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19th Century seascape oil painting of Penzance harbour, Cornwall
By William Edward Webb
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
William Edward Webb
British, (1862-1903)
Penzance Harbour
Oil on canvas, signed
Image size: 29 inches x 45.5 inches
Size including frame: 38 inches x 54.5 inches
A pleasing coastal painting of Penzance Harbour at low tide by William Edward Webb. In the foreground, a fisherman sells his catch to a woman and her daughter, whilst figures in horses and carts wait for others to unload their boats.
William Edward Webb was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire in 1862 to William Benjamin Webb and Ellen Butler. His father was a printer and an artist and it is highly likely he received tuition from him. Following the death of his mother, his father remarried and moved the family to Manchester sometime after 1871.
By the 1880’s, Webb had started working as an artist and later set up a studio at 30 Exchange Buildings in Manchester. He began exhibiting at the Manchester City Art Gallery from 1890, where he showed more than 60 paintings during his lifetime. He also exhibited at the Royal Academy and Walker Art Gallery Liverpool from 1892. He married Clara Foster in 1899 and the couple lived at 1 Sylvan Grove, Chorlton Upon Medlock in South Manchester with their daughter Florrie. He became friends with the artist Walter Emsley (1860-1938) who also lived in Manchester.
Although he spent the rest of his life in Manchester, Webb travelled throughout the UK painting coastal and marine scenes around the main ports and harbours. He spent a great deal of time in the Isle of Mann painting numerous scenes along the coast including views of Peel and Douglas Harbour, subjects he frequently returned to. Webb painted in a highly distinctive style; loose and informal but which manages to retain the sense of perspective. He struggled with ill health and depression throughout his life which sadly led to his suicide 9 November, 1903. In 1974, a retrospective exhibition was held at The Old Customs House and Old Solent House in Lymington, which brought a new found interest in his work.
His paintings are now highly sought after and are represented in many collections and Museums including the Astley Hall...
Category
19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th Century historical genre oil painting of a lady
her physician
By Casimir van den Daele
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Casimir van den Daele
Belgian, (1818-1880)
On the Mend
Oil on panel, signed & dated 1857
Image size: 29 inches x 21.5 inches
Size including frame: 35.5 inches x 28 inches
A well-e...
Category
19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
19th Century historical genre oil painting of a courtship
By Henry Gillard Glindoni
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Henry Gillard Glindoni
British, (1852-1913)
The Suitor
Oil on canvas, signed & dated 'Jan 1908'
Image size: 27.5 inches x 35.5 inches
Size including frame: 41 inches x 49 inches
Thi...
Category
19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
