An idyllic and sunny scene depicting a woman feeding chicken in the garden of her half-timbered home.
Dating from circa 1900, it is a large work by Fred Roe (1864 –1947). Roe studied at Heatherley School of Fine Art under Seymour Lucas. Roe first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1877, was elected to the RBA in 1895, then to the Royal Institute of British Painters in 1909.
He exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition from 1887, and continued to show there until a few years before his death. He also showed at other principle London and provincial centres, as well as at the Paris Salon; the Rome International Salon and in Toronto.
Roe''s work can be found in many public collections including the National Portrait Gallery in London.
A member of the Ipswich Arts Club in the 1890s, Roe had strong family links with East Anglia. I believe therefore that the scene depicted - which with its windmill appears Dutch at first sight - may actually be a view of the Suffolk coast
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The picture, which is wonderfully fresh in its colours, has wonderful provenance. It belonged to the British industrialist Leonard Pelham Lee (1903–1980), a relative of Roe''s, and hung in Lee''s manor house in Warwickshire.
Painted on Whatman Drawing Board and measuring 40.5 x 54 at sight, the artwork is signed at the lower left. The overall framed size in a lightly gilded reverse oak frame is 59 x 75 cm.
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Antique ID Number (AIDN): SA992520
Dateline of this antique is 1900
Height is 40cm (15.7inches)Width is 54cm (21.3inches)Depth is 1cm (0.4inches)
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