Landscape Oil Painting by Lewis Charles Powles

A fine and charming oil on canvas landscape scene by the artist Lewis Charles Powles 1860-1942. The work depicts a sparce limestone landscape with patchy trees, a girl takes shelter against a rocky outcrop and is approached by a lamb wandering away from its mother. The painting is beautifully worked in a technique that is almost hazy but also very detailed, it gives the piece an almost ethereal feel. The painting is signed to the lower right and dated 1909. The artist Lewis Charles Powles was born in Cirencester, England, in 1860. His father was Rev. Henry C. Powles. Powles attended Oxford, where he studied Mathematics under Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known as Lewis Carroll. Powles had formal art studies under Hubert von Herkomer, followed by studies in Munich. He was elected a member of the Royal Society of British Artists in 1903 and also exhibited at every other major gallery. Lewis travelled extensively throughout Europe, as well as to Canada. His works are in the Bushey Museum and Art Gallery, the Ferens Art Gallery, the National Trust, Lamb House, the Royal Welch Fusiliers Regimental Museum, the Victoria & Albert Museum, and the Royal Collection Trust. Powles is most well-known for his watercolour landscapes, although he painted a number of oil portraits. Two of his watercolours were commissioned for the Library in Queen Mary's Doll House. In 1910, he painted English writer Henry James, who was Powles' neighbour and friend in Rye. Powles was also an Associate Member of the Society for Psychical Research, and was very interested in paranormal events. This example of his work is very unusual as it is in oil and thus was probably an exhibited work. The painting is in excellent untouched condition and retains the original gilt carved wood frame. The whole is a wonderfully decorative an impactful piece.

Overall sizes in inches including frame: 31 ¾ by 22 ¾

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