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Bertram Priestman R.A. "Littlehampton Harbour". Marine Oil Painting.
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Bertram Priestman R.A. "Littlehampton Harbour". Marine Oil Painting.

1900 - 1920
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Artist: Bertram Walker Priestman. R.A., R.O.I., N.E.A.C., I.S. (1868-1951).

Title: "Littlehampton Harbour".

Signed and dated 1907. Oil on canvas.

Size: 18x 24". Framed size: 26"x 32".

Inscribed on old label verso.

A very good atmospheric plein air painting.

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

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Bertram Priestman RA (1868-1951)

Bertram Priestman was a British painter. Born in Bradford in 1868, Preistman initially studied engineering at the Bradford Technical College before deciding to move to London to attend the Slade School of Art in 1888. Priestman first exhibited with the Royal Academy in 1889 at the age of just 21. In the years to follow, the artist participated in several exhibitions with the New English Art Club and the Goupil Galleries in London to great acclaim. Priestman is perhaps best known as a landscape painter, though he explored seascapes frequently throughout his career and was an accomplished portraitist. The artist’s most enduring works are those which capture the light and life of the lush English countryside; his early career was marked with the great celebration of his paintings of cattle and animals which inhabited his beloved pastoral environments. The artist travelled frequently throughout Europe, and worked for some time in France and the Netherlands depicting panoramic vistas of vibrant rural scenes.

Priestman was elected Royal Academician in 1923. He was also a member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and the Royal Society of British Artists. The artist died in 1951. His work remains in several eminent regional collections throughout Britain and in the national collections of Canada and Ireland.

Physical Dimensions
Height
66cm (25.98")
Width
81cm (31.89")
Depth
8cm (3.15")
Declaration

William Greenwood Fine Art has dated this Antique Marine Oil Painting to the 1910s.

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Description
Artist: Bertram Walker Priestman. R.A., R.O.I., N.E.A.C., I.S. (1868-1951).

Title: "Littlehampton Harbour".

Signed and dated 1907. Oil on canvas.

Size: 18x 24". Framed size: 26"x 32".

Inscribed on old label verso.

fig 1. An antique marine oil painting depicting sailing ships and a smoking steam tugboat in Littlehampton Harbour under a cloudy sky.
fig 1. Bertram Priestman R.A. "Littlehampton Harbour". Marine Oil Painting.

A very good atmospheric plein air painting.

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

For more info please contact us at:

Tel: 01677 424830

Mob: 07885 175279.

Email: williamgreenwoodfineart@gmail.com

fig 2. An antique marine oil painting depicting sailing ships and a smoking steam tugboat in Littlehampton Harbour under a cloudy sky.
fig 2. Bertram Priestman R.A. "Littlehampton Harbour". Marine Oil Painting.

Trade enquiries welcome.

Bertram Priestman RA (1868-1951)

Bertram Priestman was a British painter.

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Born in Bradford in 1868, Preistman initially studied engineering at the Bradford Technical College before deciding to move to London to attend the Slade School of Art in 1888.
William Greenwood Fine Art

Priestman first exhibited with the Royal Academy in 1889 at the age of just 21. In the years to follow, the artist participated in several exhibitions with the New English Art Club and the Goupil Galleries in London to great acclaim. Priestman is perhaps best known as a landscape painter, though he explored seascapes frequently throughout his career and was an accomplished portraitist. The artist’s most enduring works are those which capture the light and life of the lush English countryside; his early career was marked with the great celebration of his paintings of cattle and animals which inhabited his beloved pastoral environments. The artist travelled frequently throughout Europe, and worked for some time in France and the Netherlands depicting panoramic vistas of vibrant rural scenes.

fig 3. An antique marine oil painting depicting sailing ships and a smoking steam tugboat in Littlehampton Harbour under a cloudy sky.
fig 3. Bertram Priestman R.A. "Littlehampton Harbour". Marine Oil Painting.

Priestman was elected Royal Academician in 1923. He was also a member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and the Royal Society of British Artists. The artist died in 1951. His work remains in several eminent regional collections throughout Britain and in the national collections of Canada and Ireland.

Height
66cm (25.98")
Width
81cm (31.89")
Depth
8cm (3.15")
Date of Manufacture

William Greenwood Fine Art has dated this Antique Marine Oil Painting to the 1910s.

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William Greenwood Fine Art
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An antique marine oil painting depicting sailing ships and a smoking steam tugboat in Littlehampton Harbour under a cloudy sky.
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Edwardian British Impressionist marine painting emerged around the turn of the 20th century, characterised by loose brushwork, atmospheric light, and candid depictions of coastal working life and harbour shipping.

Artists traditionally applied oil pigments bound with linseed oil onto stretched linen or cotton canvas, using natural bristle brushes to build visible impasto layers.

Authentic works by Bertram Priestman R.A. display fluid, painterly brushstrokes depicting atmospheric skies and coastal waters, often bearing a signature and date near the lower margin.

A maritime oil painting can be styled as a focal piece above a fireplace mantelpiece, within a library, or hung on an accent wall to add historic depth and tonal balance to contemporary spaces.

Keep the painting away from direct sunlight, extreme humidity, and heat sources, clean gently with a soft dry brush, and consult a qualified art conservator for surface varnish maintenance.
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