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We are pleased to offer for auction this oil on canvas by the artist FRANCIS E. JAMIESON, who has signed the painting in the lower right hand corner and inscribed it verso on the stretcher 'Ettrick Bay Kyles of Bute'. Ettrick Bay is a bay on the western side of the Isle of Bute in Argyll, Scotland, which is separated from the mainland by a narrow sea channel called the Kyles of Bute. This is one of a pair of paintings by this artist that we are listing.

Francis Jamieson was a painter in oil and watercolour of highland landscapes and coastal scenes. (The work of this highly prolific artist is curious since the oils and watercolours have two quite distinctive styles and subject matter. The oil paintings are most frequently seen and these are highland landscapes or loch scenes - sometimes they appear to be signed with pseudonyms such as 'W. Richards' and 'Phil Hips' - the location is usually inscribed on the reverse. The watercolours are often coastal scenes with boats and figures on a shore, painted in a more traditional Victorian style, and possibly pre-date the oils. F. E. Jamiesons's beach scenes were published as postcards around 1920 by G. Ajelli & Co. of London on a textured card to give the appearance of an oil. Jamieson is known to have travelled widely in the South of England between the wars selling his work but does not appear to have exhibited.) This quote in parentheses is taken from Jeremy Wood's excellent book 'Hidden Talents - A Dictionary of Neglected Artists Working 1880-1950'.

Work by Francis Jamieson can be seen at artprice.com (318 auction results), artnet.com (65) and findartinfo.com (218). Please note that on all these sites you will find F. E. Jamieson variously listed as Francis E. Jamieson, F.E.Jamieson, Frank E. Jamieson, Frederick E. Jamieson etc. You may also find some listings under his various pseudonyms.

The painting has been framed in a 2 1/2" ornate cream and gilt frame. It is ready to hang.

Medium Oils on canvas.