Alfred Fontville De Breanski Jr Signed Lake District Oil Painting

Alfred Fontville de Breanski Jr Signed Lake District Oil Painting c.1920

An atmospheric Lake Windermere landscape with cattle, a solitary figure and mountains illuminated by warm evening light.

Signed “A. FONTVILLE” lower right and further signed and titled “Lake Windermere” verso.

Highlights

• Alfred Fontville de Breanski Jr. (1877–1957)

• Lake Windermere

• Early 20th century, circa 1920

• Oil on canvas

• Signed “A. FONTVILLE”

• Signed and titled verso

• Cattle beside the lake

• Atmospheric mountain scenery

• Decorative gilt frame

• Documented UK auction provenance

Introduction

An atmospheric Lake District landscape showing cattle standing in the shallows of Lake Windermere beside a solitary figure.

The lake opens towards mountainous scenery, where warm evening illumination catches the principal fell in orange, ochre and russet against cooler distant tones.

Catalogue Details

Artist: Alfred Fontville de Breanski Jr.

Title: *Lake Windermere*

Medium: Oil on canvas

Date: Early 20th century, circa 1920

Signature: “A. FONTVILLE” lower right

Verso: “Lake Windermere / A. FONTVILLE”

Catalogue Note

The dark foreground provides a strong tonal foundation for the composition before the eye travels across the still lake towards the illuminated mountain beyond.

The combination of warm and cool colour, atmospheric recession and broken brushwork gives the scene considerable depth while preserving its quiet pastoral character.

The Artist

De Breanski Jr. studied at St Martin’s School of Art and exhibited at the Royal Academy and Royal Society of British Artists.

“A. Fontville” is documented as an alternative signature associated with the artist. Comparable documented works also demonstrate his practice of signing and identifying landscapes on the reverse.

Provenance

Private UK collection.

Bigwood Auctioneers / BFA Auctioneers Ltd, Stratford-upon-Avon, 10 January 2025, Lot 89, offered with *Lake Windermere from Bowness* as a pair of oils by Alfred Fontville de Breanski Jr.

Acquired from the above by Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD.

Dimensions

Overall framed: 71.5 × 92 × 10 cm.

Condition Report

Age-related craquelure and surface tonality are present. Decorative gilt frame with rubbing, cracking, small localised losses and historic retouching consistent with age.

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