Lot 76

Charles William Wyllie, RBA
(British, 1859-1923)
The Backwater

19th Century European, Victorian & British Impressionist Art

26 September 2019, 14:00 BST

London, New Bond Street

Sold for £62,562.50 inc. premium

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Charles William Wyllie, RBA (British, 1859-1923)

The Backwater
signed 'Charlie W Wyllie' (lower right)
oil on canvas
76.5 x 127cm (30 1/8 x 50in).

Footnotes

Provenance
Private collection, UK.

Exhibited
London, Royal Academy, 1903, no. 46.

Literature
Royal Academy Illustrated, 1903, p. 141.
Henry Blackburn, Academy Notes, 1903, p.11: 'A girl on a tangled bank, awaiting a young man who punts up to her; weeping willows overhead.'

The younger brother of William Lionel Wyllie, Charles William Wyllie trained at Leigh's School of Art and at the Royal Academy Schools. He first exhibited at the RA in 1872. While his brother William established a strong reputation as a marine painter and etcher, Charles' output was more diverse; as well as river and coastal scenes, he painted narrative and landscape works such as The Old Mill, Boulogne, France, (Russel-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum, Bournemouth), and The Sirens (Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service). Examples of his work are held in the collections of the National Maritime Museum and the Tate.

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