An Artists Impression
The Cotswold Auction Company opens its doors for an exciting picture sale at the Bingham Hall Saleroom in Cirencester on Friday 17th February when a captivating collection of artists will be going under the hammer including a colourful Mediterranean market scene estimated at £1,000- £2,000 by the prolific and highly collectable Letitia Marion Hamilton (1878-1964).
There is also a D’Oyly John (1906-1993). whose palette knife technique, normally displayed in his vibrant, sun-drenched Mediterranean scenes can be seen in this oil on canvas, depicting fishing boats in a dusky harbour, estimated at £300-£450.
The Scottish artist, Alexander Kellock Brown (1849-1922), is also represented with a landscape: a brook running through a field, oil on canvas estimated at £400-£600. The Scottish Impressionist, who was born in Edinburgh and studied at the Glasgow School of Art spent much of his life in Glasgow and his first Royal Academy painting was exhibited in 1872. He became a regular exhibitor both in London and in leading Scottish galleries.
A typical work by Arthur Wilde Parsons (1854-1931), who gained considerable fame as a painter in oils and watercolours of marine and coastal subjects, is also included in this sale. An attractive watercolour drawing, illustrating anchored boats in harbour is estimated at £300-£400.
Last year’s picture sale also produced some striking results, including an oil on canvas by Vasily Shebuyev (1777-1855). This painting depicted a half-length portrait of a bearded man writing in a book with feather quill, “The Prophet”, signed. ‘Shebuyev’. The artist both studied and taught art in Russia and Italy, decorated the new cathedral of Kazan and also the chapel of Tsarskoe Seloe. Phone lines from Russia were booked and the hammer finally fell at £4500.
Consignments for the sale on the 17th are being accepted- suitableentries can be made by contacting the auctioneers on 01242-256363, 01285-642420, 01452-521177 or email
info@cotswoldauction.co.uk
The sale can be viewed on Thursday 16
th February 10am – 7pm and morning of the sale from 8.30am.
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