Brave Fine Art has dated this English Brewery Oil Painting to the 1900s.
From left to right, it comprised a copper house, the brew house tower, with a liquor tank, and a fermenting house. As we see here, leading up to the brewery was a track for steam locomotives - convenient for loading outside of the building.
In 1901, it was acquired by John Lovibond & Sons Ltd, and it’s conceivable that this piece was commissioned to mark its new ownership. Unfortunately, it was wound up in 1909 and the building became a depot and pie factory.
Stylistically, the work was probably produced by a local artist. With its combination of striking linear perspective and naively drawn figures, it’s a little ‘Lowry-esque’.
Held in a later frame.
Medium: Oil on canvas
Overall size: 34” x 20” / 86cm x 51cm
Year of creation: c. 1901
Provenance: Private collection, UK.
Condition: Cleaned. Revarnished. Canvas relined. Faint stretcher mark. Frame in good condition with minor age-related wear.
Our reference: BRV1793
Brave Fine Art has dated this English Brewery Oil Painting to the 1900s.
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Early 20th-century English School, John Lovibond & Sons, Cannon Brewery, Fulham - Antique Oil Painting
