Noel Harry Leaver (1889-1951) ARCA - Framed Watercolour An Acient City Archway

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An original watercolour painting by Noel Harry Leaver (1889-1951) depicting a towering Middle Eastern archway with a bustling traders' market nearby. Leaver captures the grandeur of the Middle Eastern architecture and the vibrancy of market life with remarkable ease. Presented in a contemporary-style frame. Signed 'Noel. H. Leaver A.R.C.A' to the lower left. On paper.

Condition

Some light dirtying to the card mount. The overall condition of the artwork is very good.

Size

24 x 34.5cm (9.4" x 13.6")
Framed Size: 42 x 52cm (16.5" x 20.5")

Artist Biography

Noel Harry Leaver (1889-1951) was a painter born at Austwick, near North Settle, Yorkshire, but is better known as a Burnley artist, the town in which he lived and worked for most of his life. He is most famous as the painter of distinctive North African views. A talented artist, he was one of the youngest ever pupils of the Royal College of Art when he started his studies there at age sixteen, graduating in 1910 having won several scholarships and travel bursaries, using them to travel to Europe and North Africa. Leaver returned from Italy in 1912 to take up the first of his teaching posts at the Halifax School of Art, where he worked until 1915. After this he taught at the Burnley School of Art until the mid-1930s. His earlier works are usually signed in mixed lower and upper case 'Noel H LEAVER ARCA' and are dated 1920-1929. His later works were usually signed in capitals 'NOEL H LEAVER', without the ARCA. A northern artist called Cyril Hardy painted in a similar style and his painting is sometimes confused with Leaver's. Much of his work is in the collection of the Towneley Hall Art Gallery and Museum, Burnley, where an exhibition of his work was held in February 2004.

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SKU sv515
Frame Colour light brown
Artist Noel Harry Leaver (1889-1951) ARCA
Date Early 20th Century
Dimensions 24.0 x 34.5cm
Medium Watercolour
Style Realism
Subject Architecture & Cityscapes
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