Christopher Tombs Antiques Ltd has dated these Victorian Landscape Oil Paintings to the 19th Century.
A pair of Country Views.
Cattle and Farm Buildings in the distance over looked by the Beautiful Landscape.
Fisherman on the waters edge and a Lady can be seen on the Bridge.
Sat in Later quality frames.
He was a self-taught artist who found fame later in life as the ‘Cockney Constable’. In 1808, he married Agnes Middleton in London and together they lived in the Lambeth area, later moving to 8 Barton Street, Westminster with their family His son Alfred Gomersal Vickers (1810-1837) also became a landscape painter.
He began exhibiting at the British Institution from 1828 and made his debut at the Royal Academy in 1831. A year later he started exhibiting at the Royal Society of British Artists. He was a prolific exhibitor and over the subsequent 40 years exhibited a total of 67 at the Royal Academy, 125 at the British Institute and 79 at the Royal Society of British Artists. By 1837, he had moved to 7 Islington Green and stayed in the area until around 1861. From his base in London he would travel around Britain visiting areas such as the Isle of Wight, North Wales, Derbyshire and Yorkshire as well as the Thames Valley to paint coastal views, rivers and landscapes. He also visited the continent travelling to Belgium, the Netherlands and Switzerland. He painted in a distinctive palette of pale greens and a light and sparkling style.
Vickers spent his final years living at 1 Norfolk Villas, Edmonton where he died on 20 November, 1868. Many examples of his work can be found in public collections and art galleries including the Glasgow Museum, Kingston History Centre, Kirklees Museum, Leicester Museum, National Trust, Orleans House Gallery, Sheffield Museum, Ulster Museum, Wednesbury Museum, The Wilson and Wolverhampton Art Gallery.
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Christopher Tombs Antiques Ltd has dated these Victorian Landscape Oil Paintings to the 19th Century.
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Pair of Oil Paintings by Alfred Vickers Senior
