GUSTAVE DE BREANSKI ( fl. 1856 - 1898 )
A very large signed oil on canvas by Gustave De Breanski depicting boats coming into harbour in front of distant white cliffs The work is on canvas and in very good condition- it has been relined and is ready to hang . The frame has some losses. I think we have a suitable good frame for this if so I will add it.
Title: “Boats coming into a harbour near white cliffs of Dover.
Signature;Signed lower right
Medium: Oil on canvas
Provenance: Private UK collection
Size: c. 24 x 36 inches unframed / 30 x 42 inches framed
Condition: Very good - ready to hang
Painter. Seascapes.
Breanski painted seascapes, portraying the sea in all weather conditions, with a preference for stormy weather, although he also painted ports, coastal landscapes and boats.
Auction Records
Paris, 3 March 1976: Sailing Boats near the Jetty (oil on canvas, 23½ × 36¼ ins/60 × 92 cm) FRF 8,300
Torquay, 16 June 1981: Fishing Boats Coming In (oil on canvas, 17½ × 23½ ins/44.5 × 59.5 cm) GBP 400
London, 18 July 1984: Boats Returning to Port in a Strong Swell, Whitby, Yorkshire (oil on canvas, 24 × 36 ins/61 × 91.4 cm) GBP 1,000
London, 3 June 1986: Lighthouse (oil on canvas, 24 × 36 ins/61 × 91.5 cm) GBP 1,300
London, 22 Sept 1988: Looking Out to Sea (oil on canvas, 24 × 36 ins/61 × 91.5 cm) GBP 660
London, 23 Sept 1988: Off the French Coast (oil on canvas, 20 × 30 ins/51 × 76 cm) GBP 2,860
Stockholm, 15 Nov 1988: Coastal Landscape with Fishing Boat by Harbour, Isle of Man (oil on canvas, 13 × 18½ ins/33 × 47 cm) SEK 12,000
Toronto, 30 Nov 1988: Off the South Coast (oil on canvas, 24¾ × 25¾ ins/63 × 65.5 cm) CAD 1,800
London, 5 Oct 1989: A Jetty, Approaching Storm (oil on canvas, 24¼ × 36 ins/61.5 × 91.5 cm) GBP 1,210
London, 26 Sept 1990: Low Tide, Dover (oil on canvas, 24 × 35¾ ins/61 × 91 cm) GBP 3,080
London, 13 Feb 1991: Approaching Storm (oil
...on canvas, 23½ × 35½ ins/60 × 90 cm) GBP 1,100
London, 3 Nov 1993: Entering Harbour, Preparing the Fleet; Preparing the Fleet (oil on canvas, a pair, each 24 × 36 ins/61 × 91.5 cm) GBP 2,070
Montreal, 23 Nov 1993: Fishing Boats near Jetty (oil on canvas, 30 × 50 ins/76.2 × 127 cm) CAD 1,600
London, 11 May 1994: The First Home (oil on canvas, 30 × 50 ins/76 × 127 cm) GBP 1,725
London, 28 April 1999: Off Whitby (oil on canvas, 24 × 36 ins/61 × 92 cm) GBP 2,500
London, 17 Aug 1999: Early Morning in South Devon (1884, oil on canvas, 24 × 36 ins/61 × 91 cm) GBP 3,000
New York, 28 March 2000: Fishing Boats off the Jetty (1891, oil on canvas, 40 × 60 ins/102 × 152 cm) USD 7,500
Leamington Spa, 12 Oct 2000: Figures on a Quayside with Fishing Boats Heading for Harbour in a Swell (oil on canvas, 23 × 34 ins/59 × 87 cm) GBP 3,800
Penzance, 24 April 2001: Coming Ashore before a Jetty (oil on canvas, 24 × 36 ins/61 × 91 cm) GBP 2,200
London, 5 Sept 2001: Off the Isle of Wight (1892, oil on canvas, 24 × 36 ins/61 × 91 cm) GBP 2,600
London, 29 Aug 2002: Fishing Smack Running into Newhaven. Fishing Vessels Becalmed (oil on canvas, a pair, 24 × 36 ins/61 × 91 cm) GBP 2,050
London, 31 Oct 2002: Running out of Harbour (oil on canvas, 24 × 36 ins/61 × 91 cm) GBP 3,000
London, 21 May 2003: Off the French Coast (oil on canvas, 24 × 36 ins/61 × 91 cm) GBP 2,500
Portland, 8 Aug 2003: Harbour Scene (oil on canvas, 24 × 36 ins/61 × 91 cm) USD 4,000
Bury St Edmunds, 23 June 2004: Coming into Dover (oil on canvas, 24 × 36 ins/61 × 91 cm) GBP 2,000
Exeter, 2 Nov 2004: Shipping Entering a Harbour, Lighthouse on a Pier, Ruined Castle beyond (oil on canvas, 30 × 49 ins/75 × 125 cm) GBP 3,000
Bibliography
Johnson, Jane/Greutzner, A.: The Dictionary of British Artists, 1880-1940: an Antique Collectors'' Club research project listing 41,000 artists, Antique Collectors'' Club, Woodbridge, 1976.
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Dateline of this antique is Victorian
Height is 64.9cm (25.6inches)Width is 91.4cm (36.0inches)Depth is 7cm (2.8inches)
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