Born 21 August 1855, in London; died 10 June 1924, in London.
Painter, watercolourist. Genre scenes, landscapes with figures.
John Henry Yeend King trained in Paris under Léon Bonnat and Fernand Cormon. He exhibited regularly in London at the Royal Academy from 1879, and at the Suffolk Street Gallery from 1874. He was a member of the Royal Society of British Artists, and vice-president of the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours. He exhibited in Berlin and Munich, and won a bronze medal at the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1889. The Tate Gallery in London acquired his painting Milking Time in 1898. His paintings of farm-girls in rustic landscapes are popular and highly sought after.
Museum and Gallery Holdings
Liverpool: From Green to Gold
London (Tate Collection): Milking Time (exhibited 1898, oil on canvas)
Reading: Old Newbury; Meditation; Aldermaston; Poet and Countryman
Rochdale (AG): River Banks and Blossoms
Sheffield: Garden by a River; Farm on the Kentish Coast
Sydney (AG of New South Wales): The Garden by a River; A Farm near the Kentish Coast; Bibury, Gloucestershire
Torquay (Torre Abbey Historic House and Gal.): Evening in the Village (1897, oil on canvas)
Wolverhampton (AG and Mus.): Courtship (oil on canvas)
Auction Records
London, 30 Nov 1907: Old Cottages near Blandford (watercolour) GBP 6
London, 9 Dec 1907: The Fisherman's Corner, GBP 36
London, 25 April 1908: Summer, GBP 31
London, 23 April 1910: In the Garden, GBP 40
London, 14 April 1924: Milkmaid, GBP 36
London, 24 April 1925: Field Path, GBP 39
London, 4 June 1926: Path in Buckinghamshire, GBP 34
London, 5 Dec 1927: Ducks, GBP 22
London, 20 Feb 1970: Inn by a River, GBP 200
London, 2 Nov 1971: Picking Flowers, GBP 180
London, 20 Nov 1973: Summer Landscape, GBP 1,300
London, 8 June 1976: Girls Fishing at Low Tide (oil on canvas, 22½ × 35½ ins/57 × 90 cm) GBP 320
New York, 7 Oct 1977: Spring Landscape (oil on canvas, 34¼ × 44 ins/87 × 112 cm) USD 1,100
London, 12 Dec 1978: The Miller's Daughter (oil on panel, 17½ × 13½ ins/44.5 × 34.5 cm) GBP 1,500
London, 15 May 1979: Fetching Water (oil on canvas, 29¼ × 44 ins/74 × 112 cm) GBP 1,900
London, 6 Oct 1983: At the Garden Gate (oil on canvas, 24 × 36 ins/61 × 91.5 cm) GBP 4,300
New York, 1 March 1984: Boat Trip (oil on canvas, 20 × 29¾ ins/50.8 × 75.5 cm) USD 3,200
London, 1 Oct 1986: Farm by a Duck Pond (oil on canvas, 23½ × 35¾ ins/60 × 91 cm) GBP 6,200
London, 15 Dec 1987: End of the Village (watercolour and pencil heightened with gouache, 20 × 30 ins/50.8 × 76.2 cm) GBP 1,000
London, 15 June 1988: May Day (oil on canvas, 24 × 36 ins/61 × 91.5 cm) GBP 3,850
London, 23 Sept 1988: Young Boys Crabbing on the Quay (oil on canvas, 26¼ × 37 ins/66.5 × 94 cm) GBP 9,350
London, 27 Sept 1989: Day Dreams (oil on canvas, 18 × 24 ins/46 × 61 cm) GBP 9,350
New York, 25 Oct 1989: Picking Apple Blossoms (oil on canvas, 36 × 28¼ ins/91.4 × 72 cm) USD 12,100
London, 13 Dec 1989: Flower Garden in May (oil on card, 24 × 18 ins/61 × 46 cm) GBP 5,500
London, 21 March 1990: Children Feeding the Ducks (oil on reinforced canvas, 14¼ × 9¾ ins/36 × 25 cm) GBP 2,090
Stockholm, 16 May 1990: Homewards - Summer Landscape with Buildings (oil on canvas, 16¼ × 24 ins/41 × 61 cm) SEK 18,500
London, 15 June 1990: Lyndale, Devon (oil on canvas, 62 × 87¾ ins/157.5 × 223 cm) GBP 7,700
London, 26 Sept 1990: Country Lane (watercolour heightened with gouache, 14 × 10 ins/35.5 × 25.5 cm) GBP 1,210
New York, 24 Oct 1990: Two Peasant Girls Picking Faggots on Path (oil on canvas, 24 × 36 ins/61 × 91.5 cm) USD 8,800
Montreal, 5 Nov 1990: Young Boy Fishing (oil on canvas, 18 × 24 ins/46 × 61 cm) CAD 1,320
London, 5 June 1991: Driving Geese (oil on canvas, 14½ × 20¾ ins/37 × 53 cm) GBP 1,815
London, 11 Oct 1991: Crossing the Lake (oil on canvas, 36¼ × 60 ins/92 × 152.5 cm) GBP 4,400
London, 12 June 1992: The Last Assignation (oil on canvas, 40¼ × 31¼ ins/102.2 × 79.5 cm) GBP 3,080
London, 13 Nov 1992: Elegant Conversation (oil on canvas, 18 × 26 ins/45.9 × 66 cm) GBP 3,850
New York, 17 Feb 1993: Expected Arrival (oil on canvas, 50½ × 49 ins/128.3 × 124.5 cm) USD 8,050
New York, 28 May 1993: Off to School (oil on canvas, 36 × 28¼ ins/91.6 × 71.7 cm) USD 6,900
London, 5 Nov 1993: Duck Pond (oil on canvas, 41 × 59¼ ins/104.2 × 150.5 cm) GBP 17,250
New York, 20 July 1995: My Pet Rabbit (oil on canvas, 18 × 14 ins/45.7 × 35.6 cm) USD 5,462
London, 27 March 1996: Waiting for the Ferry (oil on canvas, 37 × 28¾ ins/94 × 73 cm) GBP 6,440
London, 5 June 1996: Road to the Mill (oil on canvas, 48 × 72 ins/122 × 183 cm) GBP 84,000
London, 6 Nov 1996: At the Garden Gate (oil on panel, 15¾ × 12 ins/40 × 30.5 cm) GBP 3,450; Peaceful Village (oil on canvas, 54¼ × 40¼ ins/137.5 × 102 cm) GBP 20,700
London, 8 Nov 1996: Picking Poppies (oil on canvas, 29¾ × 40 ins/75.7 × 101.4 cm) GBP 19,000
London, 12 March 1997: Feeding the Geese (oil on canvas, 52½ × 39 ins/133.5 × 99 cm) GBP 18,400
New York, 6 May 1999: Rest on the Way (oil on canvas, 40 × 30 ins/102 × 76 cm) USD 26,000
London, 4 Nov 1999: Gossips (oil on canvas, 20 × 30 ins/51 × 76 cm) GBP 13,000
London, 13 June 2000: Haymaking (oil on canvas, 60 × 40 ins/153 × 102 cm) GBP 40,000
Portland, 2 Aug 2000: At the Duck Pond (oil on canvas, 40 × 30 ins/102 × 76 cm) USD 40,000
Portland, 8 Aug 2001: In the Garden (oil on canvas, 40 × 30 ins/102 × 76 cm) USD 16,000
Toronto, 26 Nov 2001: Feeding the Swans (oil on canvas, 36 × 28 ins/91 × 71 cm) CAD 26,000
Toronto, 3 June 2002: Rush Gatherers (oil on canvas, 20 × 30 ins/51 × 76 cm) CAD 15,000
London, 19 Nov 2002: Tranquil Moment (oil on canvas, 54 × 41 ins/137 × 103 cm) GBP 11,000
Uppsala, 25 May 2003: Summer Landscape with Women at a Well (oil on canvas, 36 × 28 ins/92 × 71 cm) SEK 135,000
London, 27 Nov 2003: Days at the Well (oil on canvas, 36 × 28 ins/92 × 72 cm) GBP 18,000
Exeter, 2 March 2004: Gathering Water from a Summer Stream (oil on canvas, 23 × 35 ins/59 × 89 cm) GBP 4,800
Buenos Aires, 11 Aug 2004: Watching the Bees (oil on canvas, 40 × 30 ins/102 × 76 cm) USD 17,900
Bibliography
‘Henry King’ in Pall Mall Pictures of 1911, periodical, Pall Mall, London, 1911.
