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Ernest Higgins Rigg "Paradise House" Swaledale Oil Painting
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Ernest Higgins Rigg "Paradise House" Swaledale Oil Painting

1900 - 1920
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Born in Bradford, Yorkshire in 1868, Rigg studied at Bradford College of Art then at the renowned Académie Julian in Paris. His attractive open air scenes were in the manner of French late nineteenth century painting. He exhibited at RA, RBA, Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool and elsewhere, working in many parts of England. He was a prominent member of the Staithes Group and later lived for a time in Letchworth, Hertfordshire.

"Paradise House, Low Row" shows a view in Swaledale, Yorkshire, where the artist lived. An oil painting on board measuring 10"x 13", it is signed lower left and is framed giving an overall size of 14"x 16".

Physical Dimensions
Height
35cm (13.78")
Width
42cm (16.54")
Depth
3cm (1.18")
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McTague of Harrogate has dated this Swaledale Landscape Oil Painting to the 1910s.

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SA1065197
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Born in Bradford, Yorkshire in 1868, Rigg studied at Bradford College of Art then at the renowned Académie Julian in Paris. His attractive open air scenes were in the manner of French late nineteenth century painting.
He exhibited at RA, RBA, Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool and elsewhere, working in many parts of England.
McTague of Harrogate

He was a prominent member of the Staithes Group and later lived for a time in Letchworth, Hertfordshire.

fig 1. An impressionist oil painting depicting stone farm buildings in a Yorkshire Dales landscape with cattle in a foreground field under a cloudy sky.
fig 1. Ernest Higgins Rigg "Paradise House" Swaledale Oil Painting

"Paradise House, Low Row" shows a view in Swaledale, Yorkshire, where the artist lived. An oil painting on board measuring 10"x 13", it is signed lower left and is framed giving an overall size of 14"x 16".

Height
35cm (13.78")
Width
42cm (16.54")
Depth
3cm (1.18")
Date of Manufacture

McTague of Harrogate has dated this Swaledale Landscape Oil Painting to the 1910s.

Reference Numbers
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SA1065197
McTague of Harrogate
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Mctague of harrogate are yorkshire based dealers in old pictures. Please see website mctague.co.uk

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An impressionist oil painting depicting stone farm buildings in a Yorkshire Dales landscape with cattle in a foreground field under a cloudy sky.
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Archive I An impressionist oil painting depicting stone farm buildings in a Yorkshire Dales landscape with cattle in a foreground field under a cloudy sky.

Ernest Higgins Rigg "Paradise House" Swaledale Oil Painting

Archive II An impressionist oil painting depicting stone farm buildings in a Yorkshire Dales landscape with cattle in a foreground field under a cloudy sky. View II
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An impressionist oil painting depicting stone farm buildings in a Yorkshire Dales landscape with cattle in a foreground field under a cloudy sky.
Ernest Higgins Rigg "Paradise House" Swaledale oil painting
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An impressionist oil painting depicting stone farm buildings in a Yorkshire Dales landscape with cattle in a foreground field under a cloudy sky.
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