Marthinus la Grange

Vintage Oil Painting of Remote Cottage in the Dramatic Mountains of South Africa

1985 Circa

Vintage Oil Painting of Cottage by a River in the Mountains of South Africa, by South African Artist, Marthinus la Grange (1920-1999) Art measures 18 x 12 inches Frame measures 23...

Mountain & Lake in Ireland Countryside - Oil Painting by Northern Irish Artist, Dennis Orme Shaw Art measures 12 x 10 inches Frame measures 18 x 16 inches Dennis Orme Shaw was b...

South African Landscape by Hugh Stevenson (South African, 1910-1956) signed oil on board, framed framed: 20 x 26 inches board : 18 x 23 inches Provenance: private collection, UK Cond...

Crofter Cottahes by F. E. Jamieson (British 1895-1950) signed, lower corner with pseudonym "W. Richards" titled verso to canvas oil painting on canvas, unframed framed: 23 x 30 inches canvas: 16 x 24 inches Fine quality antique oil painting by the much admired and celebrated British artist F. E. Jamieson (1895-1950). The painting is signed by Jamieson to the lower right corner with his favoured pseudonym, "W. Richards". F. E. Jamieson (1895-1950) We are extremely fortunate to have been handling the works of the enigmatic British artist, F. E. Jamieson since the year we began art dealing, 1989. Over this time, coupled with our love of the Scottish landscape, we have bought and sold many hundreds of his paintings, in all their various guises and subjects and are considered by many to be a leading authority on the artist and his work. We are also in the early stages of publishing the Catalogue Raisonne for this artist, of which this painting will be featured. Mr. Jamieson was largely a painter of Scottish landscapes and loch scenes. Born in 1895, Jamieson lived on the south coast of England and was contracted to a large department store to supply them with his paintings. He was an ambitious man and keen to sell more works than through just one shop. In order to do this, he started to sign his works with pseudonyms other than his own name, in order that he could sell his work to a wider audience. It worked and it is considered that Jamieson at least 15 different pseudonym names on his paintings. In addition to selling through furniture shops, Jamieson would travel door to door offering his paintings to housewives and private buyers. In our years of researching the artist, we heard one story related to us by an old customer who remembers that Jamieson started selling door...