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Roaming Horses - Antique Oil Painting
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Roaming Horses - Antique Oil Painting

1920 - 1940
Sold 1 August 2025 · Rue des Fontenelles
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Description

Oil on panel signed by the artist Winifred Wilson (1882 - 1973) mounted in a stunning painted wooden frame.

Painter in oil, a farmer by occupation, she studied art privately with Sir John Arnesby Brown. Went on to exhibit widely in the English provinces, and at the RA, ROI, at the Paris Salon and in America. The Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, holds her work. She was a sister of the painters May and Violet Wilson. Lived at Barlow, near Sheffield.

Text source: 'Artists in Britain Since 1945' by David Buckman (Art Dictionaries Ltd, part of Sansom & Company)

Dimensions - 43 x 37 cm

Date of Manufacture

Rue des Fontenelles has dated this Antique Horse Painting to the 1940s.

Physical Dimensions
Height
37cm (14.57")
Width
43cm (16.93")
Depth
5cm (1.97")
Reference Numbers
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SA1156476
Description
Oil on panel signed by the artist Winifred Wilson (1882 - 1973) mounted in a stunning painted wooden frame.

Painter in oil, a farmer by occupation, she studied art privately with Sir John Arnesby Brown.

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Went on to exhibit widely in the English provinces, and at the RA, ROI, at the Paris Salon and in America.
Rue des Fontenelles

The Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, holds her work. She was a sister of the painters May and Violet Wilson. Lived at Barlow, near Sheffield.

Text source: 'Artists in Britain Since 1945' by David Buckman (Art Dictionaries Ltd, part of Sansom & Company)

Dimensions - 43 x 37 cm

Date of Manufacture

Rue des Fontenelles has dated this Antique Horse Painting to the 1940s.

Height
37cm (14.57")
Width
43cm (16.93")
Depth
5cm (1.97")
Reference Numbers
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SA1156476
Rue des Fontenelles
Sellingantiques verified Since Mar 2015

Specialists in french antiiques, decorative objects and french and european paintings.

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An oil painting depicting a group of horses roaming across a grassy landscape under a cloudy sky. SOLD6+ MONTHS AGO
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Archive I An oil painting depicting a group of horses roaming across a grassy landscape under a cloudy sky. SOLD6+ MONTHS AGO

Roaming Horses - Antique Oil Painting

Archive II An oil painting depicting a group of horses roaming across a grassy landscape under a cloudy sky. View II
Archive III An oil painting depicting a group of horses roaming across a grassy landscape under a cloudy sky. View III
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An oil painting depicting a group of horses roaming across a grassy landscape under a cloudy sky.
Roaming Horses - Antique Oil Painting
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An oil painting depicting a group of horses roaming across a grassy landscape under a cloudy sky.
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Cataloguer’s note

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  • Object[Paintings & Wall Art]
  • Period1920 - 1940
  • Style[Traditional]
  • Material[Oil paint, Canvas, Wood]
  • Colour[Multicoloured]
  • MotifsEquine figures, Pastoral landscape, Visible brushwork
  • SizeH 37 cm (15 in) x W 43 cm (17 in) x D 5 cm (2 in)

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Equine art gained significant popularity during the 18th and 19th centuries, often commissioned by landowners and nobility to document prized animals, later expanding into pastoral and naturalistic depictions by various regional artists.

Traditional oil paintings from earlier eras typically utilised hand-ground pigments mixed with linseed oil applied to stretched canvas, wooden panels, or heavy paper, mounted within hand-carved or moulded wooden frames.

Authentication involves examining canvas age, craquelure patterns in the paint layer, stretcher bar construction, artist signatures or stamps, and pigment composition using specialised lighting or professional appraisal methods.

An antique painting can add warmth and historical depth to a contemporary space when contrasted against minimalist walls, placed above a sideboard, or incorporated into a curated gallery wall arrangement.

Preservation requires maintaining stable temperature and humidity levels, avoiding direct sunlight to prevent fading, keeping the canvas free from dust with a soft brush, and refraining from using liquid cleaners on the paint surface.
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