GLADYS WYNNE (IRELAND 1876-1968) RARE O/B LIGHTHOUSE LASHED by WAVES, GILT FRAME

Description

GLADYS WYNNE
(IRE
LA
ND,
1876-1968)
RARE
OIL
on
BOARD
of
TALL,
OFFSHORE
STONE
L
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G
H
T
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b
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W
A
V
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S
i
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a
G
A
L
E
,
OUT
at
SEA,
in
ORIGINAL,
PERIOD
GOLD,
GILT
WOODEN
FRAME
[A very rare oil painting from the well-listed, venerated & widely celebrated
19th to 20th century
Ir
i
sh
watercolor landscape painter
Gladys Wynne]
(Circa 1920-1935)
Early 20th century
Ir
i
sh
landscape painting
& depictions of the
Ir
i
sh
seacoast
DIMENSIONS:
Frame:
13 ½" Width x 17
½" Height
Painting:
9 ¾" Width x 13
⅝" Height
Weight:
2 lbs. 12 oz.
INSCRIPTION(S)/LABELS:
With a red metallic picture framer's label attached on the back dust cover that reads:
'E. Schoepflin & Co., Inc. Portland St., Boston, MA,
Picture Frame & Gilt Mouldings'
DESCRIPTION:
Offered is this very rare
oil painting on board
by the
Ir
i
sh,
principally
watercolor painter
Gladys Wynne
(Ire
la
nd,
1876-1968.)
This is a notable work by this well-respected, widely collected, venerated and highly accomplished
Ir
i
sh
landscape artist,
who almost exclusively painted in watercolors for her entire life. Of course, nearly every artist will have executed adjacent works of art in diverse media, where oil paint was mostly absent from
Gladys Wynne's
long and quite illustrious artistic career. Many auction houses, such as
Christie's
of
London
have previously handled her work, with her
watercolor landscape paintings,
often achieving many thousands of dollars. Here we see a
tall stone lighthouse
lashed by enormous waves, perhaps from a distant gale, standing firm and steadfast against the onslaught from the sea. This is not an
Ame
ri
can
lighthouse but a
European
one, with structural features distinct to
Ireland
and
England,
with its towering stone form. Estate fresh and new to the marketplace. Clean. Very fine.
CONDITION:
Good to Very Good overall antique condition.