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Staithes Shool Watercolour by Frederick Mayor ‘‘ Whitchurch ,Near Aylesbury ,Buckinghamshire’
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Staithes Shool Watercolour by Frederick Mayor ‘‘ Whitchurch ,Near Aylesbury ,Buckinghamshire’

1920 - 1940
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Fred Mayor 1865-1916.Coastal and landscape painter in watercolour.He was born at Winksley,near Ripon and was educated at St Edmund’s Canterbury.Studied painting at the RCA and for six months at the Academie Julian,Paris.Influenced by both Frank Brangwyn , with whom he shared a studio,and later by Edward Stott.He travelled about,visiting Morocco in the late 1890s.He moved to Staithes,Yorkshire in 1899 and became a founder member of the Staithes Group.He lived in France 1902-09.He then moved to Whitchurch,Buckinghamshire until 1912 when he moved to London..Exhibited with the NEAC and also at the IS,of which he became a member in 1925. His work is free and impressionistic in style,and sometimes shows the use of body colour. ‘Whitchurch ,Nr Aylesbury,Buckinghamshire ‘ signed watercolour , titled verso ; image size 31x38 cms,framed size 53.5x59 cms

Physical Dimensions
Height
53.5cm (21.06")
Width
59cm (23.23")
Depth
2cm (0.79")
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Graham Reed Fine Art has dated this Frederick Mayor Watercolour Painting to the 1940s.

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SA1128140
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Fred Mayor 1865-1916.Coastal and landscape painter in watercolour.He was born at Winksley,near Ripon and was educated at St Edmund’s Canterbury.Studied painting at the RCA and for six months at the Academie Julian,Paris.Influenced by both Frank Brangwyn , with whom he shared a studio,and later by Edward Stott.He travelled about,visiting Morocco in the late 1890s.He moved to Staithes,Yorkshire in 1899 and became a founder member of the Staithes Group.He lived in France 1902-09.He then moved to Whitchurch,Buckinghamshire until 1912 when he moved to London..Exhibited with the NEAC and also at the IS,of which he became a member in 1925. His work is free and impressionistic in style,and sometimes shows the use of body colour.
‘Whitchurch ,Nr Aylesbury,Buckinghamshire ‘ signed watercolour , titled verso ; image size 31x38 cms,framed size 53.
Graham Reed Fine Art

5x59 cms

Height
53.5cm (21.06")
Width
59cm (23.23")
Depth
2cm (0.79")
Date of Manufacture

Graham Reed Fine Art has dated this Frederick Mayor Watercolour Painting to the 1940s.

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SA1128140
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Graham Reed Fine Art
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Previously I worked in london as a chartered surveyor and have been dealing in paintings for nearly thirty years.

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An impressionist watercolour painting featuring loose brushwork depicting trees in the foreground and a church tower under a light blue sky.
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Archive I An impressionist watercolour painting featuring loose brushwork depicting trees in the foreground and a church tower under a light blue sky.

Staithes Shool Watercolour by Frederick Mayor ‘‘ Whitchurch ,Near Aylesbury ,Buckinghamshire’

Archive II An impressionist watercolour painting featuring loose brushwork depicting trees in the foreground and a church tower under a light blue sky. View II
Archive III An impressionist watercolour painting featuring loose brushwork depicting trees in the foreground and a church tower under a light blue sky. View III
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An impressionist watercolour painting featuring loose brushwork depicting trees in the foreground and a church tower under a light blue sky.
STAITHES SHOOL WATERCOLOUR BY FREDERICK MAYOR ‘‘ WHITCHURCH ,NEAR AYLESBURY ,BUCKINGHAMSHIRE’
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An impressionist watercolour painting featuring loose brushwork depicting trees in the foreground and a church tower under a light blue sky.
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The Staithes School was an impressionist artistic community active in North Yorkshire during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Artists associated with this group focused on plein air painting, capturing rural landscapes, coastal scenes, and atmospheric light through fluid brushwork.

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