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

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

1894

About the Item

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)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    London, GB
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU853113404922
More From This SellerView All
You May Also Like
  • St. Augustine Skyline Sunset, Impressionist Oil Painting
    Located in Saint Augustine, FL
    Myers creates an atmospheric scene from the perspective of the inlet looking towards Marine Street, St. Augustine. The burning sunset sky reflects onto the historic skyline casting ...
    Category

    21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

    Materials

    Oil

  • Coastal Scene
    By Sigurd Solver Schou
    Located in New York, NY
    Coastal Scene by Sigurd Solver Schou (1875-1944) Oil on panel 10 x 13 inches unframed ( 25.4 x 33.02 cm) 14 ½ x 17 ⅛ inches framed (36.83 x 43.4975 cm)...
    Category

    20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

    Materials

    Oil

  • Mid 20thCentury Modernist: Harbour Scene in Morning Light Oil circa 1950's
    Located in Frome, Somerset
    A fine mid 20th Century impressionist harbour scene oil circa 1950's, Signed lower right. oil on canvas 27cmx 46.5cm Painted wood frame 45cmx 64cm Wonderfully painted probably en pl...
    Category

    1950s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

    Materials

    Oil

  • Impressionist View of a Vineyard and Fish Pond oil on canvas circa 1951
    Located in Frome, Somerset
    A fine Impressionist oil on canvas. Signed Lower left. oil on canvas 62cmx52cm Fine antique giltwood frame 80cmx70cm A view of the famous long established Vineyard, the Estate of Gro...
    Category

    1950s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

    Materials

    Oil

  • French Impressionist: Hillside Landscape with Dwellings oil circa 1860
    Located in Frome, Somerset
    A fine impressionist landscape by the 19th century French painter Loouis Boulanger (1806-1867). Oil on canvas 15"x21,3/4" 38cmx 55cm The original giltwood frame: 22"x28" , 56cmx 72cm. A fine plein air study of a stoney outcrop on the edge of a French village circa 1860. Boulanger was famous during his lifetime for his portraits of the intelligentsia of Paris society during the 19th century including Victor Hugo. He was also a great follower of the early impressionist landscape painters this being a fine example of his work. A well balanced composition and an intense study of afternoon light in a French landscape. Signed lower right. Provenance : Estate collection, Paris Good condition. Higher resolution images available on request. Viewing welcome . Worldwide shipping available. Louis Boulanger (11 March 1806, Vercelli, Piedmont - 5 March 1867, Dijon) was a French Romantic painter, lithographer and illustrator. Life He enrolled in 1821 at the École des beaux-arts where he attended the workshop of Guillaume Guillon Lethière and received a solid classical training. Next he made a présentation for the prix de Rome, in 1824, in which he finished logiste. He became the companion of Eugène Devéria...
    Category

    1860s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

    Materials

    Oil

  • 'Kynance Cove. Cornwall' Impressionist Beach Scene oil circa 1930
    Located in Frome, Somerset
    Alfred John Billinghurst (1880-1963) . A very good oil on canvas by the English Impressionist . A view of Kynance Cove near The Lizard in Cornwall . Bill...
    Category

    1920s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

    Materials

    Oil

Recently Viewed

View All