Studio RT Ltd

Description

We are pleased to offer for sale this large oil by the artist FRANCIS MUSCHAMP, who has signed the painting F. Muschamp in the lower left hand corner and dated it 1880. The painting depicts a slightly stormy scene of a couple of small waterfalls on a narrow fast flowing river, between rocky, wooded banks. This is possibly a scene in Wales, a favourite location for the artist.

FRANCIS MUSCHAMP, who flourished 1865-1885, was a London landscape artist, who lived at 52 Fitzroy Road, Regents Park, London. This artist should not be confused, as many of the auction houses and results sites do, with the genre painter F. Sydney Muschamp, who also lived in London and may be a relative, although biographies state that his father was a portrait painter.

FRANCIS MUSCHAMP exhibited 17 paintings at Suffolk Street, 3 at the British Institution, and 10 paintings at the Royal Hibernian Academy. His biographical details may be found in The Dictionary of Victorian Painters by Christopher Wood, and the Dictionary of British Artists. His exhibitions are also listed in Graves Dictionary. His London exhibitions are listed in Graves Dictionary.

Auctions results for this artist may be found in Hislop's Guide to the UK Art Market, artprice.com (24 listings), arcadja.com (9), findartinfo.com (9) and artnet.com (15).

The painting is newly framed in a 3" gilt frame which suits it very well. It is ready to hang.

Medium Oils on canvas laid to board.