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Adolphus Knell19th Century pair of seascape oil paintings of ships at sunrise and sunsetC1890
C1890
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**PLEASE NOTE: EACH PAINTING INCLUDING THE FRAME MEASURES 12 INCHES X 15 INCHES**
Adolphus Knell
British, (b.1849, fl.1870-1890)
Shipping at Sunrise & Shipping at Sunset
Oil on board, pair, both signed
Image size: 5.75 inches x 8.75 inches (each)
Size including frame: 12 inches x 15 inches (each)
A fine pair of marine paintings by Adolphus Knell of ships at sunrise and ships at sunset. The first work features figures standing on a shore at low tide. Fishermen are also shown working on their boats as the sun rises. The second depicts ships anchored in a harbour at sunset. In the foreground a rowing boat can be seen heading back to shore as evening falls.
Adolphus Knell was born on 22 March, 1849 in Kentish Town, London to the artist William Adolphus Knell (1801-1875) and Susannah Williams. His half-brother William Calcott Knell (1830-1880) was also an artist. He lived with his family at Green Lodge and then 3 York Place in Kentish Town. They later moved to 329 Kentish Town Road where his father kept a studio. His father taught him art and was a major influence in his style and subject matter. Knell would often assist him in his studio and they worked together until his father’s death. He also found work as a wood engraver but by the early 1870’s had become a full time artist.
He married Lucy Tucker on 10 April, 1873 at St John the Baptist Church in Kentish Town. The couple lived at 64 Falkland Road, Kentish Town and went on to have 3 children together. By 1891, he had moved closer to the Kent coast to live at 5 Vicarage Road, St Lawrence, near the busy port of Ramsgate. Knell seems to have travelled around painting the British coast and is known to have visited Cardiff in 1911. He is believed to have spent his later years living in Queen Square, Bath where he continued worked as an artist.
Like his father, Knell was known for painting marine scenes. Many his works featured boats bathed in moonlight or at dawn and tend to be on a smaller scale.
Presentation: The works are housed in their original gilt frames, which are in excellent condition.
Condition: As with all of our original antique oil paintings, these works are offered in ready to hang gallery condition, having just been professionally cleaned, restored and revarnished.
© Benton Fine Art
- Creator:Adolphus Knell (1830 - 1900, British)
- Creation Year:C1890
- Dimensions:Height: 12 in (30.48 cm)Width: 15 in (38.1 cm)Depth: 1.75 in (4.45 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Nr Broadway, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU156215687712
Adolphus Knell
Adolphus Knell
British flourished 1890 “Shipping at Dawn and Dusk”
Pair of Oils on panel, signed and framed Adolphus Knell is a member of the famous Knell family who specialised in maritime subjects, a brother to William Callcott Knell and most probably the son of William Adolphus Knell.
Originally a decorator of furniture in Bath, he moved to Bristol where he specialised in small marines in the late nineteenth century.
In these two pictures he uses a strong source of light transfusing the picture from the horizon towards the viewer, a device he often employed – see Plate 98 in Brook Harts “British Nineteenth Century Marine painting”.
His work remains highly collectable; these are two fine examples of his oeuvre.
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