An impressive watercolour view of a country church by British 19th Century painter Edmund Morison Wimperis (1835-1900). The artist's delicately considered style and muted colour palette perfectly capture the picturesque nature of the setting, with a figure carrying a basket to the lower right adding scale and immediacy.
Well-presented in a gilt wooden frame and washline mount.
Monogrammed and Dated. On watercolour paper.In very good condition for a picture of this age. Some light surface discolouration and age toning. Light marks to the frame.
33.4 x 22.8cm (13.1" x 9")Framed Size: 53.3 x 42.1cm (21" x 16.6")
Edmund Morison Wimperis (1835-1900) was an English wood-engraver and watercolour painter from Chester, UK. In 1851, Wimperis was apprenticed to a wood engraver, Mason Jackson, for seven years. He also trained under Myles Birket Foster. From about 1863, he worked for the publisher Joseph Cundall and for the Illustrated London News. In 1873 he became a professional landscape watercolourist and member of the Society of British Artists and the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, where he was elected Vice-President in 1895.
| SKU | kq961 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Edmund Morison Wimperis (1835-1900) |
| Date | 1894 |
| Dimensions | 33.4 x 22.8cm |
| Medium | Watercolour |
| Subject | Architecture & Cityscapes |
| Item Returns | This item can be returned |
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