hunt (1855-1922)
| Artist Name | Edward Aubrey Hunt (1855-1922) |
|---|---|
| Title | Washerwomen by a River |
| Description | This charming figurative landscape oil painting is by noted American born artist Edward Aubrey Hunt who was living in London in 1878 and again returned to England after visiting Tangiers around 1900. He exhibited extensively through out his career including 26 paintings at the Royal Academy. Painted circa 1890, the composition of this painting is a group of women lining the bank of a river, doing their washing. Beyond them are moored boats, houses and a tree clad hill with a church and possibly a small castle in their midst. The painting is dissected by the line of women and then the houses. The palette tones of the women's clothing are picked up in the boat sails and houses beyond. A really lovely oil painting by a highly accomplished artist and an excellent example of his work. Signed lower left. |
| Provenance | Somerset estate. |
| Medium | Oil on Canvas |
| Size | 16 x 24 inches |
| Frame | Housed in an ornate frame, 30 inches by 24 inches and in good condition. |
| Condition | Good condition. |
| Biography | Edward Aubrey Hunt (1855-1922) was born at Weymouth, Massachusetts, USA. Hunt was admitted to L'Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris and studied in Paris for five years. He married in 1876 to Agnes FitzGibbon and returned to London in 1878 where he became an established artist. Hunt returned frequently to his home town of Weymouth, Boston where he painted and sold the paintings in England. Hunt travelled extensively and must have lived at Lowestoft, Suffolk about 1910. He exhibited at Birmingham Royal Society of Artists; Liverpool Walker Art Gallery and the Royal Academy 1906-1938 from London 1906 and 1938, Conway, Wales in 1907 and from Lowestoft, Suffolk in 1910. As a means of supplementing his income as an artist, throughout his career Hunt painted portraits one of the more well-known of these portraits is of Andrew Carnegie's partner, Henry Phipps. In the 80's Aubrey Hunt was the father of four children, however his marriage ended in the late 1880's. During one of his trips to Tangier, Morocco he met Maude Chadwick and they were married in 1892. They moved to Tangier where they remained for a some ten years and two of his important paintings are ‘Off the Barbara Coast’ and ‘Fantasia, Tangiers, Morroco’. Following the birth of his daughter, Mavis, Hunt returned to England living at a manor house at Hemmingford Grey, Huntingdonshire 1901-1904 and where they had another son. Some of Hunt's most successful landscapes and scenes along the river Ouse were painted during these years. Hunt died on November 22, 1922. Exhibited: Royal Society of Artists Birmingham 3, Dowdeswell Galleries 41, Fine Art Society 1, Grosvenor Gallery 1, Glasgow Institute of Fine Art 9, Goupil Gallery 46, Walker Art Gallery Liverpool 3, Manchester City Art Gallery 2, New English Art Club 2, New Gallery 2, Royal Academy 26, Royal Society of British Artists 38, Royal Institute of Oil Painters 17, Arthur Tooth and Sons Gallery 1. |
| Price | SOLD |
