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.
This stunning British 18th century Old Master portrait oil painting, with exceptional provenance, is by noted artist George Romney. It was painted in 1788, commissioned by James Evelyn of Felbridge as it is of his younger daughter Anne, aged 20 years old. James was a Doctor of Law and Anne's mother was his second wife, Jane. Felbridge house, Anne's home, was in the village of Godstone in Surrey. This superb oil painting is a seated portrait of Anne, wearing a white dress with a green sash, her forearms exposed and her hands in her lap. Anne is blessed with the most wonderful long auburn curly hair and is visually stunning. Her body is partly turned away from the artist/viewer and she is slightly gazing down at us with confident, clear eyes. Anne is pictured in a landscape with a dramatic sky behind her. Romney's brushwork on her dress, hair and the background is superb. The delicate detailing of her facial features is also stunning. Sometimes Old Master portraits can be a little staid, but this one of Anne with her wild auburn hair and bold look is just magnificent. This is a fantastic example of George Romney's work and of an 18th century British Old Master with exceptional detailed provenance.
Name plate states: Anne, younger daughter of James Evelyn of Fellbridge Esq. 1788, aged 20. Romney.
Provenance With Charles Cecil Cope Jenkinson, 3rd Earl of Liverpool (1784-1851)
With The Hon. Henry Berkeley Portman (1860-1923),
Later 3rd Viscount Portman; with Emma, Viscountess Portman (1862-1929)
By 1926; with her daughter Lady Moyra Dawson-Damer (1897-1962)
Thence by family descent.
Painted in 1788. There are various labels verso.
Mentioned in Lord Hawkesbury's Catalogues of Portraits at Compton Place and at Buxted Park, in Sussex, 1903, p.18, no. 3, at Buxted Park, as in the 'Dining Room, South Wall'.
Further Bibliography:Gower (R. S.) Romney, London, 1904, p. 175 Kidson (Alex) George Romney, A Complete Catalogue of his Paintings, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2015, I, p. 205, no. 422 (illus).Ward (Humphrey) and Roberts (William) Romney: A Biographical and Critical Essay, London: T Agnew & Sons, 1904, p. 51
This sumptuous Scottish oil painting is by noted artist Robert Hope. It was most recently part of the Paisley Art Institute Collection, formerly held by the Paisley Museum and Art Galleries. It was exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy in 1919 and painted close to this date. The painting is a seated portrait of a woman in profile in a garden. She is holding up a golden apple to a beautiful peacock on the wall behind her. She is wearing a stunning golden dress with blue sash and her auburn hair is up in a bun. The peacock's tail is draped behind her and he is looking back at the golden apple. Yet it is the golden apple that is the focus of attention for the peacock, woman and viewer, an apple selected from red and gold apples in the nearby basket and perhaps offered up to the peacock. The Scottish painter delivers a beautiful exercise in iridescent colours echoing from the woman’s dress, golden with blue sash, to the peacock tail and body colour. The bold brushwork on the whole painting is superb and the vibrant colours are magnificent. This is a stunning painting with excellent provenance from the Royal Scottish Academy 1919 and the Paisley Art Collection and a superb example of Robert Hope's work.
Signed lower left.
Provenance Exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy 1919 no. 225 entitled The Golden Apple.
Paisley Art Institute Collection, formerly held by the Paisley Museum and Art Galleries.
Presented by Alexr. Hope & Isobel Hope Henry, 1937.
This superb British Post Impressionist 1940’s cityscape oil painting of Bath is by noted Slade School artist Therese Lessore, wife of Sickert. Lessore hailed from an important artistic dynasty that included her father Jules Lessore (1849–1892), a French painter who lived in England since 1871, as well as other artistic relatives and the family owned famous Beaux Art Gallery in London. Lessore was a founder member of the London Group and many of her works are now in UK museums. A similar painting is in the Walker Gallery, Liverpool. Lessore was also the third wife of Walter Sickert (1860-1942) a German-born British painter and printmaker who was a member of the Camden Town Group of Post-Impressionist artists in early 20th-century London. He was an important influence on distinctively British styles of avant-garde art in the mid and late 20th century. This stunning Post Impressionist oil painting is Bath circa 1940. Tall houses are either side of the painting, the right side’s architecture is bathed in sunlight. The sky is a vivid blue and the foreground a mass of purples and pinky greys with superb Post Impressionist brushwork. The influence of Sickert is also apparent. This is superb British 1940’s Post Impressionist Slade School oil painting by the wife of Sickert. Maybe a Bathonian can tell us the precise location.
This superb late 19th century British Society portrait of a beautiful young debutante by Annie Louisa Swynnerton, founder of the Manchester Society of Women Painters along with Isabel Dacre. It is signed and dated 1891. It has been suggested that the sitter is Elsie Elizabeth Ebsworth later Mrs George Swinton. She was painted many times by John Singer Sargent. A stunning painting that was on loan from Richard Taylor Fine Art to Manchester Art Gallery for all of 2018 for their Swynnerton exhibition. The brushwork and delicate detail are superb. This is a fantastic painting and an excellent example of Swynnerton's work.
Signed and dated lower right.
Provenance Corsham Court Wiltshire.
Manchester Art Gallery - Annie Swynnerton exhibition 2018.
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.
