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Newlyn School Late 19th Century Oil - The Fisherman s Family

Late 19th Century

A heartwarming oil interior scene by the British painter, Fanny Mearns. The scene shows the rustic interior of a farmhouse kitchen. The father has seated himself in a chair, still ho...

A charming scene depicting a mother and child with a water pail at dusk. Unsigned. Presented in a swept gilt frame with ornate acanthus scrolling. On tin.

A charming scene depicting a peasant family and their dog in a landscape. Unsigned. Presented in a gilt frame. On board.

A charming late 19th century oil painting by the artist Mark Langois (1848-1924) depicting a schoolmaster and his pupils. Well presented in a gilt frame with floral ornaments and a d...

The Coastal Cottage (most likely Devon or Cornwall) British School, 19th century oil on canvas, framed framed: 17 x 23 inches painting: 12 x 18 inches provenance: private collection,...

The Cottage Interior English artist, 19th century oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 24 x 36 inches provenance: private collection, UK condition: a few small scuffs to the surface and m...

Alfred Provis British, (1818-1890) By the Fireside Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1869 Image size: 10.5 inches x 15.5 inches Size including frame: 21.5 inches x 26.5 inches This charming cottage scene by Alfred Provis features a woman preparing supper by a fire with her young daughter. As the mother peels the turnips and places them in the pot, the girl’s attention is drawn to the kitten feeding from a saucer. The dress and hat of the woman bears a similarity to those found Provis’s other scenes of Welsh cottage interiors. The artist was known to have visited North Wales around the time this painting was produced. In 1869, he exhibited a work entitled ‘Interior of a Welsh Farmhouse’ at the Royal Society of British Artists. Given the level of detail in the painting and the fact that it is in such an impressive original frame, it is possible this is the same painting as the one exhibited. Alfred Provis was a genre painter born on 18 February, 1818 in Chippenham, Wiltshire. He was the son of John Provis, a timber merchant and his second wife Ann Banks. He spent time in London being tutored by the historical and portrait artist John Wood (1801-1870) before returning to Chippenham. He began exhibiting at the Royal Society of British Artists in 1843, continuing to exhibit there regularly until 1886. He made his debut at the Royal Academy in 1846 with a work entitled ‘A Cottage Door...

No sentimentality on the loose here. Not with the expressions on the mother and her three children all engaged in various forms of 18th-century drudgery on this late summer’s eve. An...