Studio RT Ltd

Description

We are offering for sale this very well executed sunset scene of the Highlands of Scotland by the artist Frank Hider, who has signed the painting in the lower right hand corner and entitled the painting verso on the canvas 'Solitude in the Highlands'. The painting depicts a sunset scene, with a river running beneath mountains and gushing over rocks in two streams, before joining together in the waterfall. This becomes a pool with the spray rishing and then the river falls away again to the right of the painting. There are Hider's trademark white flowers in the foreground, which seem to appear in all his landscapes.

This is a quote from Jeremy Wood's book Hidden Talents. 'Frank Hider was a painter in oil and sometimes watercolour of coastal scenes and rural landscapes. This artist was very prolific and his work is frequently seen on the market - the beach scenes in oil being the most common. The oils were often inscribed with the title and location on the reverse. Frank Hider's style and colour are similar to S. Y. Johnson but he usually painted with a broader technique. There are also some similar oils signed George Hider and he may have been related. Frank Hider lived at Forest Gate, Essex for a number of years and died on the 29th November, 1933.'

Auction results for Frank Hider's work can be found at artprice (289 results), artnet (52) findartinfo (190) and arcadja (114). One of his oil paintings reached in excess of £950.

The painting is newly framed in a 3 1/2" ornate, swept gilt frame. It will be supplied wired and ready to hang.

Image size 29 1/2" x 19 1/2" - 74.9cm x 49.2cm

Frame size 36 1/2" x 26 1/4" - 92.75cm x 66.65cm

Medium Oils on canvas

Condition Very good condition with no repairs to the canvas, no paint loss, with only faint stretcher marks and some craquelure, consistent with age. The frame is new.