Radnorshire Fine Arts Ltd has dated this Victorian Dog Oil Painting to the 19th Century.
Provenance: Bonhams, London ‘Dogs in Art’, 27 Jan 1994, Lot 368, where sold for the hammer price of £11,000. A label attached to the back of the frame suggests that the picture was once owned by ‘Sir Richard Leigh’, possibly Sir Richard Leigh 3rd Baronet (1936-2021).
Condition: The picture and the frame are in excellent condition.
Canvas: 19 1/2 x 30 in. (49.7 x 76 cm.)
Frame: 29 7/8 x 40 in. (76 x 101.5 cm.)
Garland’s paintings of animals hold an emotional appeal for a wide audience and thus his work was popular from the outset. His paintings, in particular his dog pictures, tell a story with such feeling and sentiment that will inevitably captivate the viewer. Because of this Garland quickly became one of the most popular animal artists of the period.
Valentine Thomas Garland (1840-1914) was a painter of animals who lived in Winchester and London. He exhibited 24 works at the Royal Academy from 1868, as well as exhibiting at Suffolk Street and the New Watercolour Society. He was the son of Henry Thomas Garland of Winchester, working in both oil and watercolour, although he is best known for his oils. Grave’s dictionary also lists a T. Valentine and a T.W. Garland – these are both probably mistakes for Valentine Thomas.
Titles at the Royal Academy include: “Forty Winks”, “A British Workman” and “The Sunshine of Life”.
Radnorshire Fine Arts Ltd has dated this Victorian Dog Oil Painting to the 19th Century.
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Oil on Canvas Valentine T. Garland – ‘A Life on the Road’ 19th Century
