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ANTIQUE #SA1115152

William Shayer Srn. Oil Painting.

£2,400    $3,040    €2,887
William Shayer Snr (1787-1879)
 
A large painting by artist William Shayer Snr (1787-1879) Oil on panel. “Fisherman on the coast” Condition is very good. In elaborate heavy exhibition Victorian gilt frame
 
Size 50 cms by 68 cms. 20 inches x 27 inches Plus frame.
 
William Joseph Shayer, senior was a self-taught artist, who began by painting decorations on rush-bottom chairs, and moved on to painting carriages in the town of Guildford, after which he started doing a heraldic painting. Ultimately he began painting oil on canvas and became skilled at portraying woodland scenes with gypsies, people and animals in front of country inns and farmhouses, and beach scenes crowded with boats and fishermen.
 
He lived mainly in the south of England, in Shirley, Southampton, but painted throughout Hampshire and in a wooded district in the southwest part of Hampshire called the New Forest. Michael Hoy, a wealthy Southampton merchant, was one of his most enthusiastic patrons and bought many of Shayer’s paintings of the area.
 
He sometimes collaborated with other artists. Particularly successful were his collaborations with Edward Charles Williams, where Williams would paint the landscape and Shayer would add in people and animals. He also collaborated with other members of Williams’ family, Shayer’s second wife Elizabeth Waller said to somehow be related to Williams. The Old Roadside Inn that is shown here is one example of a collaboration between Shayer and Williams, and Near Wantage, Berkshire is another.
 
Shayer lived a long life, during which he had two wives and ten children. His eldest son, William Joseph Shayer, junior (1811-1892) was also a painter and painted in a style very similar to his father. Their paintings are easily confused, which is made all the more difficult by the fact that they probably collaborated on several paintings in the elder Shayer’s later years. Three of Shayer senior’s younger sons – Edward Dasherwood Shayer (1821-1864), Henry Thring Sha...
Antique #SA1115152, shown on this page, originates from the victorian Era. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was made:
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