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Country Homes Antiques Scotland est 1985

SOLD Alfred De Breanski Snr RBA. Oil on boards (A Pair)

ALFRED DE BREANSKI SRN, RBA – a pair of Scottish river and mountain landscapes – oils on board and signed “Morning on the River”, Evening in the Valley”.

See our other Alfred De Brianski paintings information on Alfred De Breanski and family of artists. Alfred SRN being the most competent of them. Very highly collected in the USA.

Under glass. 45cm x 24cm.

Very good condition.

Alfred de Breanski, Senior (British, 1852-1928) A View in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey signed lower left ‘Alfred de Breanski’ oil on canvas 59 x 90cm (23 x 35in) Alfred de Breanski became famous for grand and breathtaking views of the Thames, Scotland and Wales. Unlined, tension slightly slack. Paint layer has prominent age craquelure, some with slightly raised edges but generally stable. Frame in good condition. Cleaned. Localised areas of retouching, mainly in the sky. Very nice frame with acorns and husks is in very good condition.

Born in London into a family of artists and living much of his life in Greenwich, Alfred De Breanski, Snr, was a well-known landscape painter of Welsh and Scottish scenes, especially lochs in the highlands at sunset, bathed in light. Often his paintings had water and sheep or cattle grazing and perhaps a solitary figure in the distance. Later in his career, he painted views of the Thames as well as one of Windsor Castle. In 1880, he began spending much time in London where he was a Freeman of the City of London. He was married to Annie Roberts, a noted Welsh artist whom he met on painting trips to Wales. The couple had seven children including two sons, Gustave and Alfred who also became known for their landscape paintings.

De Breanski began exhibiting at the Royal Academy in London in 1869, and he also exhibited at the Royal Society of British Artists Suffolk Street and the New Watercolor Society. His style was realistic and detailed, and on the back of his work, he usually noted the exact location and the date of execution. Work in Museums by Alfred De Breanski, Sr., is in The Sydney Museum in Australia, Southampton Art Gallery and Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle upon Tyne. Sources include www.burlington.co.uk/gallery/artist/biography www.richard-green.com/ additional information courtesy of Wayne Kielsmeier. Provenance: Estate of the late Charles A. and Betti F. Saunders, Houston,

Auction records.

LOT 23, SALE 5306   Alfred de Bréanski, Snr. (1852-1928)

Loch Lomond at Sunset

PRICE REALIZED  GBP 29,300

LOT 65, SALE 2547   Alfred de Bréanski (British, 1852-1928)

When the Trout Rise

PRICE REALIZED  USD 37,500 

LOT 71, SALE 7728    Alfred De Bréanski, R.B.A. (1852-1928)

Autumn in the highlands

PRICE REALIZED    GBP 22,500