€145
Star Lot: A wonderful original antique watercolour on paper painting attributed to George Petrie P.R.H.A titled "The Pool at Leixlip" dating to the 19th century. Features a fantastic scene of the titular landscape showing a romantic and sublime waterfall being observed by two figures from the bottom in the manner of the Irish Landscape School. The atmospheric perspective is rendered particularly fine and the restrained construction of the foliage and water speaks to the skill of the artist. Petrie's watercolor's sell excellently at auction, with the artist fame making his works ever collectable. Label to verso with attribution. Housed in a gilt frame.
Mm: 60 x 50 cm
George Petrie was born in Dublin in 1790. He was educated at Samuel Whyte’s school in Grafton Street, Dublin, and at the drawing school of the Dublin Society. He developed particular interests in art, music and archaeology. As an artist, he concentrated on landscape painting. He mainly used watercolours, but he also produced sketches in pencil, indian ink and sepia wash. He was admitted as a full member of the Royal Hibernian Academy in 1828, the same year in which he was elected to Membership of the Royal Irish Academy. He exhibited artworks annually at the Royal Hibernian Academy until the early 1850s. The National Gallery of Ireland holds a collection of his watercolours and antiquarian drawings bequeathed by Margaret McNair Stokes, Hon. MRIA (1832–1900).
His work sells for mid thousands at auction From a fabulous Manor home in Kildare. There is a super video of the is lot on our social media facebook, instagram and tic tok.
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