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.
William Lee Hankey (1869-1952) - Framed Etching, Mother & Child
By William Lee Hankey
Located in Corsham, GB
William Lee Hankey (1869-1952) Drypoint etching on paper. Mother and Child. Monogrammed in plate. Pencil signed and blind stamped to the lower margin. Most likely a later restrike pr...
Etching
William Lee-Hankey (1869-1952) - Framed Early 20th Century Etching, Confession
By William Lee Hankey
Located in Corsham, GB
A finely detailed dry point etching by the British artist William Lee-Hankey (1869-1952). Monogrammed within the plate. Blind stamped and signed in graphite to the lower margin. Smar...
Etching
$5,290
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...
Paper, Watercolor
$7,875Sale Price|25% Off
Chartres Cathedral
By William Lee Hankey
Located in Plano, TX
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...
Crayon, Watercolor, Oil
$195
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...
Etching
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.
Aquatint
William Lee-Hankey (1869-1952) - Early 20th Century Etching, Mother and Child
By William Lee Hankey
Located in Corsham, GB
A finely detailed drypoint etching depicting a mother holding her baby by the British artist William Lee-Hankey (1869-1952). Monogrammed within the plate. Blind stamped and signed in...
Etching
Brixham Harbour, Devon by William Lee Hankey Impressionist 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...
Oil
$11,750
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...
Canvas, Oil
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...
Oil
$14,450
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...
Canvas, Oil
$7,600Sale Price|20% Off
"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] ...
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...
Canvas, Oil
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...
Etching
St Ives, early 20th Century by WILLIAM LEE HANKEY (1869-1952) Large Early 20th
By William Lee Hankey
Located in Liphook, 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...
Canvas, Oil
$446
H 11.03 in W 8.27 in D 0.08 in
Escalier de la Fiuration - Etching and Aquatint by Charles Pierre Renouard
By Charles Pierre Renouard
Located in Roma, IT
Escalier de la Fiuration is a beautiful original etching and aquatint on paper, realized by the French artist Charles Pierre Renouard (1845 -1924). A superb artist proof, the plate 9, from the album "Le Nouvel...
Etching, Aquatint
$800
H 9 in W 7 in D 1.5 in
Leaving Orange Pt. 1 (2020) Oil on panel sunrise sunset cityscape urban skyscape
By Francesca Reyes
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Leaving Orange Pt. 1" (2020) by Francesca Reyes Oil painting on wood panel, urban skyscape, sunrise or sunset Figurative Art / Representations of Architecture / Cityscapes and City Scenes / Dark Colors Small scale vertical contemporary landscape, cityscape. Moody color tones of a Philadelphia...
Pastel, Oil, Wood Panel, Graphite
$470
H 8.08 in W 5.12 in D 0.08 in
Pensive Nude - Etching and Aquatint by Anna Bass - Late 20th Century
By Anna Bass
Located in Roma, IT
Pensive Nude is a black and white print realized by Anna Bass (Strasbourg 1876 - Paris 1961) in the First Half 20th Century. The artwork represents a nude female portrait. Hand-si...
Etching, Aquatint
The Dacha. Contemporary Painting
By Carola Richards
Located in Brecon, Powys
Early work was impressionistic and hard abstract. Carola later developed a more mature way of working in a colourful exploration of the subject. Colour was her main interest and she...
Oil, Gouache
Salvador Dali - The Grand Inquisitor
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - The Grand Inquisitor - Original Signed Engraving Handsigned in pencil and Numbered Edition: F195/195 - Printer: Atelier Rigal. - ...
Etching
$9,000
H 29.5 in W 23.5 in
Landscape in West Virginia w/ Tree, Early 20th Century Cleveland School Artist
By August Biehle
Located in Beachwood, OH
August Frederick Biehle American, 1885–1979 Landscape in West Virginia, 1922 Gouache, litho crayon and graphite on paper Signed lower right 19 x 17.5 inches 29.5 x 23.5 inches, frame...
Crayon, Gouache, Graphite
$5,289
H 26 in W 19.75 in D 0.1 in
Salvador Dali - Flung out like - Original Signed Engraving
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Flung out like a Fag-end by the Big- - Original Signed Engraving Handsigned in pencil and Numbered Edition: F195/195 - Printer: Atelier Rigal. - Paper: Rives vellum ...
Etching
$528
H 5.52 in W 8.67 in D 0.04 in
Landscape - Etching by Israel Henriet - Late-17th Century
By Israel Henriet
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an original Modern artwork realized by Israel Henriet (Nancy, 1590 - 1661) in the second half of the XVII Century. Original B/W Etching on ivory cardboard. Inscripte...
Etching
$1,150
H 9.75 in W 8.82 in D 0.75 in
Antique English Watercolor - Countryside Landscape with Cows
Located in Soquel, CA
Antique English Watercolor - Countryside Landscape with Cows Miniature landscape with two cows in the foreground, signed "J.M. Myall 1910." One cow sits on the ground of a rolling h...
Paper, Watercolor
“Recollections”/ “Dans Les Passes”
By Louis Icart
Located in San Francisco, CA
Still in her silken evening gown and dancing slippers, the glamorous ingénue is savoring her memories, her ribbon-tied love letters and long draws on her cigarette holder. Was he eve...
Paper, Etching, Aquatint
$1,500
H 19.5 in W 15 in
"Dawn Inside the Yoshiwara" Utagawa Hiroshige, Japanese Landscape, Ukiyo-e
By Utagawa Hiroshige
Located in New York, NY
Utagawa Hiroshige Dawn Inside the Yoshiwara, circa 1857 Woodblock print 11 x 7 inches Utagawa Hiroshige is recognized as a master of the ukiyo-e woodblock printing tradition, havin...
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
$8,500
H 21 in W 28 in
"L'Oiseau Multicolore" Georges Braque, Modernist Bird, Colorful, Cubist, Fauvist
By Georges Braque
Located in New York, NY
Georges Braque L'Oiseau multicolore, circa 1950 Signed and numbered "30/200" in pencil Aquatint in colors on BFK Rives wove paper Image 10 1/4 x 19 1/4 inches Sheet 17 5/8 x 24 5/8 i...
Paper, Aquatint
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H 20 in W 24 in D 2 in
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 ...
Oil
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H 20 in W 24 in D 2 in
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. The more recent provenance is listed below. 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. WILLIAM LEE HANKEY British 1869-1952 Oil Painting on canvas mounted on stretchers and framed in a traditional Impressionist style handmade frame. This painting has been in a private collection for around 30 years and was previously owned by the Fine Art Society. It is a beautiful study of a young peasant girl with her goats in a farm courtyard. The work is both sensitive and charming, he employs a lovely earthy palette and has a sketchy foreground and more detailed background. William Lee Hankey was born in Chester, Cheshire. On leaving School he became a designer, studying art in the evenings at Chester School of Art. In 1894 he first exhibited in London where his paintings and individual style attracted immediate attention. A few years later in 1899 he became a member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and in 1902 was elected President of the London Sketch...
Oil
MARIE OF THE FIELDS
By William Lee Hankey
Located in Santa Monica, CA
WILLIAM LEE HANKEY (1869 - 1952) MARIE OF THE FIELDS, 1919 (Hardie 168) Etching . Signed in pencil with the artist's blind stamp to its left. Edition 100. Rich impression. 8 1/2 x ...
Etching
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H 30 in W 35 in
The Ferry - Brittany - Post Impressionist Oil, Riverscape by William Lee Hankey
By William Lee Hankey
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
A wonderful oil on canvas circa 1925 by British painter William Lee Hankey depicting boats on a river, with figures on the banks in the foreground. Signed lower right and signed & da...
Canvas, Oil
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H 5.71 in W 4.93 in
The Fish Wife, original signed etching by William Lee Hankey, c1915
By William Lee Hankey
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'The Fish Wife' Signed in pencil below the image. William Lee-Hankey was a British painter and etcher of landscapes, figure subjects, and harbour scenes. ...
Etching
Dawning Intelligence
By William Lee Hankey
Located in Plano, TX
Drypoint. Subsequent to Hardie. 10 3/4 x 9 1/8 (sheet 16 x 12 3/4). A rich impression printed on cream wove paper with the artist's embossed initial monogram. Printed by the artist....
Drypoint
The Secret
By William Lee Hankey
Located in Plano, TX
The Secret. 1920. Drypoint. 6 x 4 (sheet 8 3/4 x 6 1/4)). Hardie 171. Edition 100. A rich impression, with burr, printed on cream wove paper. Housed in a 20...
Drypoint
Sorrow.
By William Lee Hankey
Located in Plano, TX
Sorrow. c. 1920. Conte crayon and watercolor on watercolor board. 13 x 17. Signed lower right; titled verso. The muted watercolor tones intensify the man's despair; but the sunlight ...
Crayon, Watercolor