Cheshire Antiques Consultant Ltd has dated this Victorian Lake Landscape Painting to the 1920s.
Title "Windermere from Bowness"
Subject landscape view of the known English scenic Lake district landscape honeypot view of Lake Windermere during the Autumn time during the morning.
Signed in the bottom corner A.FONTVILLE on canvas front and also inscribed verso by the known artist Alfred Fontville de Breanski Junior 1877-1957.
An excellent impressive large display size with the frame being 92 cm wide and 71.5 cm high & 9 cm in depth. Set in the original grand gilt decorative heavy frame which enhances this artwork even further.
Your focus is drawn to the tall peaks & mountains in the background, which stand out & having a Chiaroscuro effect, which contrasts with the darker flank edges on both sides. This conveys a sense of enormous volume, mood & atmosphere in this painting. Below showing the delightful lake Windermere, which has a small flock of 3 birds of prey flying low across the water. With thick tall green grass reeds popping up heading towards the right shore edges, with brown grass further back. In the distance a person is on the bank edge wearing a red hat looking out at the lake fishing, a small flock of sheep are close by him & In the distance a masted sail boat is docked. To the left flank sloping hills with mix of green and brown vegetation with jagged rocks & boulders. You can feel the peace and tranquility in this scene. Above with a mainly grey overcast sky with areas of bright light shining through. The different hues are so bright, vivid and vibrant and really stand out which you will adore.
Oil on canvas.
In our opinion this is among his finest work.
Circa 1920 early 20th century.
Artist biography Alfred Fontville de Breanski Jr. (28 August 1877 – 17 April 1957) was a British painter. His paintings have sold at numerous high end fine art auctions worldwide with the current highest recorded sold price being $20,740 US dollars which was for the painting view of lake Coniston and the old man which sold in New York.
He was born in London & was the son of Alfred de Breanski Senior and Annie Roberts, who were also both artist painters. He learnt his craft from his parents and at St. Martin’s School of Art, and met and became acquainted with Whistler during his time in France. He often worked in a similar style to his father, though they each have distinctive signatures. His paintings were exhibited at the Royal Academy and at the Royal Society of British Artists. He generally painted natural landscape and rustic scenes, showing the influence of Impressionism in his later life.
He also produced in 1915 a couple of posters for the Underground Electric Railways Company showing Twickenham by Tram and Kew Gardens by Tram. He died in Tonbridge, Kent, in 1957. Sources
"Alfred Fontville de Breanski Jr ", Artnet. Retrieved 29 August 2021, Handbook of Modern British Painting and Printmaking, 1900-1990. (1998). United Kingdom: Ashgate. "BIOGRAPHY - Alfred de Breanski, Jr. (1877 - 1957)". Rehs Galleries. Retrieved 19 May 2021. "Alfred de Breanski, Jr. (British, 1877-1945)".
"Alfred Fontville de Breanski Jr, Oil on Canvas 'Between the Showers on a Highland River'". "The adopted Welshman who delved into his roots and found a rich artistic lineage". 23 April 2015.
Windermere or Lake Windermere is a ribbon lake in Cumbria, England, and part of the Lake District. It is the largest lake in England by length, area, and volume, but considerably smaller than the largest Scottish lochs and Northern Irish loughs.
The lake is about 11 miles (18 km) in length and 1 mile (1.6 km) at its widest, has a maximum depth of 64 metres (210 ft), and has an elevation of 39 metres (128 ft) above sea level. Its outflow is
Cheshire Antiques Consultant Ltd has dated this Victorian Lake Landscape Painting to the 1920s.
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Oil Painting Lake Windermere View from Bowness by Alfred De Breanski
