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Adolphus Knell19th Century English, Shipping at moonlightCirca 1870
Circa 1870
$3,950List Price
About the Item
- Creator:Adolphus Knell (1830 - 1900, British)
- Creation Year:Circa 1870
- Dimensions:Height: 16 in (40.64 cm)Width: 14 in (35.56 cm)
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- Condition:This painting is in good original condition.
- Gallery Location:Woodbury, CT
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU507316925842
Adolphus Knell
Adolphus Knell
British flourished 1890 “Shipping at Dawn and Dusk”
Pair of Oils on panel, signed and framed Adolphus Knell is a member of the famous Knell family who specialised in maritime subjects, a brother to William Callcott Knell and most probably the son of William Adolphus Knell.
Originally a decorator of furniture in Bath, he moved to Bristol where he specialised in small marines in the late nineteenth century.
In these two pictures he uses a strong source of light transfusing the picture from the horizon towards the viewer, a device he often employed – see Plate 98 in Brook Harts “British Nineteenth Century Marine painting”.
His work remains highly collectable; these are two fine examples of his oeuvre.
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