Studio RT Ltd

Description

We are offering for sale this large and detailed and beautifully coloured watercolour by the artist William E. Harris, who has signed the painting in the lower right hand corner and dated it 1896. He has also inscribed it verso in his own hand 'Bermondesey'. The painting depicts a view of the Bermondsey skyline from the River Thames at sunset, as it was in Victorian times. The effect of the puffy clouds overhead is excellent and very lifelike. There are many Thames barges returning to the quays and, in the centre foreground, a steam tug towing a fishing boat.

This is one of a pair of watercolours by this artist that we are currently listing.

William E. Harris (1860-1930s)was a Birmingham painter in both oil and watercolour. He moved to Windsor and then to Broadway Worcestershire by 1893. He exhibited from 1883 -1931, 3 paintings at the Royal Academy between 1889-1891, 36 at the Royal Society of Artists, Birmingham, Grosvenor Gallery 1, 4 at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, 3 at the Manchester City Art Gallery, 2 at the Royal Society of British Artists, 7 at the Royal Hibernian Academy, 1 at the Royal Scottish Academy and 5 at the Royal Oil Painters Institute.

He is listed in The Dictionary of Victorian Painters by Christopher Wood and the Dictionary of British Artists (Collector's Club).

Auction results for works by this artist may be found at artprice (92 listings), findartinfo (36), artnet (99) and arcadja (34). A 20" x 14" watercolour of Greenwich achieved £1,400 at Christie's in 1998 and another made £1,300 in 2006.

The painting is mounted with wash lines to complement and is framed in a 1/2" gilt frame to suit. It is ready to hang.

Medium Watercolours