A Fair Wind and an Ebb Tide
William Lionel Wyllie (London 1851 - London 1931)
Lot-No. 241
Proceeds : 300 €
Etching, 15,5 x 35 cm, sign. in pencil lo. le. W. L. Wyllie, on the reverse old label of the publisher Robert Dunthorne with handwritten notice "artist proof", unopened. - English marine painter a. etcher, studied at the Royal Academy London, obtains 1869 the golden Turnermedal, member of the Royal Academy, son of the genre painter William Morrison Wyllie, prefers impressionistic illustrations of London harbour scenes, especially the "Scenes on the Thames" enjoyed great popularity. - Mus.: London, Bristol, Liverpool, Sydney et.al., Lit.: Boetticher, Thieme-Becker, Bénézit et.al.
William Lionel Wyllie: A Fair Wind and an Ebb Tide
William Lionel Wyllie (London 1851 - London 1931)
A Fair Wind and an Ebb Tide
Lot-No. 241
Proceeds : 300 €
Etching, 15,5 x 35 cm, sign. in pencil lo. le. W. L. Wyllie, on the reverse old label of the publisher Robert Dunthorne with handwritten notice "artist proof", unopened. - English marine painter a. etcher, studied at the Royal Academy London, obtains 1869 the golden Turnermedal, member of the Royal Academy, son of the genre painter William Morrison Wyllie, prefers impressionistic illustrations of London harbour scenes, especially the "Scenes on the Thames" enjoyed great popularity. - Mus.: London, Bristol, Liverpool, Sydney et.al., Lit.: Boetticher, Thieme-Becker, Bénézit et.al.