Suffolk Gallery

Description

An important drawing by Romilly Fedden (1875-1939) "Concarneau" signed and dated 1911 depicting a religious procession along the quay outside the walls of the fortified Breton town.
34 cm x 44 cm in quality black and gilt frame.
Arthur Romilly Fedden (1875–1939) was an English artist and watercolourist.[1] The son of businessman Henry Fedden. Romilly studied under Hubert von Herkomer at Bushey, at the Académie Julian in Paris, and finally in Spain. He lived and worked in France, in Chantemesle near Vetheuil on the Seine. He was married to Katharine Waldo Douglas, an American writer their son Robin Fedden was also a writer.
Romilly Fedden wrote two books: Modern Water Colour (1918) and Golden Days from the Fishing Log of a Painter in Brittany (1919). He also illustrated a book written by his wife on the Basque country.
He died from injuries sustained in the crash of the Sud Express in March 1939. His wife, who was also injured, died soon after him.
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