Charles Nicholls Woolnoth RWS (1815-1906) - Watercolour Loch View in Summer

Description

A very fine and handsomely detailed landscape in watercolour by the listed English artist Charles Nicholls Woolnoth RWS (1815-1906). Depicting a loch view in late summer, the artist has captured a gentle light on the setting, with a clear and adept proficiency in the depiction of the natural world. This verdant work is handsomely presented in a silver gilt moulded and distressed wood frame, and card mount. Signed. On watercolour paper.

Condition

In very good condition, with only light surface marks. The frame is in fine condition.

Size

42 x 62.5cm (16.5" x 24.6")
Framed Size: 61 x 81cm (24" x 31.9")

Artist Biography

Born in London and a student of the Royal Scottish Academy Schools in Edinburgh, Charles Woolnoth painted mainly large-scale watercolour views of Scotland, and exhibited in London between 1838 and 1875. He was a founder member of the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolours, where he exhibited from 1879, and also showed at the Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts and the Royal Scottish Academy. Watercolours by Woolnoth are today in the collections of the Kirkcaldy Galleries in Fife and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, as well as in several private collections.