Webberley Antiques has dated this Antique Equestrian Oil Painting to the 19th Century.
The son of a publican, born in Southampton, William was a self taught artist who became known for his oils on canvas of countryside scenes with working people and their animals in front of inns, barns and farm houses – many were painted in the New Forest.
William married twice during his long life and had ten children, the eldest of which - William Joseph Shayer Junior – also became an acclaimed artist and his paintings are very similar in style and composition to his father’s.
William senior’s work is reminiscent of paintings by George Morland and has great depth and liveliness, unusual for the period, due to his application of a thin layer of clear glaze over the dry oil paint.
William senior exhibited at the major British Institutions including the Royal Academy and the British Institution and his works are now on display at museums in London, Glasgow and New York along with many others.
A countryside scene with a woman carrying a wicker basket as she enters a barn and probably painted in the New Forest.
A few very small repairs, professionally completed. The signature visible but partially obscured.
A large and beautiful original oil painting by a renowned British artist and in an original early 19th century gilt and gesso frame
Dimensions are:
Frame: 27.5 inches wide by 24 inches high x 3.25 inches deep. Painting: 21 inches x 18 inches.
Webberley Antiques has dated this Antique Equestrian Oil Painting to the 19th Century.
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William Joseph Shayer Senior - Original Oil Painting C. 1830
