€300 - €600
Star Lot: Sidney Yates Johnson (fl. 1890-1926) A large wonderful Sidney Yates Johnson (fl. 1890-1926) 19th century original oil on canvas painting. Features a seashore / coastal landscape scene with sailing boats and fishermen. Rendered in an earthy colour palette with blue lilac skies, rhythmic green waves, shades of browns and peach highlights. Great achievement of colours achieved through neat realistic brushstrokes. Lovely portrayal of light and shadow present through the painting. Signed lower left and dated 1899. Housed in an elaborate gilt frame. With 'F Seymore' Framer's sticker to verso.
There is old fine craquelure to the central sky area with slight damage to canvas characterising age.
MM: 100 x 64 cm including frame
Similar work sold for €200 at Whytes.
Previous in auction on 10.10.24 with Lot no. 841
Sidney Yates Johnson was a prolific painter of landscapes in oil who was working from about 1890 until about 1926. His work has a distinctive style and is similar to that of Frank Hider. The subjects are often in pairs and usually Cornish coastal scenes, beach scenes, highland landscapes and cottages in a rural setting. The artist did not often inscribe the work with the location, but it was usually dated, with the signature S. Y. Johnson scratched in the wet paint.
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