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Helen Priscilla Seddon STISA (1891-1975) - Watercolour, Conwy Castle

Mid-20th Century

A large and beautiful topographical view of Ludlow Castle from the banks of the river. Cattle drink from the water and a father and son fish on the opposite bank. The artist has sign...

A delightful landscape overlooking the village of Framlingham with the church and castle in the distance. Signed to the lower right. Well presented in a card mount. On wove.

A dramatic landscape depicting a clifftop castle on the Adriatic Sea. Presented glazed in a pale-pink mount with a gilt-effect inner and a distressed gilt-effect wooden frame. Inscri...

A wonderfully detailed turn-of-the-century watercolour depicting the mediaeval castle of Godfrey of Bouillon. The artist has captured the castle on a bright cummers day with village ...

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) Cardiff Castle Wales Dated May 1962 Signed lower right Watercolour 14x26cm Muncaster's watercolours capture the British countryside feel with great competence and passion. Here the ancient scheduled monument of Cardiff castle is made to feel both grand and imposing, yet reflecting the softness of the countryside. A few elegant motorcars are parked before it. 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...

A charming scene of a figure by a loch with a ruined castle and homestead in the background by one of Queen Victoria's favourite artists. William Leighton Leitch (1804-1883) Figure ...

D.F.N. (Unknown/Unidentified Artist) - 'Corfe Castle - Dorset, U.K.' - Vintage watercolor painting on paper - unframed - initialed lower left - United Kingdom - 20th Century. Good vintage condition - toning to the paper from a previous framing - no loss - no restoration - signs of age and use...

Wales: Caernarfon Castle by Leonard Machin Rowe (1880-1968) signed front lower right, inscribed and signed to the back watercolour painting on artist's paper, unframed Image 9.5 ...