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ANTIQUE #SA1048811

Landscape Genre Oil Painting Of Farmworkers With Horses & A Dog By George Cole

£14,250    $18,518    €16,977
George Cole
 
British, (1810-1883)
 
Rick Making, Lunchtime
 
Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1883
 
Image size: 23.5 inches x 35.5 inches
 
Size including frame: 30.5 inches x 42.5 inches
 
Provenance: Richard Green, 4 New Bond Street, London
 
A wonderful landscape painting of farmworkers having lunch near a haystack or rick by George Cole. A figure can be seen pouring drinks for three men sat by a hay cart as others look on. Meanwhile, three horses and a dog take their rest whilst chickens forage amongst the grass and fallen straw.
 
George Cole was born in London in 1810. Little is known about his education but he is believed to have started as an apprentice to a ship''s painter in the Royal Navy dockyards at Portsmouth. He was a self-taught artist who initially began painting portraits and animals and for a time worked for Wombwell''s menagerie painting posters.
 
He married Eliza Vicat at Portsea, Hampshire on 6 May 1832 and together the couple had five children. His sons George Vicat Cole (1833-1893) and Alfred Benjamin Cole (1840-1893) also became artists. The family lived in the Portsmouth area residing at Buckland Road, Portsea. Cole soon began specialising in landscape paintings and made his debut at the Society of British Artists in 1838, continuing to exhibit there until his death. By 1849, he was exhibiting at the Royal Academy where he also became a frequent contributor. He achieved considerable success and was able to afford servants and subsequently move his family to 2 Lewis Place in Fulham, London around 1853. Cole was elected a member of the Royal Society of British Artists in 1850, became auditor in 1856, and vice-president in 1867.
 
Cole produced many scenes of Hampshire, Berkshire, Surrey and Devon and during the early 1850’s he travelled around the country with his son George Vicat Cole to sketch and paint the river valleys of the Wye, Teign, and Dart. They also went abroad to Europe where they stayed in the Moselle area. By 1871, ...
Antique #SA1048811, shown on this page, originates from 1880. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was made:
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