Ken Hammond - Contemporary Oil Busy Victorian Street

Description

A very fine and detailed Victorian street scene. Crowds of figures mill about the streets, children playing with hoops along the cobbles and woman carrying baskets walking past. The artist has signed to the lower right corner and the painting has been presented in a substantial contemporary lime washed frame with foliate molding and beaded strapwork. The frame is finished with a wash-line mount. On board.

Condition

In fine condition.

Size

35.3 x 50.5cm (13.9" x 19.9")
Framed Size: 66.2 x 81.7cm (26.1" x 32.2")

Artist Biography

Ken Hammond was born in Surrey in 1948 and is a self-taught artist. Ken's love of the coastal scenes and old ships have brought him to the South Coast where he now lives. As a child, Ken spent holidays with his uncle who was a fisherman on the River Fowey in Cornwall. This is where the influence for the estuary and harbour scenes in Ken Hammond's paintings has come from.

Ken has been a member of the crew on the Sailing Ship 'Sir Winston Churchill'; this helped him with the understanding of the rigging and handling of the older working vessels which features strongly in his paintings.