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Harold Speed
Wassen Switzerland - British Victorian art Impressionist oil painting of village

1894

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A fine oil on panel by noted British listed artist Harold Speed. It depicts a scene in Wassen in the Swiss Alps and was painted in an impressionist style in 1894. The use of light is beautiful. Signed and dated right. Provenance. Christie’s London. Geo Hughes Newcastle Framer. Condition. Oil on panel, image size 16 inches by 12 inches, in Original good condition. Housed in a gilt gallery frame, 19 by 15 inches framed and in good condition. Harold Speed (1872-1957) was an English painter in oil and watercolour of portraits, figures and historical subjects. Born in London, the son of Edward Speed, an architect, he studied architecture at the Royal College of Art, but soon took up painting. He continued his studies at the Royal Academy Schools between 1891 and 1896, winning a gold medal and a travelling scholarship in 1893. In 1896 he was elected as a member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters. He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1893 and held his first one-man exhibition in 1907 at the Leicester Galleries. In 1930 he provided paintings for the new chapel of Wesley House, Cambridge. Speed lived in Watlington, Oxfordshire and London, where he died on 20 March 1957. Because of their intelligent combination of useful advice and sensitive reflection on the nature and meaning of artistic practice, Harold Speed's instructional manuals on drawing and painting have long been considered valuable resources for artists. There are editions of his manual "The Practice and Science of Drawing" (1913) in the public domain.
  • Creator:
    Harold Speed (1872 - 1958, British)
  • Creation Year:
    1894
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 19 in (48.26 cm)Width: 15 in (38.1 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    London, GB
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU853113404922

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