English Antique Landscape Painting of Countryside by Edward Charles Williams

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English Antique Landscape Painting of Countryside by Edward Charles Williams

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A brilliant evening scene capturing the English countryside as golden hour casts its warm tones across the fields and hills into the distance, the work has a most pleasing and consistent palette of balanced colors across the complex space. It is a peaceful work that depicts the end of a days labors, the shepherd chatting with a young woman as she heads towards her cozy cottage in the distance; presumably her mother is lingering in the gardens around the cottage while fires inside send smoke through both chimneys. In the distance a farmer is headed out into the open fields to check on his various cattle and sheep before settling in for the night. Williams ability to render light in its various grades of opacity in a way that models the impact it has on reflected colors is above reproach and is showcased in the present example. The light reflecting off of the complex array of foliage in the trees is different at every angle of the branch and the saturation of colors is graded in a way that perfectly captures this. While much of his work is unsigned, this example is signed in the lower right corner in his slightly stylized script "E. WILLIAMS". His first exhibition at the Royal Academy was in 1840 with "A Gypsy Encampment, Moon Rising" and he would continue exhibiting there through 1864. Algernon Graves records 136 works exhibited by Williams over the course of his career, including 19 at the Royal Academy, 23 at the British Institute and 10 at Suffolk Street. Edward Charles lived on London Street as well as several addresses in the Tottenham Court Road commune of artists before settling in Hammersmith in 1854. After his first wife, Mary Ann, died in 1857 he began a relationship with the nurse to his ailing wife - she gave birth to his only daughter, Alice, a year later but they would not end up being married for another ten years. They spent the rest of their lives in Hammersmith and he would die essentially in poverty on July 25th of 1881 at the age of 74. Artist Listings & Bibliography: E. Benezit Dictionary of Artists, Gründ, 2006, vol. XIII, p. 928 The Dictionary of Victorian Painters, Wood, 1978, p. 517 A Dictionary of Artists Who Have Exhibited Works in the Principal London Exhibitions from 1760-1893, Graves, 1973, p. 304 The Williams Family of Painters, Reynolds, 1975 Measurements: 25 3/4" H x 40" W [canvas]; 30 1/2" H x 44 1/2" W x 2 7/8" D [frame] Condition Report: Wax lining on original stretcher, one key replaced. Professionally conserved (cleaned, old overpaint removed and losses inpainted, fresh Damar varnish applied). Light surface craquelure throughout. Under UV examination showing scattered touchups around extreme edges of canvas where frame rubs, old repaired tear upper center of the sky. Contemporary frame with minor wear/chips throughout.

Dimensions:
Height: 30.5 in (77.47 cm)Width: 44.5 in (113.03 cm)Depth: 2.88 in (7.32 cm)
Style:
Romantic (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Canvas,Paint
Place of Origin:
United Kingdom
Period:
19th Century
Date of Manufacture:
Unknown
Condition:
Replacements made: Contemporary frame. Repaired: Relined. Professionally restored. See condition notes in description text.
Seller Location:
Shippensburg, PA
Reference Number:
Seller: 109WGP10Q1stDibs: LU1059027098562