Studio RT Ltd

Description

We are delighted to offer for sale this superb and very large watercolour by the artist GEORGE OYSTON, who has signed the painting in the lower left hand corner and dated it 1903. The painting depicts a rural landscape with a farmhouse and outbuildings in the distance, with a small flock of sheep in the two fields to the foreground. There is a ditch to the left of the painting, with a plank bridge leading to a stile into the next field. The detailed work to the hedgerows is exceptional, as is the painting of the sheep.

George Oyston, circa 1860-1937, was born in North Shields, the son of an engineer, and by 1880 was working as a professional artist in his native town. He exhibited frequently at the Berwick Club in Newcastle. By 1891, he was living in London, before moving to Walton on Thames, and then to Shepperton-on-Thames, also in Surey, by 1897.

He exhibited 1 painting at the Royal Society of British Artists and 1 at the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour. Some of his work has been issued in print form.

There is a family biography available of google.

Auction results for this artist may be found at artprice (352 listings), findartinfo (181), arcadja (85) and artnet (34). The record price for one of his watercolours since 2000 is £780.

The painting has been newly double mounted to complement and is framed in a 1 1/8" dull mottled gilt frame. It is ready to hang.

Medium Watercolours