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ALFRED GLENDENING, JR. RBA
1861-1907
On the Silvery Thames
Date: 1888
Framed Size: 31 inches by 44 inches
Considered one of the finest English Victorian landscape and genre painters, Alfred A. Glendening was born in 1861. The son of Alfred Glendening, Sr., he received his art training from his father. His painting Haymaking was purchased for the Nation by the Chantrey Bequest in 1898, and he was elected a member of the Royal Academy in 1890. He exhibited widely both in London and in the provinces, including Royal Society of British Artists, Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Royal Society of Artists, Birmingham, Manchester City Art Gallery, and at the Royal Academy. On the Silvery Thames is a delightful example of Glendening’s work, demonstrating his meticulous technique and finish, as always breathtaking. Painted in a strong and rich style, giving careful attention to perspective and detail, this work combines fluency and tone.
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JOHN JOSEPH ENNEKING
1841-1916
A Woodland Pool-Newry, Maine
Date: circa 1897
Framed Size: 36.5 inches by 41.5 inches
Considered one of New England’s most important landscape painters, John Joseph Enneking was born in Minster, Ohio in 1841. He studied with landscape artist Samuel Lancaster Gerry (1813-1891) in Boston and having completed these studies, he was given a letter of introduction to the great art master Leon Joseph Bonnat (1833-1922). In 1872, Enneking left for Europe with his family to study and paint. Returning to Boston in 1876, Enneking influenced imbuing Impressionism into American art of that period. He set up a studio next to renowned American Impressionist and founding member of the Ten, Childe Hassam (1859-1935) and Boston landscapist George Fuller (1822-1884). He quickly gained recognition as a pre-eminent Impressionist. Enneking exhibited widely in Boston, New York, Chicago, Washington D.C., Pittsburgh, and Philadelphia and subsequently at national expositions in Chicago, Buffalo and San Francisco. He was to receive numerous awards during his lifetime, including a Gold Medal at the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco. His work has been acquired for the collections of major museums in the United States including: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College; Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts; Timken Museum of Art, San Diego, California; National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Although John Joseph Enneking is widely recognized as one of America’s earliest Impressionists, his woodland and lake scenes reflect the influence of the Barbizon School in both palette and aesthetic. A Woodland Pool, painted with vigorous brushstrokes and a mesmerizing natural palette, beautifully depicts this serene, natural pool, and its calming effects of light and shadow.
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ERNEST WALBOURN
1871 – 1927
Title: “Peaceful Moments”
Date: circa 1895
Size: Height 31 inches Width 43 inches (framed)
Ernest Walbourn was a much-admired English Victorian painter who specialised in wonderful renditions of the English countryside. Walbourn was born in Middlesex in 1871. His father initially wanted him to become an architect, but soon relented and converted the shed at the bottom of the family’s garden into a studio for his son. Walbourn married Eva Knight who was to provide both help and encouragement in his career and who was also an artist. She often assisted him in painting the backgrounds of his larger works. In 1895 Walbourn began exhibiting at the Royal Academy, Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Royal Society of British Artists, Royal Society of Artist in Birmingham, Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool and Manchester City Art Gallery. Walbourn’s work was in the classic tradition of Victorian landscape painting and earned him considerable admiration within his lifetime. He painted almost exclusively in oils and even his preparatory sketches were in this medium, such was his skill. His subjects were taken from the English countryside which he knew so well, and in particular from the Southern Counties, Wales and the West Country. As can be seen from this important example of his work, the landscape speaks for itself rendered with admiration for all that is beautiful and above all the treatment of light is superb. This painting is presented in pristine condition.
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SIR DAVID MURRAY RA RSA
1849-1933
Summertime in the English Countryside
Date: 1914
Framed Size: 19.75 inches by 23.25 inches
This important English artist was born in Glasgow on January 29, 1849 and died in 1933. He received his formal art training at the Glasgow School of Art. Murray's achievements were so highly regarded in his day that he was elected to the Royal Academy in 1905, Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours, Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Royal Scottish Academy, Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolours and knighted in 1916. Murray's landscapes are painted in a realistic and powerfully vigorous style, described at the turn of the century as the "New Romantic Movement" for its uniquely English combination of fact and fiction. His true sense of colour, his skill as a draughtsman, the charm and refinement of his vision-all combined to produce a profound poetry of nature's splendour.
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JACQUES BARTHELEMY APPIAN (ADOLPHE)
1818-1898
La Pech a la Bouteille
Date: 1870
Framed Size: 28 inches by 38.5 inches
This important French artist was born in Lyon on the 28th August 1818 and died on the 29th April 1898. He received his formal art training at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Lyon under the great masters Corot and Daubigny. Having completed his studies, he exhibited at the Salon from 1835. He received numerous medals including a gold medal in 1868, an honorable mention at the Exposition Universelle in 1889 and the Chevelier de la Legion d’honneur. Appian’s most notable works were landscapes and coastal views of Menton, Martigues and Venice. Rivers scenes were an important part of Appian’s work. He was a plein-air painter-a traditionalist-who favoured deep blue skies with placid flocks of clouds. He was a genius at captivating the atmosphere of the French countryside with beautiful intricacies of colour. Examples of Appian’s work may be seen at the following museums: Musee des Beaux Arts, Lyon; Musee de L’Ain, Bourg-en-Bresse, Amiens, Arras, Avignon, Beziers, Bourges, Dijon, Grenoble, Montpellier, Mulhouse, Nantes, Nice, LePuy, Pontoise, La Rochelle, Rouen and the Luxemboug Museum.
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GODFRED BENJAMIN CHRISTENSEN
1845 - 1928
Summer's Day in Humlebaek, Denmark
Date: 1908
Framed Size: 20.5 inches by 30 inches
This accomplished Danish artist was born in Copenhagen on the 23rd July 1845 and died in Tibirke in 1928. He studied at the Royal Art Academy in Copenhagen from 1860 to 1867 where he was the pupil of the Danish master F.C. Kiearskou. After traveling to Paris in 1869, Christensen met many French artists and was greatly influenced by their technique. He also traveled to Rome where he met Belgian artist Xavier Monthier and Italian artist Enrico Nardini. Christensen exhibited widely in Denmark including Charlottenborg from 1862-1928, as well as in Paris, London, Berlin, Sweden and at the Danish National Exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum in 1917. He was awarded numerous prizes including the Prix Neuhausen in 1865. Examples of his work may be seen in the National Museum of Copenhagen in Denmark. With attention to detail combined with sensitive renditions of colour, this wonderful example of Christensen’s work depicts a summer’s day in Humblebaek, Denmark. It epitomises the best of Danish painting at the turn of the century.
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