Watercolour with white highlights over pencil on wove paper, laid onto card with a gold and wash line border. Inscribed in pencil on the back of the picture: Bought at Goupil & Co. 1875 - J. Percy Oct 31st, 1875. The picture is presented with its original gold leaf frame, both the picture and frame are in excellent state of preservation.
Watercolour: 9 1/4 x 13 5/8 in. (23.5 x 34.5 cm.)
Frame: 18 7/8 x 23 1/4 in. (48 x 59 cm.)
Provenance: Possibly Christie’s sale of J. B Pyne’s remaining works, Feb 25-7, 1871: Goupil & Co, where purchased by J. Percy on Oct 31st, 1875.
In 1846 Pyne travelled to Germany, Switzerland, and Italy, and for three years from 1851, on a commission from Mr. Agnew of Manchester, he toured Southern Europe, re-visiting Italy.
James Baker Pyne was an English landscape painter who became a successful follower of Turner, after having been in his earlier years a member of the Bristol School of artists and a follower of Francis Danby.
Pyne was born in Bristol and taught himself to paint. He took part in the sketching activities of the Bristol School in the 1820s and exhibited for the first time in Bristol in 1824. His style and subject matter, namely the atmospheric depiction of local landscapes and imaginary scenes, were those of Danby and the Bristol School, among whom he was one of the most able oil painters.
In 1832, after producing some oil paintings of the Bristol Riots, he spent 6 weeks in France with his fellow artist Edward Villiers Rippingille. Pyne also seems to have participated from 1832–33 in the revival of the Bristol School''s sketching meetings.
William James Müller had been apprenticed to Pyne during 1827–29/30. However, Müller did not remain much influenced by Pyne and the other Bristol School artists. Pyne himself did not long continue in the style of Danby''s ''poetical'' landscapes. In the mid-1830s, probably in 1835, he moved to London where he developed his mature style. His landscapes now followe
...d Turner in their colours and style of composition. Turner''s influence can be seen for example in Clifton, Near Bristol, from the Avon (1837), which was exhibited at the Royal Academy. Pyne exhibited at the British Institution during 1833–1844 at the Royal West of England Academy in Bristol, and at the Royal Academy during 1836–41. He became Vice-President of the Society of British Artists.
In 1846 he travelled to Germany, Switzerland, and Italy. He often painted in the Lake District. The art dealership Thomas Agnew and Sons commissioned him to paint in the Lake District in 1848, and then in 1851 to make a three year tour of Italy, in which he was accompanied by the Bristol watercolourist William Evans.
Pyne died on 29 July 1870 at his home, 203 Camden Road, London, leaving sons James Baker Pyne, a photographer, and Charles Pyne, an artist. Besides Müller, his pupils included George Arthur Fripp and James Astbury Hammersley. He is buried with his wife Anne (1805-1865) on the western side of Highgate Cemetery. The grave (no.13995) no longer has a headstone.
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M: 07790 208 712Antique Number: SA1011602
Dateline of this antique is 1850
Height is 48cm (18.9inches)Width is 59cm (23.2inches)Depth is 3.5cm (1.4inches)
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