Item Description
ARTIST: Robert Langley Hutton (1883-1919) British
TITLE: West Country Boating Scene - probably around St.Ives Cornwall
SIGNED: Lower right
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas
SIZE: 97cm x 76cm framed
CONDITION: Very good
DETAIL: A large and impressive original oil painting by Robert Hutton, the shortlived but celebrated St Ives painter. The work held in its original frame is of wonderful bright vibrant azure colours and holds pencil inscriptions verso for Mrs Hutton together with the word 'lake' and a word before it which is indistinct - assumed the location.
In 1909 Hutton arrived in St Ives, accompanied by his three sisters. Born in India of Scottish parents, he had contracted tuberculosis in Burma, and the hope was that the Cornish climate would improve his health. They arrived to live at 5 Porthminster Terrace, St Ives, and he survived for a further ten years.
In early 1914 he showed and sold Twilight on the Piers to Lord Courtney of Penwith in the NAG Winter Exhibition. At the St Ives Show Day of that same year he exhibited Moonrise at Hayle Bar, Atlantic Wave and Hampton Court. Largely self-taught, he was described as having a special gift for landscape work; he exhibited in London and municipal galleries from 1912-17.
Embraced the impressionist movement. He Exhibited at the Dudley Gallery, the International Gallery, Walker Gallery, Liverpool and the Royal Institute of Oil Painters.
Auction prices include "Fishing Boats St.Ives" £1,800, "Falmouth A February Afternoon" £1,600 "Snow At St.Ives" £1,600 etc etc
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