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BERTRAM NICHOLLS PRBAThe Yarn Market, Dunster, Somerset - British 1940
s townscape art oil painting1940
1940
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This historically interesting Post Impressionist town landscape oil painting is by noted Slade School trained artist Bertram Nicholls. Painted in 1940, the location is the Somerset town of Dunster and the famous Yarn Market grade I listed building and scheduled monument with Dunster castle in the background. Dunster had become a centre for woollen and clothing production by the 13th century, with the market dating back to at least 1222, and a particular kind of kersey or broadcloth became known as Dunsters. In 1609, George Luttrell, of the Luttrell family who owned the castle, constructed the market to shelter traders and their wares from the rain and provide more security for their wares. In the foreground stands the market with riders to the left and a row of houses running up the hill towards trees and Dunster castle beyond beneath a stormy sky. The muted palette of greys and greens is punctuated by the riders red jacket. This is a fantastic historical painting of a beautiful part of England and the Yarn Market building looks exactly the same today as when built in the 17th century.
Signed and dated 1940.
Provenance. Berkshire estate.
Frost and Reed London
Condition. Oil on canvas, 40 inches by 30 inches and in good condition.
Frame. Housed in a slivered Bourlet frame, 47 inches by 37 inches, in good condition.
Bertram Nicholls (1883–1974). Landscape painter, especially in oil, whose pictures owe much, according to his biographer Frank Rutter, to “diligent study of our own eighteenth-century masters”, having an old-fashioned stillness and high degree of finish. Born in Didsbury, Manchester, Nicholls studied at the Slade School of Fine Art, 1901–4, although he said that it took him some years to unlearn much of what he had been taught there. In 1904 went to Madrid and devoted several months to study of Velasquez, and on his return studied with Fred W Jackson in Yorkshire. Disillusioned with modern art ideas in London, went to Montreuil in 1911 where he met his wife who introduced him to Frank Mura, who painted in Sussex where Nicholls settled, and who “initiated him into the secrets of finer craftsmanship” of the earlier Dutch painters. First exhibited at RA in 1912, afterwards regularly. During World War I was enrolled in Kite Balloon Service of Royal Flying Corps and made panoramic drawings in France. After the war made extensive research into methods used by Sir Joshua Reynolds and technique of Richard Wilson. His painting Drying the Sails was bought by Tate Gallery in 1921, his first public recognition. Nicholls exhibited widely in Britain and abroad, having first one-man show at Barbizon House in 1924. Work in many public galleries. Was president of MAFA, 1921–31 and of RBA, 1931–47. Lived at Steyning, Sussex, and died in Worthing. Artists in Britain Since 1945 by David Buckman
THE YARN MARKET, DUNSTER Somerset, England was built in the early 17th century.It is an octagonal building constructed around a central pier. The tiled roof provides shelter from the rain. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building and scheduled monument. Dunster was an important market place in the Middle Ages particularly following the construction of Dunster Castle and the establishment of the Priory Church of St George. Dunster had become a centre for woollen and clothing production by the 13th century, with the market dating back to at least 1222, and a particular kind of kersey or broadcloth became known as 'Dunsters'. Dunster Castle stands on a site which has been fortified since the late Anglo-Saxon period, signifying the importance of the area. After the Norman conquest of England in the 11th century, William de Mohun constructed a timber castle on the site as part of the pacification of Somerset. A stone shell keep was built on the motte by the start of the 12th century, and the castle survived a siege during the early years of the Anarchy. At the end of the 14th century the de Mohuns sold the castle to the Luttrell family. By the 15th century the importance of the town was declining particularly due to the silting up of the harbour.[3] The Luttrells wanted to maintain the town's importance as a market, and in 1609 George Luttrell, of the Luttrell family constructed the market to shelter traders and their wares from the rain and provide more security for their wares. The exact date of construction is debated and a variety of dates are given in different sources, however 1609 is considered the most likely
- Creator:BERTRAM NICHOLLS PRBA
- Creation Year:1940
- Dimensions:Height: 37 in (93.98 cm)Width: 47 in (119.38 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Hagley, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU853115014512
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