Studio RT Ltd

Description

We are offering this tranquil and well executed oil on board by the East Anglian artist Alfred W. Saunders, who has signed the painting in the lower left hand corner and signed and entitled it verso 'The Windmill'. The painting depicts a view of a tower windmill in East Anglia, which is situated on a hillock, with a couple of white painted cottages alongside it, with smoke coming from their chimneys. It looks as though there is a storm brewing, although the town in the distance seems to be bathed in sunshine.

This painting and its companion piece that we have listed, has a misty quality which is often a feature of work by this artist.

Alfred William Saunders was born on 23rd March 1908 in Hackney, London, but moved to Essex in 1917. After service in the Army, he moved to Wingfield Green, Suffolk and in 1966 a Norwich Gallery started selling his work. His paintings of the East Anglian countryside, with its barns, windmills and coasts became very popular and, apart from a brief foray to Australia in the mid 1970s, he continued to paint these subjects up until his death on 7th January 1986.

The painting has been newly framed in a 2 1/2" gilt frame and will be supplied wired and ready to hang.

Image size: 16 7/8" x 12" - 42.9cm x 30.45cm

Frame size: 22 1/8" x 17 3/8" - 56.15cm x 44.25cm

Medium: Oils on Daler Board

Condition: The surface is clean and there is no paint loss, craquelure or damage. The frame is new.