Studio RT Ltd

Description

We are offering for sale this lovely watercolour/gouache by the artist Frederick John Widgery, who has signed the painting F. J. Widgery in the lower left hand corner and inscribed it verso in his own hand 'Sea thrift in flower and heather on the Warren near Exmouth'. The painting depicts the sand dunes of the Dawlish Warren with seagulls wheeling overhead and the flowers mentioned, in the foreground. Dawlish Warren is a beach resort with a long spit of dunes and wide sandy beaches on the south coast of Devon, near to Dawlish and Exmouth.

FREDERICK JOHN WIDGERY, 1861-1942, was the younger son of the famous artist WILLIAM WIDGERY, 1822-1893. He was a very prolific landscape and coastal painter. He studied at Exeter School of Art, under Verlat in Antwerp and under Herkomer at Bushey. He was a magistrate, Lord Mayor of Exeter in 1903-4, Chairman of Exeter Public Art Gallery and a Captain in the Volunteers. He painted landscapes of South West England, especially Dartmoor and the cliffs and moors of Devon and Cornwall. He lived in Exeter. Examples of his work may be found in Exeter museum.

His biographical details may be found in all the major art reference books. He exhibited 5 paintings at the Royal Academy, 3 at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, 3 at the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour and 6 at the Royal Oil Painters Institute. Auction results may be found at artprice (748 listings), findartinfo (299) and artnet (281). His works are often listed in Hislop's Guide to the UK Art Market, where, in 2006, 46 watercolours were sold at Bearne's at prices between £250 and £2,500, an average price of £500.

The painting has been newly double mounted in two tone acid free mountboard to complement and is newly framed in a 1 1/8"dull silver frame. It will be supplied wired and ready to hang.

Image size 13 7/8" x 10 1/8" - 35.25 x 25.7cm

Frame size 21 1/8" x 17 1/2" - 53.65cm x 45cm

Medium Watercolours and gouache on Whatman sketching board

Condition Excellent condition with no foxing or fading. The mounts and frame are new.