William Lee Hankey Art
British, 1869-1952
William Lee Hankey was born in Chester. He was married to Mabel Lee Hankey and then Edith Garner. He studied at Chester School of Art under Walter Schroeder, at the Royal College of Art and in Paris. From the early 1890s, Lee Hankey exhibited at the main London galleries, especially Fine Art Society, RWS, Leicester and Lefevre Galleries, also RA, Goupil and many others. During World War I, he served with the Artist’s Rifles. Lee Hankey is notable for his paintings of French harbor scenes and paintings and etchings of English country life. He won a gold medal at the Barcelona International Exhibition and a bronze medal in Chicago was a vice president of the RWS in the late 1940s and chairman of the Empire Art Council.
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Boats in the Harbour Coastal Scene of Sail Boats, Blue Water, Figures, Red sails
By William Lee Hankey
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Framed size: 22.5" x 26.5"
This evocative impressionist painting portrays a bustling harbour scene, with fishing or sailing boats gently bobbing on calm waters. Striking red sails do...
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20th Century Impressionist William Lee Hankey Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
La Rochelle - Post Impressionist Figures in Landscape Oil by William Lee Hankey
By William Lee Hankey
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed figures in landscape oil on canvas circa 1920 by British post impressionist painter William Lee Hankey. The piece depicts sail boats in La Rochelle, a seaport in the Bay of Bi...
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1920s Post-Impressionist William Lee Hankey Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Chartres Cathedral
By William Lee Hankey
Located in Storrs, CT
William Lee-Hankey, R.E., R.W.S., R.O.I. 1869-1952.
Chartres Cathedral. Oil on canvas. 27 x 25. Signed, lower left. Price on the strecther, verso: $1000000. Provenance: Woodrugg Brot...
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1910s Modern William Lee Hankey Art
Materials
Crayon, Watercolor, Oil
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St Ives, early 20th Century by WILLIAM LEE HANKEY (1869-1952) Large Early 20th
By William Lee Hankey
Located in Blackwater, GB
St Ives, early 20th Century
by WILLIAM LEE HANKEY (1869-1952)
Large Early 20th costal landscape view of St Ives, Cornwall, oil on canvas by William Lee Hankey. Excellent quality an...
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Early 20th Century William Lee Hankey Art
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Oil, Canvas
$8,469 Sale Price
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Edwardian Impressionist English Landscape Oil Painting of Findon, Sussex
By William Lee Hankey
Located in ludlow, GB
Edwadian early Twentieth Century Impressionist English Landscape Oil Painting of Findon, Sussex.
William Lee Hankey - Large Framed Oil Painting.
English Landscape with Sun dappled ...
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20th Century Impressionist William Lee Hankey Art
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Oil
'Brixham Harbour, Devon' an antique oil painting
By William Lee Hankey
Located in St. Albans, GB
William LEE HANKEY RWS, ROI
An oil painting is in very good condition. The canvas has had a clean and a varnish. There is no noticeable restoration.
British 1869 - 1952
William Lee Hankey was born in Chester and after leaving school he worked as a designer while attending evening art classes at the Chester School of Art under Walter Schroeder. Lee-Hankey later studied at the Royal College of Art before becoming a renowned painter and print-maker.
From the early 1890s Lee Hankey exhibited at numerous and notable art galleries, which included the Leicester and Lefevre Galleries, the Royal Academy, the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours, the Royal Institute of Oil Painters as well as the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers/Painter-Printmakers. In 1886 he became a member of the Royal Society of British Artists, in 1909 an associate member of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers and a full member in 1911 in 1896 he became a member of the Royal Institute and was President of the London Sketch...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist William Lee Hankey Art
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Oil
Red Sails at Honfleur Harbour Impressionist Painting, Figures, Boats, Red, Blue
By William Lee Hankey
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Farmed size: 26.5" x 30.5"
Signed bottom left W Lee Hankey
Red Sails at Honfleur by WIlliam Lee Hankey, this striking oil painting features the iconic port town of Honfleur, Normand...
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19th Century Impressionist William Lee Hankey Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
William Lee-Hankey (1869-1952) - Early 20th Century Aquatint, The Darby Prayer
By William Lee Hankey
Located in Corsham, GB
A dark and atmospheric aquatint with etching by William Lee-Hankey. Monogrammed within the plate. Signed in pencil to the lower margin. On paper.
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20th Century William Lee Hankey Art
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Loup-de-mer (Sea Wolf), original signed etching by William Lee Hankey, c1915
By William Lee Hankey
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Loup-de-mer' (Sea Wolf)
Signed in pencil below the image. Monogram in plate and blind stamp monogram below image.
William Lee-Hankey was a British painter and etcher of landscapes...
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Early 20th Century Naturalistic William Lee Hankey Art
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Etching
"A Devon Harbor" William Lee Hankey, Coastal Town Seascape with Boats, England
By William Lee Hankey
Located in New York, NY
William Lee Hankey
A Devon Harbor
Signed lower right; titled on the stretcher
Oil on canvas
24 x 29 inches
William Lee Hankey (1869–1952) RWS, RI, ROI, RE, NS[clarification needed] ...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist William Lee Hankey Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$7,600 Sale Price
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The Love Between Man And The Deep Blue Sea Honfleur Normandy France Painting
By William Lee Hankey
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
William Lee Hankey.
English (b.1869 - d.1952).
The Love Between Man And The Deep Blue Sea. Honfleur, Normandy, France.
Watercolor.
Signed Lower Right.
Image size 13.4 inches x 17.3...
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Early 20th Century Realist William Lee Hankey Art
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Paper, Watercolor
French Breton Lady - British Victorian Post Impressionist portrait oil painting
By William Lee Hankey
Located in Hagley, England
A stunning British Post-Impressionist portrait oil painting by noted British artist William Lee Hankey. He was a very interesting painter who travelled widely throughout Europe capt...
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19th Century Post-Impressionist William Lee Hankey Art
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Oil
Original London & North Eastern Railway LNER LMS Poster for Dunoon on the Clyde
By William Lee Hankey
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster published by the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) to promote the L.N.E.R and LMS (London Midland and Scottish) train services to the...
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1930s British Vintage William Lee Hankey Art
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Paper
L'ENFANT S'AMUSE
By William Lee Hankey
Located in Portland, ME
Hankey, William Lee (Britain, 1869-1952). L'ENFANT S'AMUSE. Etching, not dated. Signed in pencil and impressed with the artist's monogram chop, and also monogrammed and marked with a...
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Mid-20th Century William Lee Hankey Art
Materials
Etching
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Victorian Impressionist Oil Painting of young girl and 3 goats in farmyard
By William Lee Hankey
Located in ludlow, GB
Victorian Impressionist Large Oil Painting of a young girl with her three goats in a farmyard.
This is an unusual subject for Lee Hankey who is more widely known for his landscapes in soft colours. It is presumed an early work.
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Lot 81, Phillips North-west sale, 23/3/94
Sold by The Fine Art Society, June 1985 to a private buyer
Lot 7, Christies, 17/10/84, sold to The Fine Art Society for £550 (previously the property of Miss E Carnegy-Arbuthnott, OBE)
Lot 88, Christies, 11/10/73, sold to Brooke for 300 guineas (£315).
There is a Fine Art Society label on the back of the picture. We contacted the Fine Art Society, and subsequently Christies, about the picture, and they provided the above information about the history of the painting.
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WILLIAM LEE HANKEY (1869 - 1952)
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Etching . Signed in pencil with the artist's blind stamp to its left. Edition 100. Rich impression. 8 1/2 x ...
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The Ferry - Brittany - Post Impressionist Oil, Riverscape by William Lee Hankey
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'The Fish Wife'
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Dawning Intelligence
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