16th Jul, 2022 9:30 GMT/BST
British, European and Sporting Art
1084
William Mellor (1851-1931)
Sheep grazing in a river valley
Signed, oil on canvas, 82cm by 70cm
Sold for £800
Estimated at £600 - £900
In fully restored condition, fairly stiffly relined, cleaned and revarnished. A good amount of surface dirt and discoloured varnish now in evidence. The surface is somewhat flattened as a result of the restoration process. Evidence of fairly light and sporadic retouching to the darker tones and definition of the foliage of the tree left-hand side furthermore concentrated over painting to the shadows and background of zed tree and an area immediately above the rocks and the lower reaches of the rocks below the tree. Further fairly isolated patches of retouching and strengthening within the grass on which the sheep are grazing and nearest the rocks and also further shadows and definition above and below the rocks beneath the grazing sheep, through the water and to a similar extent darker tones and definition of the rocks, mostly lower right side. Further patches, later paint within the lower reaches of foliage belonging to smaller tree right-hand side and approx centre area of the picture. The upper right hand 25% is broadly less affected. The grassy area at the base of the larger tree on the right-hand side also shows signs of retouching and overpainting etc.
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Auction: British, European and Sporting Art, 16th Jul, 2022
'In a Ligurian Garden', an important lost work by Henry Herbert La Thangue, is to be sold in the British, European and Sporting Art Sale on 16th July with an estimate of £70,000-100,000 plus buyer's premium. The painting was recently rediscovered in Yorkshire, having been passed down through the family of Sir William Prince-Smith (1898-1964) and his wife Marjorie, manufacturers of textile machinery from Keighley, West Yorkshire. View lot
Henry Herbert La Thangue RA (1859-1929) was one of the leading exponents of British Impressionism, who had become enamoured with painting 'en plein air' on a youthful painting trip to Brittany in 1881 with friend and fellow artist Stanhope Forbes, one of the founders of the Newlyn School of Painters. On his return to England he settled in Sussex, painting farm labourers in idyllic, rustic surroundings, recording a way of English rural life that was fast being lost to increasing industrialisation.
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Sunday 10 July 11am-4pm, Monday 11 July to Friday 15 July 10am-4pm and morning of sale from 8am. Viewing is open to the public, there is no need to make an appointment.
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