James H.Crossland Oil 1852-1939 Welsh Scene

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We are delighted to offer for auction this oil on canvas by the artist JAMES HENRY CROSSLAND, who has signed the painting J.H.C. on the lower right hand side and dated it 1878. The painting depicts a river scene with mist rolling over the hills and some rocks creating a small waterfall across the river. We have just discovered a faint inscription on the back of the canvas where it wraps around the stretcher which reads 'R. Ogwen Bethesda N.Wales'.

JAMES HENRY CROSSLAND, 1852-1939 was a landscape painter in oils. He was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire on the 22nd August 1852, but moved to Derbyshire and then to the Lake District, where he died in Ambleside, Cumbria in 1939. He painted some Scottish landscapes, but mostly worked in the Lake District and was a founder Member of the Lake Artists' Society in 1904. His son was a well known marine biologist. Judging by the number of paintings sold in recent times, he was not a very prolific artist, but a very good one, as his larger paintings attract high prices.

Biographical details may be found at The Painters of the Northern Counties of England and Wales by Dennis Child, The Dictionary of British Artists, The Dictionary of Victorian Painters by Christopher Wood and The Dictionary of British Artists by Grant M. Waters.

Auction results for works by this artist may be found at artprice.com (66 listings), artnet.com (33), findartinfo.com (24) and arcadja.com (20).

The painting is framed in a 2" giltwood frame, which is possibly the original. It is ready to hang.

Medium Oils on Reeves & Sons canvas.

PriceSOLD DimensionsImage size 19 1/2" x 11 1/2" 49.5cm x 29.2cm Frame size 23 1/2" x 15 1/2" 60cm x 39.35cm Category Antique Pictures / Engravings / Art > Antique Oil Paintings Date 1878 Mid Victorian Antiques Material Oil Painting on Canvas Origin English Artist James Henry Crossland Condition Very good. There are no repairs to the canvas as shown. The canvas is clean, taut and has no craquelure but does have a slight stretcher mark across the top consistent with age. The frame is in good used condition. Item code as237a146 Status Sold

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