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Annie Louisa SwynnertonVictorian Woodland Maiden - British 19thC female artist portrait oil painting1887
1887
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This superb 19th century portrait oil painting is by noted Manchester artist Annie Louisa Swynnerton. Her works have previously been bought by artists such as George Clausen and John Singer Sargent. Swynnerton was the first woman to be elected an Associate of the Royal Academy and later founded the Manchester Society of Women Painters with Isobel Dacre. The composition for this painting is of a young dark haired, ruby cheeked woman dressed in red in the foreground, resting her elbows on a log, her chin in her hands. She is smiling and gazing up and to the right. Beyond her is a wooded landscape and vibrant blue river stretching out to the sea. An autumnal coloured blackberry briar is in front of her arms and blackberries are on the log, suggesting she is foraging for fruit and a child of the woods and nature. The work has Swynnerton's mystical, ethereal touch with superb brushwork and a vibrant palette. We have several paintings by Swynnerton but this is one of our favourites and is a classic example of her outstanding talent as a Victorian born female artist.
Signed lower right and dated 1887.
Provenance. Italian estate.
Condition. Oil on canvas, 24 inches by 20 inches and in good condition.
Frame. Housed in a very special leaf and berry gilt frame, 31 inches by 28 inches, in good condition.
Annie Louisa Swynnerton (1844-1933). Swynnerton's obituary stated that 'vitality' was the word which best summed up her work. In her depictions of children, especially those painted in the open air, she could most easily express her 'youngness of heart, joy in life, and reckless abandonment to the appeal of light and colour.'Swynnerton was born in Kersal, near Manchester, one of seven daughters of Francis Robinson, a solicitor. From an early age she painted watercolours to supplement the family's reduced income, but began her serious training as an artist at Manchester School of Art, before leaving to enrol at the Académie Julian in Paris. Her work was first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1879, and the following year she exhibited a portrait of her friend Isabel Dacre (Manchester City Art Gallery), with whom she later formed the Manchester Society of Women Painters. Swynnerton completed her studies by travelling for two years in Italy. During a stay in Rome she met the Manx sculptor Joseph Swynnerton, whom she married in 1883; until his death in 1910, they lived mainly in Rome. Whilst in Italy, Swynnerton painted works such as An Italian Mother and Child (Manchseter City Art Gallery) in a style clearly reminiscent of Renaissance painting, and panoramic landscapes such as The Olive Gatherers (Manchester City Art Gallery). In 1902, after a gap of sixteen years, Swynnerton exhibited again at the Royal Academy. Always greatly admired by other painters, her work was bought by prominent figures in the art world. In 1906 Sir George Clausen purchased New-Risen Hope, depicting the figure of a naked child, and later presented it to the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne. John Singer Sargent bought The Oreads in 1907, a sculpturesque group of sea-nymphs, giving the painting to the Tate Gallery, London, in 1922. In addition to her allegorical paintings, Swynnerton exhibited many portraits at the Academy in the 1910s. In 1922, backed by Clausen and Sargent, Swynnerton was the first woman to be elected an Associate of the Royal Academy. The only previous women to rank as Academicians were Angelica Kauffman and Mary Moser, who were signatories to the Instrument of Foundation in 1768 and thus were made members without being elected. The year after her election there was an exhibition of her work at Manchester City Art Gallery and another version of New-Risen Hope was purchased for the Chantrey Bequest in 1924. In 1929 and 1930 two more works were purchased for the nation this way. Swynnerton's sight began to deteriorate towards the end of her life, but she continued to exhibit pictures at the Academy, although they were often works she had painted years earlier. She died at the age of eighty-eight at her home on Hayling Island, near Portsmouth.
- Creator:Annie Louisa Swynnerton (1844 - 1933, British)
- Creation Year:1887
- Dimensions:Height: 31 in (78.74 cm)Width: 28 in (71.12 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Hagley, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU853114868632
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