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Stanley Horace Gardiner 1887 - 1952. English. The Road To Cliff, Near Fowey, Cornwall 1926. Framed Cornish En Plein Air Watercolour Painting.

£1,395    $1,764    €1,674
Stanley Horace Gardiner.
 
English ( b.1887 - d.1952 ).
 
The Road To Cliff, Near Fowey, Cornwall 1926.
 
Watercolour.
 
Signed & Dated 1926 Lower Left.
 
Image size 13.4 inches x 11.4 inches ( 34cm x 29cm ).
 
Frame size 21.9 inches x 19.7 inches ( 55.5cm x 50cm ).
 
Available for sale from Big Sky Fine Art in the English county of Dorset, this original painting is by the Cornish artist Stanley Gardiner and is dated 1926.
 
The watercolour is presented and supplied in a sympathetic contemporary frame (which is shown in these photographs), mounted using conservation materials and behind non-reflective Tru Vue UltraVue® UV70 glass.
 
This antique watercolour is in very good condition. It wants for nothing and is supplied ready to hang and display.
 
The watercolour is signed and dated lower left.
 
Stanley Gardiner was born in Reading and studied art at Reading University, then at Art College in Arbroath. After a period working in America, he returned to England to serve during World War 1. He and his wife moved to Lamorna in Cornwall in 1922, where he became a successful artist and part of the famous Lamorna artists group there. He exhibited widely and was greatly liked and respected. He became the last of the professional Lamorna artists and carried on the tradition of plein air painting. His work is stylish and much sought after.
 
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This original watercolour painting by Lamorna artist Stanley Gardiner depicts a winding country road close to Fowey in South Cornwall. The road is barely more than a track, with no markings, and it bends to the left as we view the painting, dipping from sight. The road is flanked by impressively tall trees. In the background is a wide rounded hill, along the top of which similar trees are silhouetted against the sky. The palette is rich and earthy, autumnal even, and there is a magical atmosphere to this scene. Nearby Fowey is a port town and civil parish at the mouth of the River Fowey on the coast o...
Antique #SA1119210, shown on this page, originates from 1920. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was made:
1920
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