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William Lamb Picknell

Currency:USD Category:Antiques Start Price:6,250.00 USD Estimated At:8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD
William Lamb Picknell
<B>WILLIAM LAMB PICKNELL </B></I>(American 1854-1897)<BR><I>Spring in Pont-Aven, </B></I>circa<I> </B></I>1879<BR>Oil on canvas<BR>22 x 18 inches (55.9 x 45.7 cm)<BR>Signed lower left: <I>W.L. Picknell</B></I><BR> <BR>Provenance:<BR>Mrs. R. Drake;<BR>Professor Henry Tonks (Long time professor at the Slade School in London)<BR><BR>Exhibitions:<BR>Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York<BR>The University of Kansas, Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, Kansas, 1978<BR><BR>Landscape painter, William Picknell, is known for the quality of light in his plein-air paintings, which is often intense, clear, and crisp. Picknell's love of nature was nourished by two American painters associated with the Hudson River School, George Inness (1825-1894) and Robert Wylie (1839-1897)--although both of them actually spent large parts of their careers abroad. An active member of the expatriate community of American landscapists in Europe, Picknell studied with Inness in Rome and Wylie, who was a curator at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, in Pont-Aven, Brittany.<BR><BR>Pont-Aven, a small tidal river port in France's westernmost region, was ripe with beautiful scenery and hospitable people. A recent invention of the paint tube enabled artists such as Wylie and Picknell to work outdoors. Pont-Aven attracted numerous influential artists in the late nineteenth century including Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), Emile Bernard (1868-1941) and Paul Serusier (1864-1927). <BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Requires 3rd Party Shipping (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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