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Edward Steel Harper JnrLife Kindled of a Fiery Birth - British art 1913 landscape oil painting1913
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This superb 1913 late Pre-Raphaelite spring landscape oil painting is by noted Birmingham artist Edward Steel Harper Junior. The title, Life Kindled from a Fiery Birth is from Swinburne's epic poem `Tristram of Lyonesse` (1882), see more details below biography. The hilly landscape is covered in vibrant yellow flowering gorse bushes that indeed appear like fire. There is also the blue of spring bluebells and trees coming into leaf in the background. Harper's landscapes in oil show his experimentation with the ‘wet white’ technique, a method used by the Pre-Raphaelite artists where white flake is spread with a palette knife onto canvas and colour then applied with sable brushes. This stunning painting is housed in a hand made brass or copper Arts and Crafts frame, which Harper would have made himself at the Birmingham School of Art. An altogether fantastic example of Harper's work.
Signed with characteristic ES [harp] ER, in part to distinguish himself from his father, who shared the same initials, and dated 1913. Signed and inscribed upon a partially fragmented label on the backboard.
Provenance. Somerset estate.
Condition. Oil on canvas, 30 inches by 24 inches and in good condition.
Frame. Housed a repousse brass or copper Arts & Crafts frame, probably designed and made at the Birmingham School of Art, 43 inches by 35 inches and in good condition. Harper studied at the Birmingham School of Art where a keen focus upon methods and materials was encouraged, especially in wood and metal. Harper was to become a proficient metalworker and an equally accomplished woodworker. Some of his more ambitious compositions have frames like this one: evidently original, carefully executed and made to complement the picture itself so that the Arts & Crafts ethos of thoughtful design and skilful manufacture in perfect harmony can be shown to good effect.
Edward Steel Harper Jnr (1878-1951) was a landscape and portrait painter from Birmingham. He was son of Edward Steel Harper Snr who was Director of the Life Academy, Municipal School of Art, Birmingham 1880-1919. He was one of three children who all became professional artists. He was Honorary Secretary and Professor of Anatomy at the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists (RBSA), Director of the Life Academy at Birmingham School of Art (1880-1919) and Art Critic for the Birmingham Post. Harper studied at the Birmingham School of Art where a keen focus upon methods and materials was encouraged, especially in wood and metal. Harper was to become a proficient metalworker and an equally accomplished woodworker. Some of his more ambitious compositions have frames like this one: evidently original, carefully executed and made to complement the picture itself so that the Arts & Crafts ethos of thoughtful design and skilful manufacture in perfect harmony can be shown to good effect. Such endeavours must have kept him busy as he is known to have painted over 2000 pictures in a exhibiting career that lasted 17 years. Elected member of the RBSA in 1915, Harper later became Art Master of Wolverhampton Grammar School until he retired in 1942. Of the 2000 pictures he painted during his lifetime, his major works include Woods by the Shore and The Breath of Spring, both of which were exhibited at the RBSA and were purchased by Birmingham Art Gallery. Harper exhibited from 1920 to 1937, at a number of leading venues, including the Royal Academy, Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool, as well as the RBSA. His works are in major galleries throughout the UK including Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery.
Tristram of Lyonesse is a long epic poem written by the British poet Algernon Charles Swinburne, that recounts in grand fashion the famous medieval story of the ill-fated lovers Tristan and Isolde (Tristram and Iseult in Swinburne’s version). It was first published in 1882 by Chatto and Windus, in a volume entitled Tristram of Lyonesse and Other Poems. Swinburne himself considered Tristram of Lyonesse to be the crowning achievement of his poetic career (quoted by Harrison, p. 96). The poem consists of 4488 rhyming pentameters and is divided into ten different sections: one ‘Prelude’ and nine ‘Cantos’.
- Creator:Edward Steel Harper Jnr (1878 - 1951)
- Creation Year:1913
- Dimensions:Height: 35 in (88.9 cm)Width: 43 in (109.22 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
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- Gallery Location:London, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU853113194402
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