William Manners R.b.a. "Ulverston". Moonlit Oil Painting.

1900 - 1920

Sold by William Greenwood Fine Art

Description

Artist: William Manners R.B.A. (1860-1942).

Title: " A Busy Evening in Ulverston". (Cumbria/Lake District).

Signed with monogram and dated 1908.

Oil on board. Size: 9"x 12". Framed size: 14 1/4"x 17 1/4".

In very good ready to hang condition. Free UK delivery.

A very fine example of his evening townscape oils.

William Manners (1860-1942) was born in Bradford. He was a self-taught oil and water-colour landscape and rural genre painter. He lived in Bradford and Otley until around 1900, when he moved to the Lake District. He lived then in the Ulverston and Kendal areas, where the surrounding landscape provided inspiration for much of his later work.

He exhibited occasionally at the Royal Academy and Royal Scottish Academy, Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, and more regularly at the Royal Society of British Artists (RBA), and was elected a Member of the RBA in 1893. His work was also exhibited at the Walker Gallery in Liverpool and Manchester Academy of Fine Arts.

Physical Dimensions

Height

36cm (14.17")

Width

44cm (17.32")

Depth

5cm (1.97")

Declaration

William Greenwood Fine Art has dated this piece to the 1910s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA597321

Dealers Internal Reference

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Description

Artist: William Manners R.B.A. (1860-1942).

Title: " A Busy Evening in Ulverston". (Cumbria/Lake District).

Signed with monogram and dated 1908.

Oil on board. Size: 9"x 12". Framed size: 14 1/4"x 17 1/4".

fig 1. William Manners R.B.A. — fig 1. William Manners R.b.a. "Ulverston". Moonlit Oil Painting.

In very good ready to hang condition. Free UK delivery.

A very fine example of his evening townscape oils.

William Manners (1860-1942) was born in Bradford. He was a self-taught oil and water-colour landscape and rural genre painter. He lived in Bradford and Otley until around 1900, when he moved to the Lake District.

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He lived then in the Ulverston and Kendal areas, where the surrounding landscape provided inspiration for much of his later work.

William Greenwood Fine Art

fig 2. William Manners R.B.A. — fig 2. William Manners R.b.a. "Ulverston". Moonlit Oil Painting.

He exhibited occasionally at the Royal Academy and Royal Scottish Academy, Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, and more regularly at the Royal Society of British Artists (RBA), and was elected a Member of the RBA in 1893. His work was also exhibited at the Walker Gallery in Liverpool and Manchester Academy of Fine Arts.