Studio RT Ltd

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We are delighted to offer for auction this lovely, tranquil oil on canvas by the artist C. LAW COPPARD, who has signed the painting in the lower left hand cover, and on original label verso, where it is entitled 'Evening Mists'. The canvas is dated 1883. The painting depicts cattle watering on a water meadow, on a misty evening, with the crescent moon rising. The artist has conveyed the misty scene with great skill. There is a farmhouse to the left of the painting, with some outbuildings and two haystacks.

Charles Law (Lawrence) COPPARD, 1836-1900, who flourished between 1858 and 1891, was a Sussex artist. He was the son of Lawrence Coppard, a carver and gilder and, in 1851, was living with his parents at 160 North Street Brighton. He married in 1865 in Denbighshire and by 1881, was living with his wife Julia in Eridge Road, Speldhurst, Tonbridge, Kent. He died in Brighton on the 16th February, 1900. He specialised in landscapes and domestic scenes.

He exhibited mostly at Suffolk Street (48 paintings), but exhibited 9 paintings at the Royal Academy, 11 at the British Institution, 11 at the Tooley Gallery and 9 at other London exhibitions. His biographical details may be found in The Dictionary of British Artists, The Dictionary of Victorian Painters and his exhibitions in Graves Dictionary.

Two of his paintings are in the National Collection and may be viewed on BBC - Your Paintings and at Brighton & Hove Museums.

Auction results achieved for works by this artist may be found at artprice.com (14 listings), findartinfo.com (15), artnet.com (5) and arcadja.com (8). The record price for one of his oil paintings was achieved in 2006 - £2,327 for a 25" x 20" in Zurich and in this country in 2009 in Norfolk £2,200. His work only rarely comes to the market.

There is currently a painting by C. Law Coppard for sale at a Gallery listed on google, in the price bracket of £3,000-£5,000.

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

Image size: 23 3/4" x 13 3/4" - 60.3cm x 34.9cm

Frame size: 30 7/8" x 20 7/8" - 78.45cm x 52.7cm

Medium: Oils on canvas

Condition: Very good. The canvas has been relined at some stage so there is only minimal craquelure just around the signature, no stretcher marks or paint loss. The frame and slip are new.