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Haymakers in a Storm - British Old Master art portrait landscape oil paintingCirca 1795
Circa 1795
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This superb British Old master figurative landscape oil painting is attributed to Richard Westall. It was painted circa 1795 and a painting with the title Haymakers in a Storm was exhibited that year at the RA. The painting shows a group of haymakers and their dog sheltering under some trees with their sheaves of corn around them. The are all looking heavenwards at the inclement weather. In the background, lightening zig zags down over the landscape and church. It is a colourful scene with lovely detail in their worried faces and Westall has perfectly captured the storm. A superb 18th century British Old Master oil painting and an excellent example of Westall's work.
Provenance. Phillips, London, 15 December 1987, lot 32.
Farm House, Farm Street, Mayfair, London.
Condition. Oil on canvas, 30 inches by 24 inches unframed and in good condition.
Frame. Housed in a fine frame, 37 inches by 31 inches framed.
Richard Westall RA (1765-1836) was an English painter and illustrator of portraits, historical and literary events, best known for his portraits of Byron. He was also Queen Victoria's drawing master. Westall was the more successful of two half-brothers (both sons of a Benjamin Westall, from Norwich) who both became painters. His younger half-brother was William Westall (1781–1850), a much-travelled landscape painter. Born on 2 January 1765 in Reepham near Norwich, Richard Westall moved to London after the death of his mother and the bankruptcy of his father in 1772. Westall was apprenticed to a heraldic silver engraver in 1779, where he was encouraged to become a painter by John Alefounder; he then began studying at the Royal Academy School of Arts from 10 December 1785. He exhibited at the Academy regularly between 1784 and 1836, became an Associate in November 1792 and was elected an Academician on 10 February 1794. From 1790 to 1795 he shared a house with Thomas Lawrence (later Sir), the future Royal Academy president, at 57 Greek Street, on the corner of Soho Square, each of the artists placing their name on one of the entrances. His works caused great interest in the late years of the 18th century when he was considered by his chief patron Richard Payne Knight to be an outstanding artist of the picturesque. He painted works in a neoclassical style for John Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery and for Henry Fuseli's Milton Gallery. His painting of John Milton and his daughters hangs in Sir John Soane's Museum in London. A number of scenes in which Westall depicts events in the life of Horatio Nelson are at the National Maritime Museum. Westall was a prolific book illustrator of both fiction and poetry, including the works of Sir Walter Scott, Oliver Goldsmith, William Cowper and Thomas Gray. Byron, who greatly admired his work, stated that the brush has beat the poetry. Westall was commissioned to provide illustrations to John Boydell's editions of Shakespeare and John Milton. He also illustrated editions of the Bible, including one with John Martin. His oil painting Christ Crowned with Thorns is the altarpiece at All Souls Church, Langham Place, London. His portraiture, in a style similar to Lawrence's, included Princess Victoria (later Queen Victoria, for whom he was art teacher for eight years before his death on 4 December 1836), and Richard Ayton, a writer who collaborated with landscape artist William Daniell (Westall's brother-in-law). Richard Westall is perhaps best known for several portraits of Lord Byron. One of these hangs in the National Portrait Gallery in London, another at Hughenden Manor, and a third in the House of Lords.
- Attributed to:Richard Westall (1765 - 1836, British)
- Creation Year:Circa 1795
- Dimensions:Height: 31 in (78.74 cm)Width: 37 in (93.98 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
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- Gallery Location:London, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU85319940512
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