Arthur B.Collier 1832-1908 Widemouth Bay

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We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely oil on canvas by the artist ARTHUR BEVAN COLLIER, who has signed the painting A.B.Collier in the lower left hand corner. The painting is entitled on the slip 'Widemouth Bay, N. Cornwall'. Widemouth Bay is situated just south of Bude on the North Cornish coast and has a wide sandy beach, with interesting rock formations on either side, where there is the large rock shown in the painting known as Black Rock.

ARTHUR BEVAN COLLIER 1832-1908 was born in Plymouth, the son of the MP for Plymouth. He was a landscape painter, primarily in oils and specialised in scenes of Wales, Scotland, Devon and Cornwall. He was a Justice of the Peace and a Major and Hon. Lieut. Col. of the Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry. He lived at Carmartha, Callington, Cornwall. Both is his daughters, Amy and Lilian were listed artists. He died in 1908 and is buried in the churchyard at Lezant.

He exhibited between 1855 and 1899 at the Royal Academy (20), the British Institution (7) and Suffolk Street (53). According to Graves Dictionary he exhibited a total of 92 paintings at London Exhibitions up to 1893. He also exhibited in Liverpool at the Walker, in Birmingham and Manchester, and one of his paintings entitled 'Trebarwith, Nr. Tintagel' is in the Birmingham City Art Gallery.

Auctions results in recent years for works by this artist may be found at artprice.com (45 listings), artnet.com (27), findartinfo.com (18) and arcadja.com (16).

The painting is framed in its original 4 1/2" ornate gilt frame and slip and is ready to hang.

Medium Oils on canvas

PriceSOLD DimensionsImage size 26 1/2" x 15 5/8" - 67.25cm x 39.15cm Frame size 36 5/8" x 25 3/4" - 93cm x 65.4cm Category Antique Pictures / Engravings / Art > Antique Oil Paintings Date Late Victorian Late Victorian Antiques Material Oil Painting on Canvas Origin English Artist Arthur B.Collier Condition Condition Excellent. There are no repairs to the canvas which is in clean and taut condition, with no craquelure, paint loss or stretcher marks. The frame is in very good condition with minor age related wear, but no losses. Item code as237a062 Status Sold

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