River Scene with Peasants and Cattle
Original Oil Painting on Canvas
by George Vicat Cole R.A. (1833-1893)
- Auction record £82,500 GBP
- Signed lower left.
- Provenance - Bukowskis, Stockholm 4th December 2012, Lot 243 with an estimate of 20,000 - 25,000 SEK ($3,028-$3,786 USD).
- There are 61 paintings by this artist in the British National Art Collection. See particularly Near Borrowdale, Cumberland in the Wolverhampton Art Gallery and River Scene with Peasants and Cattle in Portsmouth Museum.
- With silver plaque lower center hallmarked for Sweeden 1965 with an inscription in Swedish marking a 50 year aniversary from the board of the Swedish company A/B Skeppsservice.
- Painting - 43cm (17") x 63.5cm (25")
- Frame - 61cm (24") x 81.5cm (32")
Lot Notes
An extremely fine example of the work of important 19th century landscape painter George Vicat Cole. The painting depicts cattle and rustics in a mountain valley and is a wonderful and highly atmospheric example of the work of this important Royal Academician. The painting is signed lower left.
Vicat Cole's work is highly collectible realising thousands of pounds at auction. Please see the snapshots of auction results in the photograph section of this listing.
Condition
The painting is in very fine condition. The canvas not lined, torn, patched or repaired. There are a tiny areas of paint loss upper center and lower center visible on close inspection. Clean, most attractive and ready to hang. Presented in a mid 20th century wood and gilt composite frame.
Artist Information
George Vicat Cole was an English painter. Cole was born at Portsmouth, the son of the landscape painter, George Cole (1810-1883), and in his practice followed his father's lead with marked success. He exhibited at the British Institution at the age of nineteen, and was first represented at the Royal Academy in 1853. His election as an associate of this institution took place in 1870, and he became an Academician ten years later. He died in London on 6 April 1893. The wide popularity of his work was due partly to the simple directness of his technical method, and partly to his habitual choice of attractive material. Most of his subjects were found in the counties of Surrey and Sussex, and along the banks of the Thames. One of his largest pictures, The Pool of London, was bought by the Chantrey Fund Trustees in 1888, and is now in the Tate Gallery. He was the father of the painter Rex Vicat Cole. See Robert Chignell, The Life and Paintings of Vicat Cole, R.A. (London, 1899).
General Information
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