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Charles Napier Hemy 1841 - 1917. English. Making The Run For Home, Cornwall Coast. 1915. Framed Cornish Marine Oil Painting.

£15,895    $19,971    €19,106
Charles Napier Hemy.
 
English ( b.1841 – d.1917 ).
 
Making The Run For Home, Cornish Coast, 1915.
 
Oil On Canvas.
 
Monogram & Dated 1915 Lower Right.
 
Image size 19.5 inches x 29.5 inches ( 49.5cm x 75cm ).
 
Frame size 25.6 inches x 35.6 inches ( 65cm x 90.5cm ).
 
Available for sale from Big Sky Fine Art in the English county of Dorset, this original oil painting is by the marine artist Charles Napier Hemy and is dated 1915.
 
The painting is presented and supplied in a sympathetic frame and mount dating from the 1960s or 1970s.
 
The painted surface and canvas have been restored and cleaned whilst in previous ownership. The canvas is lined. We are of the opinion that this restoration work was performed in the 1960s or 1970s and correlates with the frame’s age.
 
Today, this antique painting is in good condition as a result of the previous work. It is supplied ready to hang and display.
 
The painting is signed and dated lower right.
 
Charles Napier Hemy, possibly the finest British marine artist of his generation, is known for his works in the Tate collections. He had a life that was particularly interesting, fulfilling and professionally successful.
 
His formative years were influenced by his family emigrating to Australia for two years when he was nine, and early experiences of working with merchant ships. As a young man he trained to enter the priesthood, but decided to pursue a career as a professional artist instead. He trained in Antwerp and quickly established himself as a respected artist, working from a studio in London in the 1870s.
 
In 1880 he moved to Falmouth, where he and his second wife raised a family of ten children. He was an accomplished yachtsman and had his own yacht, which he used as a studio. He was elected a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited there from 1869 onwards. He was part of the London art establishment, and then the flourishing Cornish art scene, and had close friendships with many of the other notabl...
Antique #SA1107788, shown on this page, originates from 1910. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was made:
1910
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