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Albert Ludovici Jnr . "Taking a Cab, Paris". Genre Watercolour.
William Greenwood Fine Art
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Albert Ludovici Jnr . "Taking a Cab, Paris". Genre Watercolour.

1900 - 1920
Description

Artist: Albert Ludovici Jnr. R.B.A. (1852-1932).

Title: ' Taking a Cab, Paris'.

Signed. Dated circa 1900. Watercolour.

Size: 16'x 11 1/2'. Framed size: 27'x 23'.

Now cleaned and framed.

In very good ready to hang condition. Free UK delivery. For more info please contact us at:

Tel: 01677 424830

Mob: 07885 175279

Website: wgreenwoodfineart.co.uk

Email: williamgreenwoodfineart@gmail.com

Trade enquiries welcome.

Albert Ludovici Junior was the son of Albert Ludovici Senior.

Ludovici Junior was a genre painter and landscape painter. Whilst Whistler was President of the Royal Society of British Artists, Ludovici fell under his spell and his paintings show Whistler’s influence. Ludovici’s London scenes are particularly Whistlerian in their delicate impressionistic style.

Like his father, Ludovici lived mostly in Paris and his London paintings do in some part reflect the Parisian Boulevard lifestyle of the period.

Ludovici exhibited extensively throughout his life, notably at Suffolk Street (147 works), the Royal Academy from 1880 to 1897, the New Watercolour Society, the Grosvenor Galleries and elsewhere. Ludovici was also a member of the International Society of Painters, Sculptors and Engravers.

Museum:

Sheffield City Art Gallery

Exhibitions:

Birmingham, Dowes, Fine Arts Society, Glasgow, Grosvenor Galleries, Goupil & Fils, Liverpool Walker Art Gallery, Manchester City Art Gallery, New English Arts Club, Royal Academy London, Royal Society of British Artists, Royal Hibernian Academy, Royal Institute of Painters in Oil, Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour

Physical Dimensions
Height
68cm (26.77")
Width
59cm (23.23")
Depth
6cm (2.36")
Declaration

William Greenwood Fine Art has dated this Parisian Street Genre Watercolour to the 1900s.

Reference Numbers
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SA1217148
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WGB
Description
Artist: Albert Ludovici Jnr. R.B.A. (1852-1932).

Title: ' Taking a Cab, Paris'.

Signed. Dated circa 1900. Watercolour.

Size: 16'x 11 1/2'. Framed size: 27'x 23'.

Now cleaned and framed.

In very good ready to hang condition. Free UK delivery. For more info please contact us at:

fig 1. An antique watercolour painting depicting a horse-drawn cab on a Parisian street with figures dressed in late nineteenth-century attire.
fig 1. Albert Ludovici Jnr . "Taking a Cab, Paris". Genre Watercolour.

Tel: 01677 424830

Mob: 07885 175279

Website: wgreenwoodfineart.co.uk

Email: williamgreenwoodfineart@gmail.com

Trade enquiries welcome.

Albert Ludovici Junior was the son of Albert Ludovici Senior.

Ludovici Junior was a genre painter and landscape painter.

“
Whilst Whistler was President of the Royal Society of British Artists, Ludovici fell under his spell and his paintings show Whistler’s influence.
William Greenwood Fine Art

Ludovici’s London scenes are particularly Whistlerian in their delicate impressionistic style.

fig 2. An antique watercolour painting depicting a horse-drawn cab on a Parisian street with figures dressed in late nineteenth-century attire.
fig 2. Albert Ludovici Jnr . "Taking a Cab, Paris". Genre Watercolour.

Like his father, Ludovici lived mostly in Paris and his London paintings do in some part reflect the Parisian Boulevard lifestyle of the period.

Ludovici exhibited extensively throughout his life, notably at Suffolk Street (147 works), the Royal Academy from 1880 to 1897, the New Watercolour Society, the Grosvenor Galleries and elsewhere. Ludovici was also a member of the International Society of Painters, Sculptors and Engravers.

fig 3. An antique watercolour painting depicting a horse-drawn cab on a Parisian street with figures dressed in late nineteenth-century attire.
fig 3. Albert Ludovici Jnr . "Taking a Cab, Paris". Genre Watercolour.

Museum:

Sheffield City Art Gallery

Exhibitions:

Birmingham, Dowes, Fine Arts Society, Glasgow, Grosvenor Galleries, Goupil & Fils, Liverpool Walker Art Gallery, Manchester City Art Gallery, New English Arts Club, Royal Academy London, Royal Society of British Artists, Royal Hibernian Academy, Royal Institute of Painters in Oil, Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour

Height
68cm (26.77")
Width
59cm (23.23")
Depth
6cm (2.36")
Date of Manufacture

William Greenwood Fine Art has dated this Parisian Street Genre Watercolour to the 1900s.

Reference Numbers
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SA1217148
Dealers Internal Ref
WGB
William Greenwood Fine Art
Sellingantiques verified Since Oct 2012
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An antique watercolour painting depicting a horse-drawn cab on a Parisian street with figures dressed in late nineteenth-century attire.
Albert Ludovici Jnr . "Taking a Cab, Paris". Genre watercolour.
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Genre watercolour paintings from the late nineteenth century typically depict everyday narrative scenes, urban life, or casual human interactions. They use transparent washes of watercolour pigment on paper to capture atmospheric light and moment-in-time compositions.

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