Oil Painting of Port Erin, Isle of Man by John Holland

An early 20th century oil painting by local artist, John Holland (1857-1920) This wonderful atmospheric composition depicts a Port Erin bay and Bradda Head at sunset, with fishing boats coming home after a busy day.

In excellent condition throughout, professionally cleaned, re varnished and ready to be displayed and enjoyed. The canvas has been relined.

Provenance:

This painting is being offered to the market for the first time, being a wedding present to a Florrie Cottier and her husband William Appledore, who married in 1910.

There is a painting in the Manx Museum of Alfred Cottier painted by John Holland. Alfred Cottier was Florrie Cottiers father and the Cottier family were friends of Holland, hence this lovely wedding present to Florrie.

William and Florrie left the island and went to live in Newcastle upon Tyne, where he was a cashier for the CWS.

Unfortunately, William died suddenly in 1931 and Florrie and their only child Pearl moved to be near relatives in Irlam. The painting lived in Irlam until 2001 at which point it was passed to a relative in Staffordshire.

A rare opportunity to acquire a wonderful painting, of museum quality and heart warming provenance . Florrie must have cherished this painting all her life, as a fond reminder of her home, family and her husband who she lost too soon.

Artist Profile:

John Holland was the son of Samuel Holland, a house painter, sign writer and artist. Several members of his family were artists, as well as working in the family painting and decorating firm. It was his uncle John Holland who taught him to work in charcoal, a medium with which he was to become most strongly identified in his later career.

Following his marriage in 1880 and a year living in London, the Holland family moved to the Isle of Man in 1883, first living in Port St Mary and then by 1891 moving to Douglas. Holland established himself as a prolific artist, specialising in large detailed charcoal drawings of contemporary Manx scenes such as collecting wrack (seaweed) on the Douglas shore or fishing at sea. These proved popular both as decoration for the new hotels being built on Douglas Promenade and as up-market souvenirs of the Isle of Man.

Holland established his artistic reputation by producing large oil paintings and charcoal drawings of Manx scenes for the dining rooms and parlours of Douglas hotels and boarding houses. Although very popular at the time, these large works went out of vogue during the 20th century, often because of their large size and unsuitability for modern homes. His work is being appreciated again and is now gaining in popularity.

Source: Manx National Heritage.

 

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