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Lot 97AR

Sir Frank Brangwyn, RA
(British, 1867-1956)
'Stamboul'

3 December 2014, 14:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

£3,000 - £5,000

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Sir Frank Brangwyn, RA (British, 1867-1956)

'Stamboul'
signed with initials, inscribed and dated 'Stamboul 90 FB' (lower right)
oil on canvas
32 x 44cm (12 5/8 x 17 5/16in).

Footnotes

Provenance
with The Fine Art Society Ltd., London, 1945
Private collection, UK

Literature
Dr. Libby Horner, Frank Brangwyn Catalogue Raisonne, O4978

During 1890, Brangwyn travelled to Turkey and Romania with the Golden Horn, Black Sea, Scutari and Ibrail all providing inspiration to works of that date. This present lot is not mentioned in Vincent Galloway's 1962 book The Oil and Mural Paintings of Sir Frank Brangwyn, however the book is not definitive and the inscription, composition, brushwork and colours, as well as the bravery of the large unmarked sandy coloured square in the foreground, the architectural detail of the buildings, the stance of the figures which dissolve into mere fragments of colour on close inspection, all testify to the artist's hand. Some parts of the canvas have been left unpainted, which although more unusual in his oils, is a trait often found in the artist's watercolours.

The frame is Brangwyn's favoured Flemish design which was probably made by his preferred framer Alfred Stiles. If the frame is contemporary with the painting it would suggest that the artist regarded the present lot as one of his better works.

We are grateful to Dr. Libby Horner for her assistance in cataloguing this lot.

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