THE FALL EXCEPTIONELLE SALE DAY 2
Lot 616:
Description
Keywords: British Art, Lichfield Cathedral, Landscape Painting, Architectural View, Church Scene, River View, Signed Painting, Dated Painting, Edwardian Era, Early 20th Century, Oil On Canvas, Framed Painting
Summary:
Albert Goodwin oil on canvas painting depicting a view of Litchfield Cathedral reflected across water. Signed Albert Goodwin and dated 1902. ” Presented in an ornate frame. We like this work and the way that the church emerges at dawn reflecting in the water.
Like Turner, Goodwin was a master of all the techniques used in painting in order to achieve the subtle lighting effects associated with dawn and sunset – his favourite times of the day -Goodwin’s landscapes are invariably infused with a poetic charm that raises them above mere description; indeed, one critic complimented him for having that ‘peculiar faculty of painting a natural scene with an undercurrent of supernatural feeling’.
Albert Goodwin was born in Maidstone, England in 1845, just three years before the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was founded, and two years after the publication of Ruskin’s first volume of Modern Painters. These dates are significant because it was in the artistic circles generated by Ruskin and the Pre-Raphaelites that Goodwin developed as an artist – first in the studio of Arthur Hughes, then under the supervision of F M Brown, and finally as a protégé of Ruskin.
This is a NO RESERVE lot. There are no hidden or confidential reserves. All acceptable bidding begins at the published online START PRICE.
Measurement: Art: 32 x 48 1/4 in. (81.3 x 122.6 cm.), Frame: 40 1/4 x 56 in. (102.2 x 142.2 cm.) approx
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