John F. Collins - Fine Signed and Framed 1990 Gouache, Redcliff Wharf

Description

A fine watercolour signed and dated in the lower right. Presented in a card mount and simple wooden frame. Signed and dated. On wove.

Condition

Condition is typical for a picture of this age including some discolouration.

Size

41 x 56cm (16.1" x 22")
Framed Size: 62 x 76cm (24.4" x 29.9")

Collection Information

Part of a wider collection of watercolours we have acquired by artists associated with the Bristol Savages group. Founded in 1894 by Ernest Ehlers, he invited his fellow Bristol based artists to spend a friendly evening in his studio to work and talk. At first, meetings were held in their private studios, then as their numbers grew, in rented premises. By 1904 this led to the official founding of the Bristol Savages and the holding ever since, of similar weekly meetings between October and May each year. In 1905 the first exhibition of paintings was held at the premises of George Nichols & Co., an auctioneer in Broad Street, Bristol. During the next 14 years exhibitions were held annually in Bristol and their first permanent home was Brandon Cottage which was made available to them through the good offices of fellow member James Fuller Eberle. When the Red Lodge, Park Row came on the market in 1919, it was purchased to create headquarters for the Tribe as the collective membership is known. Annual exhibitions have continued since that date, apart from a break during World War II. Past members include etcher Stanley Anderson, painter William Titcomb and sculptor Frank Dobson.

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