W. Richards 30x20 Oil Dunkeld Perthshire 1911

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We are delighted to offer this large, 30" x 20", oil on canvas by the artist FRANCIS E. JAMIESON, who has signed the painting in the lower right hand corner with his pseudonym W. Richards and dated it 11 for 1911. The painting depicts a Highland scene, in the early morning, with the mountains tinged pink by the rising sun. There is a small bothy or cottage, with the chimney smoking, and a woman carrying a bucket walking down to the stream or loch edge in the right foreground. As usual, the location is written faintly on the stretcher - Dunkeld Perthshire.

Francis Jamieson was a painter in oil and watercolour of highland landscapes and coastal scenes. (The work of this highly prolific artist is curious since the oils and watercolours have two quite distinctive styles and subject matter. The oil paintings are most frequently seen and these are highland landscapes or loch scenes - sometimes they appear to be signed with pseudonyms such as 'W. Richards' and 'Phil Hips' - the location is usually inscribed on the reverse. The watercolours are often coastal scenes with boats and figures on a shore, painted in a more traditional Victorian style, and possibly pre-date the oils. F. E. Jamieson's beach scenes were published as postcards around 1920 by G. Ajelli & Co. of London on a textured card to give the appearance of an oil. Jamieson is known to have travelled widely in the South of England between the wars selling his work but does not appear to have exhibited.) This quote in parentheses is taken from Jeremy Wood's book 'Hidden Talents - A Dictionary of Neglected Artists Working 1880-1950'.

Work by Francis Jamieson can be seen at artprice.com (318 auction results), and artnet.com, where there are 65 auction sales results . His results (218 listings) can also be found at findartinfo.com. Recent prices achieved for oils by F. E. Jamieson can be found in Hislop's Guide to the UK Art Market, where a single oil reached £740 in 2006 at Dee Atkinson and Harrison, Driffield.

The painting is newly framed in a 3 1/2" swept gilt frame, and it is ready to hang.

Image size 29 1/2" x 19 1/2" - 75cm x 49.5cm

Frame size 36 1/4" x 26 1/2" - 92cm x 67.5cm

Medium Oils on canvas

PriceSOLD DimensionsImage size 29 1/2" x 19 1/2" 75cm x 49.5cm Frame size 36 1/4" x 26 1/2" 92cm x 67.5cm Category Antique Pictures / Engravings / Art > Antique Oil Paintings Period Early 20th Century Antiques Material Oil Painting on Canvas Origin English Condition Very good. The painting has had one small repair to the rear of the canvas (as shown), but this in not visible to the front. There are faint stretcher marks and very minimal craquelure commensurate with the age of the painting. There is no paint loss. The frame is new. Item code as237a246 Status Sold

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