Skip to main content
Video Loading
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 9

Alfred Thornton
Mid Century Landscape Oil of Ludlow Castle Shropshire and distant Clee Hills

1920 - 1940

$1,918.59
£1,400
€1,633.33
CA$2,627.99
A$2,922.90
CHF 1,526.25
MX$35,568.53
NOK 19,492.48
SEK 18,280.51
DKK 12,190.15
Shipping
Retrieving quote...
The 1stDibs Promise:
Authenticity Guarantee,
Money-Back Guarantee,
24-Hour Cancellation

About the Item

Mid Century Landscape Oil Painting of Ludlow Castle Shropshire and the Clee Hills in distance. "Looking down towards Ludlow Castle" and "View of Bridgnorth" Oils on Canvas, laid on board 9 by 12 inches, Signed and Framed (Framed in handmade gold leaf frames 14 by 17 inches) £2800 the pair. Alfred Thornton 1863 - 1939 A pair of bright bold oils painted "en plein air" and clearly showing the influence of his meeting with Gaugin! Born in Delhi, (his father was Chief Secretary to the Government of the Province), Thornton was educated in England. He graduated from Trinity College Cambridge and served in the Foreign Office between 1888 and 1889. Deciding to take up art, he attended the Slade School between 1888 and 1893, and afterwards studied under Fred Brown at the Westminster School of Art (1890-92). In 1890, Thornton visited Le Pouldu in Brittany with Arthur Studd and met Paul Gauguin. In 1895 he went on a painting trip to La Roche Guyon with another friend, Roger Fry. He was also associated with Sickert, as well as Charles Conder and D.S.MacColl. He became a member of the New English Art Club in 1895 (he was Honorary Secretary from 1928), and of the London Group in 1924. After moving to the south-west of England, Thornton became President of the Cheltenham Art Club. A landscape painter, writer and lecturer, Thornton collected modern French paintings, and his aesthetic theories were published in the Burlington Magazine in 1921. Thornton's Diary of an Art Student of the Nineties was published the year before his death, and his memorial exhibition was held at the Redfern Gallery in 1939. These two paintings have his Stroud address on the label and can be dated from 1920 when he moved to his Painswick farmhouse, up to the time of his death in 1939. It is clear he was influenced by Gaugin and the more progressive artists of the day, his colour is really bold, rich and strong. His work is lively and atmospheric and painted on the spot to capture the fleeting effects of sunlight.
  • Creator:
    Alfred Thornton
  • Creation Year:
    1920 - 1940
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 9 in (22.86 cm)Width: 12 in (30.48 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    This is one of a pair by the artist , each 9 by 12 and framed in handmade gold frames - framed size is 14 by 17 inches. The partner piece is listed as "View of Bridgnorth".
  • Gallery Location:
    ludlow, GB
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1534214295592

More From This Seller

View All
Mid Century View of Bridgnorth Shropshire oil painting of river and tower
Located in ludlow, GB
Mid Century View of Bridgnorth Shropshire an oil painting of river and tower and a view of Ludlow Castle with the Shropshire Hills in distance. "Looking down towards Ludlow Castle" and "View of Bridgnorth" Oils on Canvas laid on board 9 by 12...
Category

Early 20th Century Color-Field Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Twentieth Century Landscape Oil Goodrich Castle Ruins on the River Wye England
By Campbell Archibald Mellon
Located in ludlow, GB
Twentieth Century Landscape Oil Painting of Goodrich Castle Ruins by the side of the River Wye England. Goodrich Castle on the River Wye, Herefordshire Oil painting on panel, with o...
Category

1940s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Early Twentieth Century Impressionist Oil Painting Landscape of Ludlow Castle
By Bertram Priestman
Located in ludlow, GB
Early Twentieth Century Impressionist landscape Oil Painting of a Passing Storm over Ludlow , with the Castle and Dinham Bridge and Cattle in the Fields. Oil on Canvas, laid on arti...
Category

Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Large Oil of Ludlow Castle, Shropshire
Located in ludlow, GB
Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Large Oil of Ludlow Castle, Shropshire. Very Large Oil Painting on box canvas by well known Contemporary Artist. Beautiful misty foreground and stormy skies, depicting the Castle in its splendour with St Laurences Church on view to the left of the painting. Rene Legrand...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Victorian Landscape Detailed Large Watercolour of Ludlow Castle and Ludlow town
By John Fulleylove
Located in ludlow, GB
Victorian Landscape a Detailed Watercolour of Ludlow Castle, Dinham and Ludlow town. Looking towards Dinham and Ludlow Castle, Shropshire - a Landscape view Watercolour on Paper, m...
Category

Late 19th Century Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Impressionist Landscape Oil of Roseworthy Valley, Cornwall St Ives School
Located in ludlow, GB
Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting of Roseworthy Valley, Cornwall from the St Ives School painter. On the stretcher it is inscribed view of home, so it really was a subject very ...
Category

Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

You May Also Like

Mid 20th Century, Ludlow Castle and Town
By Leonard Machin Rowe
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
England, Shropshire - Ludlow Castle, The Town and Dinham Bridge by Leonard Machin Rowe (1880-1968) signed front lower right and left, signed again and inscribed to the back watercol...
Category

1940s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Mid Century French Signed Impressionist Oil Painting Castle in Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, signed, mid 20th century Title: the Old Castle Medium: oil on board Size: 5.5 x 7 inches Provenance: private collection...
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Cecile Hertz-Eyrolles (1875-1974) - Mid 20th Century Oil, View Of The Valley
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming continental scene depicting a French town nestled in a bucolic landscape. Signed. Studio stamp verso. On board.
Category

20th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Mid 20th Century French Landscape with Hill Top Chateau, Soft Green Colors
By Bernard Labbe
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Bernard Labbe, French mid 20th century Title: French Landscape with a hilltop chateau, painted with lovely muted tones of soft greens and ochre colors. Medium: oil...
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Antique Impressionist Figurative Landscape French Castle 1928
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3792 Oil on canvas set in a hand painted frame of a French castle with workers in the field
Category

1920s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Saissac" Impressionist Landscape of Southern French Commune
Located in Austin, TX
By Julian Petrie This painting depicts the French commune Saissac in Southern France. 48" x 77.5" Oil on Canvas
Category

20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil