Annie Louisa Swynnerton (1844-1933)

Victorian Woodland Maiden

This superb 19th century portrait oil painting is by noted Manchester artist Annie Louisa Swynnerton. Her works have previously been bought by artists such as George Clausen and John Singer Sargent. Swynnerton was the first woman to be elected an Associate of the Royal Academy and later founded the Manchester Society of Women Painters with Isobel Dacre. The composition for this painting is of a young dark haired, ruby cheeked woman dressed in red in the foreground, resting her elbows on a log, her chin in her hands. She is smiling and gazing up and to the right. Beyond her is a wooded landscape and vibrant blue river stretching out to the sea.  An autumnal coloured blackberry briar is in front of her arms and blackberries are on the log, suggesting she is foraging for fruit and a child of the woods and nature. The work has Swynnerton's mystical, ethereal touch with superb brushwork and a vibrant palette.  We have several paintings by Swynnerton but this is one of our favourites and is a classic example of her outstanding talent as a Victorian born female artist.

Signed lower right and dated 1887.

Provenance. Italian estate.

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Edwin Noble (1876-1961)

Young Man with Two Dogs in a Landscape

This superb British Edwardian figurative landscape oil painting is by noted animal artist Edwin Noble. Painted in 1904 it is a large and detailed painting of a young man, kneeling in a grassy thicket with his two dogs, a lurcher and terrier. He is restraining the dogs whilst his ferret goes down a rabbit hole in the hedgerow. Two dead rabbits are already lying on the grass beside them. Beyond is a county landscape of fields and trees. The young man in his stripped shirt and waistcoat and the two white dogs really stand out in the mass of greenery around them as do the white wild flowers at their feet. The detail and brushwork are superb.  This is an excellent example of Edwin Noble's work as an animal painter in the Edwardian period and also depicts country pursuits. 

Signed and dated Edwin Noble 04 lower right.

Provenance. From the collection of Derek Parker and Peter Wynne Morris, Interior designers, antique dealers and collectors over sixty years.

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Bertram Priestman (1868-1951)

Cows in a Landscape - River Wharfe Yorkshire

This lovely British Edwardian Impressionist landscape oil painting is by noted artist Bertram Priestman. Painted in 1901 the location is the River Wharfe a river in Yorkshire, England originating within the Yorkshire Dales National Park. For much of its middle course it is the county boundary between West Yorkshire and North Yorkshire. Its valley is known as Wharfedale. Priestman has depicted a number of different coloured cows in the foreground on the edge of the river. Beyond is the climbing riverbank and trees on the other side of the water beneath a blustery sky. The impressionistic brushwork, heavy impasto and vibrant colours are just superb. This is a fantastic example of Priestman's work and a lovely British Edwardian Impressionistic oil painting.

Signed and dated 1901 lower right.

Provenance. Exhibited 1902 Tableau achete a l'Exposition Trienale des Beaux Arts. No 960.
                     Dolman and Son London
                     Yorkshire estate.

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Emily Mary Osborn (1828-1925)

Golden Daydream

This stunning British Victorian Pre-raphaelite Royal Academy exhibited oil painting is by note female Suffragette artist Emily Mary Osborn. Painted in 1877 it was exhibited at the RA the same year. The composition is of a beautiful young woman, lounging in a hammock, daydreaming. The fashionably eclectic interior with the verdure tapestries, Persian carpets and exotic lilies, is typical of paintings of the Aesthetic Movement as is the languid subject of idle reverie. With this picture Osborn showed herself to be a versatile artist able to deviate from her usual subjects of portraiture, childhood or social adversity. Her brushwork and attention to detail have perfectly captured the many varied textures with the colour gold running through them all. This is a stunning painting with excellent provenance by a well respected Victorian female artist and would grace any wall. 
 
Signed with red monogram lower left.

Provenance Anon. sale, Sotheby's, Belgravia, 18 April 1978, lot 88.
                    Exhibited London, Royal Academy, 1877, no. 461 (as Dreaming Awake).
                    Birmingham Society of Artists, 1878, no. 431 (As A Golden Daydream). 
                    Literature Art Journal, September 1877, p. 269.

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Jessie MacGregor (1847-1919)

In the Childhood of Dante - From this time forward love ruled my heart

This stunning Pre-Raphaelite oil painting depicts Beatrice kneeling on the grass, holding flowers and gazing up at Dante as he stands beside her, hands over her head, perhaps miming crowning her. Other children and their maids dance around them. Beyond them is a Florentine garden with beautiful arches and some figures to the right. To the left one can glimpse the landscape under a summer's sky. MacGregor has portrayed superb detail in the figures expressions and clothing with rich red and gold tones and the vivid blue sky echoing in the little boy's tunic. The brushwork is fantastic. MacGregor painted some fantastic paintings in her time, many of which were exhibited and now hang in art galleries. This painting is a superb example of her work, with excellent provenance and would grace any wall.

Signed twice 'Jessie Macgregor/1892' lower right.

Provenance Anon. sale, Sotheby's, Belgravia, 11 December 1972, lot 195.
                    Exhibited London, Royal Academy, 1892, no. 905 entitled In the Childhood of Dante. From this time forward love ruled my heart.
                    Literature Royal Academy Illustrated, 1892, p. 78.

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