Arthur Walker RedgateBritish, (1860-1906)The HarvestersOil on canvas, signedImage size: 19.25 inches x 29.25 inches Size including frame: 27 inches x 37 inchesA pleasing landscape painting of a harvest by Arthur Walker Redgate. Figures are shown harvesting a wheat crop and stacking them into shocks as a plough team makes its way across a cornfield. In the distance to the far right, lies a farmhouse with a hay barn. Poppies can also be seen dotted amongst the stalks near a haystack in the foreground. Arthur Walker Redgate was born in Nottingham in 1860 to Sylvanus Redgate (1827-1873), a photographer and portrait artist and Elizabeth Walker. His second name is sometimes mistakenly listed as William, however his birth record and other official documents confirm it was Walker, taken from his mother�s maiden name. He was probably initially taught by his father, but as their style and subject matter differ he may well have received tuition from one of his father''s artistic circle or attended art school, most likely the local Nottingham School of art. By the age of 20, he had established himself as a landscape artist and began exhibiting from around 1880. He made his debut at the Royal Academy in 1886 and continued exhibiting there throughout his life. He lived with his family in Nottingham until his marriage to Edith Elizabeth Henson in December, 1883. By 1885, the couple had moved to Leicestershire where their first child John Sylvanus Redgate was born, living at Mount Pleasant in Castle Donnington.Redgate was a member of the Nottingham Society of Artists, later becoming vice president and exhibited at their Nottingham Castle Museum shows. He also exhibited at the Royal Society of British Artists as well at the Royal Society of Artists, Birmingham and the Walker Art Gallery. He painted the surrounding views where he lived in Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and the river Trent but also travelled around the country visiting Norfolk, Der...