Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 2

Rowland Hilder
Kent Landscape, 20th Century English Artist, Signed Watercolour

$4,936.15
£3,600
€4,198.60
CA$6,759.28
A$7,515.40
CHF 3,924.13
MX$91,480.75
NOK 50,070.17
SEK 46,913.36
DKK 31,334.95
Shipping
Retrieving quote...
The 1stDibs Promise:
Authenticity Guarantee,
Money-Back Guarantee,
24-Hour Cancellation

About the Item

Rowland Hilder 1905 - 1993 Kent Landscape Watercolour, signed lower right Image size: 23 x 34 cm Framed Though of staunch English stock, Hilder chanced to be born in Long Island, New York, where as a child he caught his first glimpse of pictures hanging on walls when his father took him to the mansions of the resident millionaires. When war broke out the family sailed back to England; and when it was over a perceptive schoolmaster, recognising a natural talent for drawing, set him on the road to Goldsmiths' College, in London. There he joined the etching class, but soon transferred to drawing under the noted illustrator Edmund J. Sullivan, to which Hilder acknowledged a lifelong debt. He developed into a versatile illustrator and draughtsman, with commissions that ranged from a 1930 edition of Mary Webb's classic Precious Bane to marine subjects and boys' adventure yarns. When, after all, he decided that watercolour painting was what appealed to him most, he could find no one to teach him; so he taught himself, by studying the classic English masters. He was duly elected to the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours, of which he served as President from 1964 to 1974. After war service in camouflage operations he turned to popularising his art with the help of calendars and greetings cards, in the process introducing a vast new public to his work. His work touched a strain of nostalgia in the English for an unchanged and unchanging landscape. It is hard to think of any landscape painter of his generation whose work is as widely known, and whose images - most typically of the Kentish Weald in the vivid dignity of winter - have taken such a hold on the public's affections. His favourite painting country was the rolling northern downland from Shoreham eastwards towards Maidstone. He was a great sailor and kept a coastguard's cottage at Shell Ness, at the mouth of the river Swale, as his base for marine painting. Hilder was the first to see the drama and picturesque beauty of the oast-houses in Kent with their white caps and surrounding orchards. Perhaps his most notable work is The Garden of England (1945-50; he worked on it over several years) which was the most popular work at the exhibition 'Landscape in Britain 1850- 1950' staged at the Hayward Gallery, in London, in 1983. Hilder had a profound impact on the concept of landscape painting which appealed to enthusiastic amateurs. A visit to the annual exhibition of the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours in the Mall Galleries, London, still reveals groups of artists who paint in his manner, whether they know it or not. The popularity of Hilder's imagery was enhanced by his collaboration with his wife Edith in illustrating Shell's Guide to the Countryside, serialised in the colour magazines Picture Post and Illustrated, reaching a readership of millions each week. Rowland would paint the landscapes and Edith the flowers. Ever ready to share the mysteries as well as the pleasure of his craft, he taught, lectured and wrote about it in terms that won him ever wider affection and esteem. He shares with John Constable the distinction of having seen an entire region of England identified with his name and art. The description 'Rowland Hilder country' evokes a landscape as distinctive as 'Constable's country' along the Suffolk Stour. That is as generous a tribute as any man could wish.
  • Creator:
    Rowland Hilder (1905 - 1993, English)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 9.06 in (23 cm)Width: 13.39 in (34 cm)
  • More Editions & Sizes:
    1 of 1Price: $4,936
  • Medium:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    London, GB
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU5242674743

More From This Seller

View All
A River Landscape, 19th Century British Watercolour, Signed and Dated 1880
By Alfred East
Located in London, GB
Watercolour on paper, signed and dated '1880' bottom left Image size: 9 x 13 inches (23 x 30 cm) Hand made gilt frame Sir Alfred East Sir Alfred East was born in Kettering, Northa...
Category

1880s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Country Lane, Modern British 20th Century Watercolour Landscape
Located in London, GB
Watercolour on paper, signed and dated '1973' bottom left Image size: 12 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches (32 x 24 cm) Contemporary frame This is a wonderful watercolour of a winter landscape, with a country lane, frost-covered fields and an old farm building. As the artist has worked in his home county for much of his life, this is likely to be a view in rural Northamptonshire. Peter Newcombe...
Category

1970s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

View Outside of Warlingham, 20th Century British Watercolour
By Gordon Scott
Located in London, GB
Watercolour and graphite on paper Image size: 9 1/2 x 12 inches (24 x 30.5 cm) Acid free mount This is a view just outside of the village of Warlingham, Surrey, where Scott had a house. The Artist Gordon Scott frst studied at Croydon School of Art and then was trained at the Royal College of Art between 1934-38 under Gilbert Spencer, Alan Sorrell and Charles Mahoney...
Category

20th Century English School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Graphite

SUNSET, NEW FOREST, British School 20th Century Signed Watercolour
By Marjory Whittington
Located in London, GB
MARJORY WHITTINGTON 1883 - 1952 Sunset, New Forest Watercolour, Signed with monogram & dated 1912 lower right Image size: 9 ¾ x 7 inches Original mount & oak frame £900 Marjory Whittington was an oil and watercolour painter and etcher. Born in London she exhibited at the Royal Academy, Royal Scottish Academy, Royal Institute of Artists, the Fine Art Society, Grosvenor Gallery, Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts, Goupil Gallery, Walker Art Gallery, Society of Women Artists and the Paris Salon. Marjory Whittington was also a member of the Royal Society of British Artists. The watercolour ‘Sunset...
Category

20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Haybarns, 20th Century Watercolour
Located in London, GB
F.R.P. 20th Century HAY BARNS Watercolour, signed with initials lower right Image size: 9 ¾ x 13 ¾ inches (25 x 35 cm)
Category

20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

A View of Riseholme, 18th Century English Signed Watercolour Landscape
Located in London, GB
Watercolour on paper, signed and entitled bottom right Image size: 12 x 10 inches (30.5 x 25.5 cm)
Category

18th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

You May Also Like

First Of Winter’s Snowfall On A Kentish Farm Framed Kent Landscape Painting
By Rowland Hilder
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Rowland Hilder. British ( b.1905 - d.1993 ). The First Of Winter’s Snowfall On A Kentish Farm. Watercolor On Paper. Signed Lower Right. Image size 14.8 inches x 21.3 inches ( 37.5c...
Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

The Weald Of Kent Oast Houses Elms Garden Of England Framed Watercolor Painting
By Rowland Hilder
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Rowland Hilder. British ( b.1905 - d.1993 ). The Weald Of Kent. Watercolor On Paper. Signed Lower Center. Image size 20.9 inches x 29.5 inches ( 53cm x 75cm ). Frame size 28.7 inch...
Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Hildenborough, Sevenoaks, Kent - British Watercolour by Adolphe Ragon
Located in London, GB
ADOLPHE RAGON (1847-1924) On the Road from Hildenborough to Sevenoaks, Kent Signed in pencil l.r., inscribed with title l.l. Watercolour over traces of pencil Unframed, in conserva...
Category

Late 19th Century Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Claude Muncaster Landscape View UK Watercolour Modern British Art
By Claude Muncaster
Located in London, GB
We acquired a series of paintings from Claude Muncaster's studio. To find more scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this seller." Claude Muncaster (1903-1974...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Claude Muncaster Landscape Near Shrewsbury watercolour English countryside
By Claude Muncaster
Located in London, GB
We acquired a series of paintings from Claude Muncaster's studio. To find more scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this seller." Claude Muncaster (1903-1974) Landscape Near Shrewsbury Watercolour 26x36cm Signed lower left Claude Grahame Muncaster, RWS, ROI, RBA, SMA was the son of Oliver Hall RA. At the age of fifteen his career as a landscape painter began, and he soon took to the seas, spending the 1920s and 30s travelling the world with his sketchbook in a series of vessels. With the outbreak of war and he joined the RNVR training as a navigator. Having left school at fifteen his mathematics was very weak and it was a relief for all when his artistic talents meant he was recruited as a camofleur. A master of capturing seascapes he was therefore able to hide huge ships ‘in plain sight’ with clever disguises. After the war he painted for the Royal Family and was a frequent guest at Sandringham. Claude Muncaster was a watercolourist known for his landscapes and maritime scenes. He was born Grahame Hall, the son of the Royal Academician Oliver Hall who taught his son to paint from an early age; Grahame first exhibited his work aged 15 and a few years later was showing at the RA. However, he adopted the name Claude Muncaster in 1922 to dissociate his career from that of his father. Muncaster’s primary choice of subject matter came from a genuine love of the sea. He made several long-distance sea voyages, including one around the Horn...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Arthur Wallis Mills (1876-1940) - Watercolour, Near Blaydon, Oxford
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful rural scene depicting a farmer with a horse and cart travelling down a country road away from the village. Signed to the lower left. On paper laid to board.
Category

Early 20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor