George Gascognie Gascoyne

George Gascoyne (1861-1933) The Turn of the Plough signed 'G. Gascoyne' (lower left) and further signed and inscribed 'The Turn of the Plough/by George Gascoyne/8 Gloucester Mansions/Harrington Gardens/London' (on the reverse) oil on canvas 79 x 165 in. (200 x 419 cm.) In its original giltwood and composition frame The Junior Carlton Club, London. L. Lovatt-Smith, London Living, London, 1997, p.183. London, Royal Academy, 1894, no.879. George Gascoyne was a painter and engraver. He studied at The Slade and exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1884. The Studio Magazine, writing in 1915, considered '...the horse that serves the worker in the fields [is where] Mr Gascoyne is pictorially most intimate...and in this vein..is seen at his best' (Vol.63. p.144). The Turn of the Plough exemplifies this subject matter and is painted in the social realist tradition advocated by Hubert von Herkomer. It was exhibited a year before Herkomers pupil and Gascoynes near contemporary, Lucy Kemp-Welch showed her early landmark picture Gypsy Horse Drovers. Heavy horses working the land was a subject that Kemp-Welch was to make her own, as seen in such works as Ploughing on the South Coast (London, Royal Academy, 1902, no264.), but the present picture, in it's scale, compostion and grandeur shows Gascoyne as her equal.

George Gascoyne (1862-1933) Working horses at harvest Signed and dated 1878 Etching 24 x 40cm; 9¼ x 15¾ With a signed etching of haystacks by W. P. Robins (2) 1. Paper rippled, some light foxing and staining mostly upper right, one or two blemishes; 2. good condition Estimate: £100-200 Lot: 94 Sale: Paintings (PW280911)

George Gascoyne (1862-1933) Battle Dawn signed and dated 'G. Gascoyne. 1906' (lower left) and inscribed'Battle-Dawn/£300' (on a fragmentary label, attached to thereverse) oil on canvas 53 x 100½ in. (134.5 x 255.3 cm.) Exhibited Liverpool, 1909. Anglo-...... Exhibition, Crystal Palace, 1913.

"The Battle-Dawn"; oil on canvas, signed and dated 1906, bears inscribed label verso and label for 'Liverpool 1909 Dicksee & Co', 134.5x254cm. Exhibited: The Royal Academy, 1906 no 392; Anglo German Exhibition, 1913; originally presented to Lord Baden-Powell of Gilwell for the then Boy Scout Association by the widow of the artist, Mrs Gascoyne, in 1933

GEORGE GASCOYNE (1862-1933) THE KNIFE GRINDER Signed, oil on canvas 49.5 x 59.5cm. Exhibited: London, The Royal Academy, 1884, no.126 Estimate: 800-1200