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Jonathan Pratt19th Century genre oil painting of a woman spinning woolC1880
C1880
$6,324.23
£4,600
€5,379.71
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A$9,442
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About the Item
Jonathan Pratt
British, (1835-1911)
Spinning Wool
Oil on canvas, signed
Image size: 12 inches x 17.75 inches
Size including frame: 17.25 inches x 23 inches
A pleasing genre painting of a woman spinning wool in a cottage by Jonathan Pratt. The woman is shown plying yarn with a spinning wheel and a Lazy Kate beside a fire with two cats. Above the window is a sign in Latin ‘Claro Pare’ which translates as ‘be clear’.
Jonathan Pratt was born at Bull Head Lane in Northampton on 27 April, 1835 to Joshua Pratt, a shoe maker and Rebecca Boys. He attended Lancastrian School in Northampton and showed an early talent for drawing and painting. At the age of 11, he went to Wolverhampton to be an apprentice to the portrait painter Robert Andrews, working with him at his studio in Waterloo Road.
After his apprenticeship was over, he began working as a full time artist in Lincolnshire where he met his wife Susana Strawson. They married on 6 November, 1856 at Claxby and moved to Leicester where their son, the artist Theophilus Claude Pratt (1860-1935) was later born. By 1861, the family had moved to 7 Camden Street in Doncaster where they lived for a few years until 1863 when they relocated to the Birmingham area.
Whilst Pratt initially worked as a portrait painter he developed his style and subject matter further to become a figurative painter, specialising in genre scenes. He started exhibiting in Birmingham from 1864 and made his debut at the Royal Academy in 1871. He also exhibited at Suffolk Street, the Royal Institute of British Artists, Glasgow Institute of Fine Art and other major galleries during his lifetime. His change of tack paid off and he became a successful artist. In 1872, he was made a Member of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists and in 1873 became the Director of the Costume Academy. He later became secretary of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, remaining in post until the year of his death.
By 1881, Pratt had settled at 19 Greenfield Crescent, Edgbaston where he lived and worked for over a decade. After the death of his wife, he lived at Wylde Green in Sutton Coldfield with the artist William Joseph King and his wife. He died at 53, Highbridge Road, Wylde Green on 27 August 1911.
His works show extensive use and knowledge of his palette, working large areas of light and shade with subtle mid tones. His figures are natural in poise giving them character and life. Examples of his paintings are held by the Birmingham Museum, Bristol Museum
Art Gallery, Guernsey Museum, Guildhall Art Gallery, John Wesley’s House
The Museum of Methodism, Leicester Town Hall and the Wednesbury Museum
Art Gallery.
Presentation: The work is housed in a new, English made gilt frame which is in excellent condition.
Condition: As with all of our original antique oil paintings, this work is offered in ready to hang gallery condition, having been professionally cleaned, restored and revarnished.
© Benton Fine Art
- Creator:Jonathan Pratt (1835 - 1911, British)
- Creation Year:C1880
- Dimensions:Height: 17.25 in (43.82 cm)Width: 23 in (58.42 cm)Depth: 2.25 in (5.72 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Nr Broadway, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU15628441032
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