Walsham Meads by Sir Frank Dicksee, PRA (1853-1928). Oil on canvas, 12 ¼ x 24 inches; signed and inscribed with title on back. Provenance: Henry Paul Treeby, and thence by descent from 1935, Click on image to enlarge it.
Maas Gallery Commentary
Dicksee painted this on the banks of the River Wey in Surrey, near Walsham, close by Pyrford Lock. It is similar to A Surrey Landscape in the National Museum of Wales, which he painted two years later. Notwithstanding his grand portraiture and the large Academy set-pieces of expiring vikings and knights in armour, Dicksee also painted quieter, modest landscapes in the open air, with a Barbizon quality.
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Bibliography
Toll, Simon. Frank Dicksee. AAC Art Books, 2016.
Last modified 22 June 2022