Studio RT Ltd

Description

We are offering for sale this Victorian oil painting by the artist Joseph Horlor, who has signed the painting in the lower left hand corner. The painting depicts a Welsh mountain scene, with a small stream in the foreground, crossed by a stone bridge, over which two figures are crossing. The taller figure has a large bundle strapped on their back and is using a stick. There is another figure further away along the edge of a hill and there are sheep grazing on the slopes to the left of the painting. The artist has given the location on the edge of the canvas, but it is very difficult to read. We believe that it says Bridge Aberglaslyn North Wales and, having checked the location, which has been painted by Turner, Samuel Gillespie Prout and other artists, as well as looking at very old photographs, we feel that this is correct.

Joseph Horlor was born in Bath in 1809 and was a landscape painter of Welsh scenes and coastal views. By 1871 he was living in Bristol with his family. He married Elizabeth Sandys in 1830 and had four children. Both his daughters also became artists, Emma painting animals and Alice figures. He died in 1887.

He exhibited 13 paintings at the British Institution and 11 at Suffolk Street (later the RBA) between 1834 and 1866.

There are 8 of his paintings in the National Collection, 3 at Bristol Museum, 2 at National Trust properties, a at Shipley Art Gallery, 1 at the Victoria Art Gallery in Bath and 1 at the Holbourne Museum.

He may have been related to the animal painter George William Horlor, as they both lived in the same area of the country, but we have been unable to confirm this.

He is listed in the Dictionary of Victorian Painters by Christopher Wood and Gray's Dictionary, where his exhibits are listed. Auction results for this artist are available at the usual sites.

The painting has been newly framed in a 3" gilt frame and will be supplied wired and ready to hang.

Image size: 21 5/8" x 17 1/2" - 54.95cm x 44.45cm

Frame size: 28" x 23 3.4" - 71.1cm x 60.3cm

Medium: Oils on canvas

Condition: Very good conditon. There are no repairs to the canvas which is clean and taut and there is no craquelure, paint loss or stretcher marks. The frame is new.