A river view of Exeter Cathedral, attributed to Claude Muncaster. Possibly painted from the north end of the canal precisely due west of the cathedral. The style and colours of this painting are typical of Muncaster's work.
There is extensive information and provenance fixed to the reverse of the paper. Unsigned.
On High quality watercolour paper.The condition is typical for a picture of this age including some discolouration. Foxing present across the painting.
32 x 53cm (12.6" x 20.9")
Claude Graham Muncaster was a painter, etcher and draughtsman of landscapes and marine scenes. He was born at West Chiltington, Sussex, as Grahame Hall, son of the Royal Academician Oliver Hall (of whose work we have a large collection). Claude received no formal art training but studied under the direction of his father, who launched his son on a career as a landscape painter at the age of 15. His early works were signed Grahame Hall, but in 1923 he changed his name by deed poll to Claude Muncaster to avoid being linked with his father's success.
Muncaster painted conventional landscapes and some large, detailed panoramas of the Thames and of Bradford, commissioned by various companies. In his youth he sailed as a deckhand on a sailing ship around Cape Horn, which gave him an expert knowledge of nautical subjects. During World War II he served as a camouflage expert with the Royal Navy.
He had his first painting accepted by the Royal Academy in 1921 under his given name and exhibited widely throughout his life. In 1946-7 he was commissioned by the Queen to produce watercolours of the royal residences at Windsor, Sandringham and Balmoral; the Duke of Edinburgh, in a foreword to a biography of Muncaster, recalls looking at these and considering the artist’s ‘unerring instinct for a subject’, his sense of atmosphere. Other commissions included large panoramas of the Thames and of Bradford. His exhibition venues included Arlington Gallery, Beaux Arts Gallery, Barbizon House, Colnaghi, Fine Art Society, Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Royal Scottish Academy, Royal Watercolour Society and Walker's Gallery. Muncaster was also an early member of the Royal Society of Marine Artists and its President in 1958.
Exeter, Exeter, Devon, England, United Kingdom
| SKU | rc361 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Attrib. Claude Graham Muncaster RWS ROI RB (1903-1974) |
| Date | Early 20th Century |
| Dimensions | 32 x 53cm |
| Medium | Watercolour |
| Subject | Architecture & Cityscapes |
| Item Returns | This item can be returned |
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