A wonderfully rustic, rural sketch in oil. This piece, likely a compositional test for a large, finer work, shows two men binding hay bails under a steel sky with their horse. The scene holds a nostalgic pastoral atmosphere, heightened by the earthy palette and textured, impasto brushwork.
The artist has signed, very faintly, "F H all" to the lower right corner. The painting has been presented in a gilt effect frame with swept corners and rail. There is a label at the reverse with the artist's name and the painting's title.
On canvas.The condition is typical for a picture of this age including some discolouration and general dirtying to the surface. The frame has general wear to the gilt effect and a few areas of cracking to the ornamentation.
44.8 x 59.8cm (17.6" x 23.5")Framed Size: 55.5 x 70.5cm (21.9" x 27.8")
Frederick Hall (6 February 1860 – 21 August 1948), often known as (and signing his work as) Fred Hall, was an English impressionist painter of landscapes, rustic subjects, and portraits who exhibited at the Royal Academy and the Paris Salon, where he was awarded a gold medal in 1912. He was an important member of the Newlyn School, in Cornwall, and is notable for both his series of witty caricatures of his fellow Newlyn artists (including Frank Bramley, Stanhope Forbes, and Norman Garstin) and his artistic development away from the strict realism of the Newlyn School towards impressionism.
Born in Stillington, Yorkshire, Hall studied art at the Lincoln School of Art between 1879 and 1881, before moving on to study under Charles Verlat in Antwerp.
He became a member of the Newlyn School in Cornwall at some time between 1883 and 1885 although the exact date is uncertain. He remained there, joining fellow ex-Lincoln School of Art student Frank Bramley, until 1898. He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1886 onward, and at the Paris Salon, winning gold there in 1912. He also exhibited at the Royal Society of British Artists on Suffolk Street, London, the Grosvenor Gallery, the New Gallery, and the New English Art Club, but resigned from the latter in 1890.
Hall also drew caricatures and painted works that reflected the public taste for storytelling pictures. In 1898, he married Agnes Beryl Dodd, with whom he had a daughter.
With his family, he later settled in Speen, near Newbury in Berkshire.
His early work from the Newlyn School period exhibits a sympathy for the Newlyn School’s plein air practise and ideas concerning social realism. However, his style did not remain static and it continued to develop into a more impressionist mode. In the late 1880s, he gravitated towards landscapes, spending more time away from Newlyn, on the Somerset coast in Porlock.
| SKU | qm859 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Frederick Hall (1860–1948) |
| Date | c. 1910 |
| Dimensions | 44.8 x 59.8cm |
| Medium | Oil |
| Subject | Animals |
| Item Returns | This item can be returned |
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