James E.Grace RBA Oil On The Lledr Wales

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We are pleased to offer for sale this lovely oil on canvas by the artist JAMES EDWARD GRACE, who has signed the painting in the lower left hand corner and dated it 1871-2. He has also inscribed it on the canvas verso 'On the Lledr North Wales. James E. Grace, 23 Bond Street, Wakefield.' The painting depicts a tranquil view of the River Lledr, winding through the Lledr Valley with a small herd of cattle watering on the left bank. The River Lledr in North Wales is a much painted location by many famous artists and it is the second major tributory of the River Conwy.

JAMES EDWARD GRACE RBA, 1851-1908, was a landscape painter, in both oil and watercolour and a book illustrator. He studied at the Liverpool Institute from the age of sixteen years and then at the Royal College of Art. He exhibited at Suffolk Street from 1871, at the Royal Academy from 1876 and was elected a Member of the Royal Society of British Artists in 1879. In the early 1870s he was living in Wakefield, but by 1880 he was living at Milford in Surrey and Bedford Park, London in 1898. He married Mary, nee Haldane, who was also an exhibited landscape painter. He died on the 5th March 1908.

He exhibited widely as follows-

Royal Academy 31

Royal Society of British Artists 133

Royal Scottish Academy 10

Royal Hibernian Academy 5

Walker Art Gallery Liverpool 29

Royal Institute of Oil Painters 30

New Gallery 63

Royal Society of Artists Birmingham 28

Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour 33

Grosvenor Gallery 15

Manchester City Art Gallery 35

Tooley Gall. 10, New English Art Club 4, Agnew & Sons Gall. 1, Dudley Gall. 8, Ridley Art Club 41

Biographical information for James Grace may be found in The Dictionary of British Artists, The Dictionary of Victorian Painters by Christopher Wood and The Dictionary of British Watercolour Artists by H. L. Mallalieu. Details of his London Exhibitions may be found in Graves Dictionary.

Auction prices realised for works by this artist may be found at artprice.com (57 listings), findartinfo.com (20), artnet.com (18) and askart.com 13. There is also a lot of information and examples of his work on google. His work is often listed in Hislop's Guide to the UK Art Market. An oil painting the same size as this one, entitled 'A Still Pool in the Vale of the Lledr, North Wales' achieved £1,100 in 2003 at Christies. His record price, as far as we can ascertain is £2,400. There are three paintings currently for sale in galleries in excess of £1,000.

The painting is framed in a 3 1/2" reeded gilt frame and is ready to hang.

Medium Oils on canvas

Condition Very good. The canvas has no repairs and is clean and taut. There is craquelure and stretcher marks commensurate with age. The frame is in very good condition.

PriceSOLD Price confidential so please don't ask. Thank you. DimensionsImage size 25 3/8" x 15 1/8" - 64.5cm x 38.5cm Frame size 32 1/4" x 22" - 81.9cm x 55.9cm Category Antique Pictures / Engravings / Art > Antique Oil Paintings Date 1871/2 Mid Victorian Antiques Material Oil Painting on Canvas Origin English Artist James E Grace Condition Condition Very good. The canvas has no repairs and is clean and taut. There is craquelure and stretcher marks commensurate with age. The frame is in very good condition. Item code as237a004 Status Sold

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