A fine Autumnal landscape showing smoke billowing from the chimney of a farm where giant piles of wheat are being threshed. Sheep flock on the surrounding hills and white clouds float over the tops of the trees with their leaves turning orange and brown. The artist has perfectly captured the moment when the seasons begin to turn. The artist has signed and dated to the lower left.
The painting is presented in a simple, gilt effect frame. The artist has signed, dated and inscribed on the reverse of the canvas.
On canvas.The condition is typical for a picture of this age including minor discolouration. There is a tear to the canvas at the reverse in the upper middle of the sky which has been fully restored at the front. The frame has general dirtying and some chipping at the outer edges.
50 x 41cm (19.7" x 16.1")
Joseph Vickers de Ville was a son of the farmers Joseph and Mary Deville. He was born in Eaton, Derbyshire, but is considered a Wolverhampton artist, as he moved to Wolverhampton by 1881, together with his widowed mother and brothers Richard and John.
Vickers de Ville was not professionally trained and did not consider himself a professional artist, however, his artistic gift was recognised and appreciated. In Compton, he maintained a studio in Tettenhall Wood. From 1887, he exhibited at the Royal Academy. Between 1876-1920, sixty eight his works were shown at the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, a full member of which he was elected in 1917. He also exhibited at the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Fine Art Society, The Royal Glasgow Institute for the Fine Arts, Royal Scottish Academy, and at the Salons in Paris.
It was noticed that "few can rival him in depicting torrent, rock, river and trees." His landscapes of the Cotswolds, Malvern, Cheshire and Staffordshire are also well known. Often they expressed the mood of melancholy and solitude, like his painting 'The Moonlight' which was to illustrate Beethoven's 'Moonlight Sonata'.
A number of paintings by Vickers de Ville have been preserved at Wolverhampton Art Gallery. His works also can be found at McLean Museum and Art Gallery, Greenock, Sheffield Museum and Art Gallery and other public and private collections.
| SKU | qh324 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Joseph Vickers De Ville (1856-1925) |
| Date | 1907 |
| Dimensions | 50 x 41cm |
| Medium | Oil |
| Style | Realism |
| Subject | Landscapes |
| Item Returns | This item can be returned |
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