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Charles Edward Wilson Watercolour’ Sailing the Toy Boat’
Graham Reed Fine Art
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Charles Edward Wilson Watercolour’ Sailing the Toy Boat’

1900 - 1920
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Charles Edward Wilson1854-1941 was born at Whitwell,Nottinghamshire and studied at the Sheffield School of Art.He exhibited 17 works at the Royal Academy and 13 works at the New Watercolour Society as well as exhibiting at various other venues. The work of Charles Edward Wilson is always intensely personal with a rare feeling for the beauty and colour and rendered with a charming grace of line.His pictures capture the picturesque and romantic aspect of his subject and at the same time display an inspirational power.His workmanship can only be described as superb.

Many would argue that Wilson with his fine,sound workmanship has not been matched by many later watercolour artists with the same amount of truth and value. ‘Sailing the Toy Boat’ signed watercolour,image size 15x22.5 cms,framed size 36.5x46.5 cms.Housed in its original gilt frame and slip.An absolute gem of a watercolour in untouched condition!

Physical Dimensions
Height
36.5cm (14.37")
Width
46.5cm (18.31")
Depth
2.5cm (0.98")
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Graham Reed Fine Art has dated this Charles Edward Wilson Watercolour to the 1900s.

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SA738033
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Charles Edward Wilson1854-1941 was born at Whitwell,Nottinghamshire and studied at the Sheffield School of Art.
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He exhibited 17 works at the Royal Academy and 13 works at the New Watercolour Society as well as exhibiting at various other venues.
Graham Reed Fine Art

The work of Charles Edward Wilson is always intensely personal with a rare feeling for the beauty and colour and rendered with a charming grace of line.His pictures capture the picturesque and romantic aspect of his subject and at the same time display an inspirational power.His workmanship can only be described as superb.

fig 1. A Victorian watercolour painting by Charles Edward Wilson depicting two young children sailing a small toy boat in a water-filled wooden tub outside a cottage.
fig 1. Charles Edward Wilson Watercolour’ Sailing the Toy Boat’

Many would argue that Wilson with his fine,sound workmanship has not been matched by many later watercolour artists with the same amount of truth and value. ‘Sailing the Toy Boat’ signed watercolour,image size 15x22.5 cms,framed size 36.5x46.5 cms.Housed in its original gilt frame and slip.An absolute gem of a watercolour in untouched condition!

Height
36.5cm (14.37")
Width
46.5cm (18.31")
Depth
2.5cm (0.98")
Date of Manufacture

Graham Reed Fine Art has dated this Charles Edward Wilson Watercolour to the 1900s.

Reference Numbers
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SA738033
Graham Reed Fine Art
Graham Reed Fine Art
Sellingantiques verified Since Jun 2017

Previously I worked in london as a chartered surveyor and have been dealing in paintings for nearly thirty years.

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A Victorian watercolour painting by Charles Edward Wilson depicting two young children sailing a small toy boat in a water-filled wooden tub outside a cottage.
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Archive I A Victorian watercolour painting by Charles Edward Wilson depicting two young children sailing a small toy boat in a water-filled wooden tub outside a cottage.

Charles Edward Wilson Watercolour’ Sailing the Toy Boat’

Archive II A Victorian watercolour painting by Charles Edward Wilson depicting two young children sailing a small toy boat in a water-filled wooden tub outside a cottage. View II
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A Victorian watercolour painting by Charles Edward Wilson depicting two young children sailing a small toy boat in a water-filled wooden tub outside a cottage.
CHARLES EDWARD WILSON WATERCOLOUR’ SAILING THE TOY BOAT’
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A Victorian watercolour painting by Charles Edward Wilson depicting two young children sailing a small toy boat in a water-filled wooden tub outside a cottage.
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British genre watercolours from the late Victorian and Edwardian eras typically capture idealized scenes of everyday rural life, childhood, and domestic countryside settings, characterized by fine brushwork and soft natural light.

Artists utilized water-soluble pigments bound with gum arabic, applied directly to heavy rag paper made from cotton or linen fibers, often housed in protective wood or gilded frames.

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