A Summer Evening (On the Arno) - I

A Summer Evening (On the Arno) - I
A Summer Evening (On the Arno) - I
A Summer Evening (On the Arno) - I
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (Felton Bequest)
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Artist
Richard Wilson and Studio
Title
A Summer Evening (On the Arno) - I
Date
Undated
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Metric: 47.5 x 63 cm
Imperial: 18 11/16 x 24 13/16 in.
Accession Number
480-2
Wilson Online Reference
P96E
Exhibited
Worcestershire 1882
Provenance
1882 recorded at Perdiswell Park, Worcester, [then the residence of Henry Walker (d. 1911), a prosperous manufacturer, and his family]; Shepherd Gallery, London; acquired on the advice of Frank Gibson for the Felton Bequest (Felton Bequest, 1910, 480-2)
Signature/inscription
Signature on boulder: W
Techniques and materials
Light grey oil (?) ground layer. There appears to be a red/brown imprimatura over this, seen on the tacking edges and presumably extending beneath the image. Areas of high impasto, mainly highlights.
Labels
Verso, upper left on top horizontal member of stretcher:
[1] Exhibited in the Worcestershire Exhibition, 1882, FINE ARTS SECTION owner [illegible]ither, Esq., Perdiswell Park, Worcestershire
Versions
See 'Links' tab
Critical commentary
The painting is mainly autograph but there is some studio work, for example in the tree trunks to the left.
Bibliography
WGC, p. 213, pl. 100a (version 3); Hoff 1973, p. 166 & fig. 209; Tomory & Gaston 1989, p. 54, no. 147, repr.; Hoff 1995, pp. 321-22 as 'After Wilson'
Condition/Conservation
Restored by F.W. Colley at St Kilda, 1929. Relined, new stretcher. Some overpaint of the mountain at the left and some damages in the hillside with old repairs. The impasto has been flattened as a result of the relining. Discoloured varnish.
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2022-06-17 00:00:00