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William Greaves "Home Farm Near Leeds" Oil Painting
McTague of Harrogate
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McTague of Harrogate

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William Greaves "Home Farm Near Leeds" Oil Painting

1900 - 1920
Description

William Greaves (1852-1938) was born in Leeds and studied at Sheffield College of Art. He travelled and exhibited widely at galleries including the Royal Academy, Royal Cambrian Academy, Manchester and Liverpool. He worked mostly in oils and his subjects include landscapes in and around Wharfedale in Yorkshire and Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire.

"The Home Farm, near Leeds" is an oil painting on board measuring 10" x 14". It is signed lower right and is framed giving an overall size of 17"x 21".

Please see our website www.mctague.co.uk for a good selection of quality oil paintings, watercolours and rare prints, or visit our retail gallery in Harrogate, Yorkshire, where we are normally open Thursdays – Saturdays.

Tel. 01423 567086 or 07885 108190

Physical Dimensions
Height
42cm (16.54")
Width
53cm (20.87")
Depth
5cm (1.97")
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McTague of Harrogate has dated this Victorian Landscape Oil Painting to the 1920s.

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William Greaves (1852-1938) was born in Leeds and studied at Sheffield College of Art.
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He travelled and exhibited widely at galleries including the Royal Academy, Royal Cambrian Academy, Manchester and Liverpool.
McTague of Harrogate

He worked mostly in oils and his subjects include landscapes in and around Wharfedale in Yorkshire and Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire.

fig 1. An impressionist oil painting depicting a red brick farm building with a garden path and green foliage, signed by artist W. Greaves.
fig 1. William Greaves "Home Farm Near Leeds" Oil Painting

"The Home Farm, near Leeds" is an oil painting on board measuring 10" x 14". It is signed lower right and is framed giving an overall size of 17"x 21".

Please see our website www.mctague.co.uk for a good selection of quality oil paintings, watercolours and rare prints, or visit our retail gallery in Harrogate, Yorkshire, where we are normally open Thursdays – Saturdays.

Tel. 01423 567086 or 07885 108190

Height
42cm (16.54")
Width
53cm (20.87")
Depth
5cm (1.97")
Date of Manufacture

McTague of Harrogate has dated this Victorian Landscape Oil Painting to the 1920s.

Reference Numbers
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SA870789
McTague of Harrogate
McTague of Harrogate
Sellingantiques verified Since Apr 2011

Mctague of harrogate are yorkshire based dealers in old pictures. Please see website mctague.co.uk

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Archive I An impressionist oil painting depicting a red brick farm building with a garden path and green foliage, signed by artist W. Greaves.

William Greaves "Home Farm Near Leeds" Oil Painting

Archive II An impressionist oil painting depicting a red brick farm building with a garden path and green foliage, signed by artist W. Greaves. View II
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An impressionist oil painting depicting a red brick farm building with a garden path and green foliage, signed by artist W. Greaves.
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British Impressionism emerged in the late nineteenth century, combining traditional English landscape subjects with fluid brushwork and an emphasis on natural light. Artists focused on regional topography, working agricultural scenes, and domestic architecture to capture atmospheric weather conditions.

Painters during this period applied oil-based pigments mixed with linseed oil onto stretched flax or linen canvas, as well as wooden panels. Ground layers composed of gesso provided a stable base for impasto technique and layered glazing.

Authentic period paintings show age-consistent craquelure across the paint surface, historic oxidation on the reverse of the canvas, and hand-applied signatures contemporary with the paint layer. Inspection under ultraviolet light often reveals historic varnishes and restoration history.

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