Large Watercolour by George Robert Rushton

A good sized watercolour by the artist George Robert Rushton, a noted and well regarded watercolourist. The picture shows a group of young cattle released onto a moor, gathering to drink at a water trough. The quality of the work is wonderful, the landscape is rendered in a loose style reminiscent of Newlyn and the Staithes group of artists, with a concentration on light and mood, rather than realism. The cows drinking as a group is also charmingly captured, and the whole image has a pre great war feel of peace and tranquility. The image is retained in it's original frame and mount but it has been remounted at the back. The piece overall is a charming work, with a delightful feeling of calm and beauty about it, it is a good size and in excellent condition. C.1900

George Robert Rushton was born in Birmingham in 1869, he studied in Birmingham and London, and during his career moved around widely,, exhibited works show his address to be Birmingham 1894, Newcastle on Tyne 1896, Pyton on Tyne 1902, Ipswich Suffolk 1911, Blewbury Berks 1928, Debham Essex 1937. He was almost exclusively a watercolourist and tended towards landscapes, but also undertook decorative work. He was made associate of the Royal Society of British Artist in 1922 and full member in 1938, he was elected to the Royal Society of Artist, Birmingham in 1925, and to the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour in 1929. As can be seen from his movements he traveled widely not only here, but also on the continent, he was always a well regarded artist, his works hang in the Laing, Art Gallery Newcastle, he is recorded as having died in 1947, and almost certainly work until his death, his list of exhibited works is below:

The Royal Society of Artists, Birmingham 80

Dudley Gallery 2

Fine Art Society 45

Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts 2

Walker Gallery Liverpool 10

The Royal Academy 25

Royal Society of British Artists 79

Royal Cambrian Academy 1

Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours 71

overall sizes in inches

37 1/4 wide

28 high

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