Lionel Percy Smythe
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Lionel Percy Smythe - 'the Mother Will Not Turn, Who Thinks She Hears Her Nursling's Speech First Grow Articulate;
Original
Auction:
Christie's -
Jun 15, 2011- London
Lot number:
110
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Lot Description
Lionel Percy Smythe, R.A., R.W.S. (1839-1918) 'The Mother will not turn, who thinks she hears Her nursling's speech first grow articulate; But breathless with averted eyes elate She stands with open lips and open ears. That it may call her twice.' D.G. Rossetti. signed and dated 'L.P. Smythe/Sept 1903' (lower right) pencil and watercolour with touches of bodycolour and withscratching out, on paper 20½ x 14¼ in. (52 x 36.2 cm.)
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Provenance
Mr Beaumont. with The Maas Gallery, London.
Exhibited
London, Coronation Exhibition, 1911, lent by MrBeaumont.
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The present watercolour illustrates Smythe's focus on rusticsubjects and poetic out-of-doors scenery, often exploring therelationship between mother and child, and utilising a vibrant andexpressive palette: 'They all come into his artistic scheme just asthey are, and they please him because they have much of nature'sunaffectedness and joy of life' (see A.L. Baldry, "Lionel P.Smythe, A.R.A., R.W.S.: An Appreciation of His Work and Methods",Studio, 49, 1910, p. 177). Like the present watercolour, Smytheoften took literary references for inspiration, in this case averse from Dante Gabriel Rossetti's sonnet Broken Music (1881).Other works include paintings such as There is a willow growsaskaunt... (exhibited in 1871 and influenced by Hamlet) and The sunwas shining on the sea... (exhibited 1880 and influenced by LewisCarrol).
Travelling frequently to France for holidays, in 1879 Smythe andhis wife moved permanently into the Château d'Honvault, Normandy,where Smythe lived and painted until he died. He exhibited at theInstitute of Painters in Watercolours from 1881, transferring hisloyalties to the Old Watercolour Society from 1894. He exhibited atthe Royal Academy from 1863, becoming a full Member in1911.
Lionel Percy Smythe - The Arabian Nights
Original 1861
Auction:
Sotheby's -
Nov 19, 2008- London
Lot number:
114
Other WORKS AT AUCTIONDescription:
Signed and dated l.r.: L Smythe/ 1861; inscribed with the title and the artist's address on an old label attached to the reverse
PROVENANCE
Mrs Charlotte Frank, London, where bought by Sir David Scott, 26 July 1961 for £45. EXHIBITED London, British Institution, 1865, no 296; Edinburgh, National Gallery of Scotland, Sunshine and Shadow - The David Scott Collection of Victorian Paintings, 1991, no. 26 CATALOGUE NOTE A mother and child seated together in an interior read from a copy of The Arabian Nights. Smythe was raised in London and educated at King's College School and then received training as an artist at Heatherley's School. The Arabian Nights was presumably painted at the Smythe family's London home in Gloucester Crescent, when the artist was twenty-two, and is one of his earliest works. The Arabian Knights, also known as The Thousand and One Nights, is a collection of stories written originaly in Arabic and first published in English by Edward William Lane in 1839-41. The story tells of a King who killed his wives successively on the morning after the consummation of their marriage, until he encountered the clever Scheherazade. She saved her own life by the tales she told him. The exoticism of these Arabian tales and the inherent theme of romance became widely popular. In 1866, the same year that the present work was first exhibited, Smythe settled at Wimereux in Normandy, where he remained – living with his wife and three children in a succession of fine old buildings. The countryside and rural life of this part of France became the central motif of his art. There is an intimacy of observation about the subject which suggests that it may represent members of the artist's own family.
Lionel Percy Smythe - Boulogne Fisher-folk, An Impression
Original 1893
Auction:
Sotheby's -
Dec 11, 2007- London
Lot number:
50
Other WORKS AT AUCTIONDescription:
signed and dated l.l.:
Lionel Smythe/ 1893
watercolour with bodycolour
EXHIBITED
London, Old Watercolour Society, 1893, number not known; Paris, International Exhibition, 1900, number not
known; London, Pyms Gallery, Edwardian Impressions, An Exhibition of
Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Paintings,
October-November 1981, no .39
LITERATURE AND REFERENCES
R. M. Whitlaw and R. M. Wyllie, Lionel Percy Smythe,
1923, pp. 114-115
CATALOGUE NOTE
'In the summer of 1893 he exhibited 'An Impression', by many
considered the best watercolour he ever painted. It represents a
group of matelottes walking along the Boulogne quays, with a
background of shipping and a few distant sailors. The women are all
portraits. While painting, he used to get them to talk about
themselves, and tell him of their chief interests; he tried to
express the dominant train of thought in each.' (R. M. Whitlaw and
R. M. Wyllie, Lionel Percy Smythe, 1923, pp. 114-115)
Lionel Percy Smythe - Bleaching Linen - Le Portel, Pas De Calais, France
Original 1896
Auction:
Christie's -
Jun 5, 2007- London
Lot number:
61
Other WORKS AT AUCTIONDescription:
Lionel Percy Smythe, R.A., R.W.S. (1839-1918)
Bleaching Linen - Le Portel, Pas de Calais, France
Add. Notes: signed 'L P Smythe' (lower right) pencil and watercolour with scratching out 9 x 14 in. (22.8 x 35.6 cm.) ProvenanceNotes: Smythe exhibited at the Institute of Painters in Watercolours from 1881, becoming a member in 1882. From 1892, however, he transferred his loyalties to the Old Watercolour Society, of which he became a member in 1894. He also exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1863, and became a member there in 1911. His work focuses on rustic subjects and has a poetic quality, largely inspired by Smythe's love of France. He and his wife moved to Normandy in 1879, and in 1882 they moved into the Château d'Honvault, where Smythe lived and painted for the rest of his life. Rosa M. Whitlaw and W.L. Wyllie record, in their book Lionel P. Smythe, R.A., R.W.S., his life and work, that Smythe frequently went to Le Portel on sketching trips to record the lives and festivals of the people who lived there. This is a study for the large watercolour exhibited at the Royal Academy, 1896, no. 1072.Provenance: with The Fine Art Society, London, November 1966.
Bleaching Linen - Le Portel, Pas de Calais, France
Add. Notes: signed 'L P Smythe' (lower right) pencil and watercolour with scratching out 9 x 14 in. (22.8 x 35.6 cm.) ProvenanceNotes: Smythe exhibited at the Institute of Painters in Watercolours from 1881, becoming a member in 1882. From 1892, however, he transferred his loyalties to the Old Watercolour Society, of which he became a member in 1894. He also exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1863, and became a member there in 1911. His work focuses on rustic subjects and has a poetic quality, largely inspired by Smythe's love of France. He and his wife moved to Normandy in 1879, and in 1882 they moved into the Château d'Honvault, where Smythe lived and painted for the rest of his life. Rosa M. Whitlaw and W.L. Wyllie record, in their book Lionel P. Smythe, R.A., R.W.S., his life and work, that Smythe frequently went to Le Portel on sketching trips to record the lives and festivals of the people who lived there. This is a study for the large watercolour exhibited at the Royal Academy, 1896, no. 1072.Provenance: with The Fine Art Society, London, November 1966.
Lionel Percy Smythe - Summer
Original 1907
Auction:
Sotheby's -
Dec 14, 2006- London
Lot number:
150
Other WORKS AT AUCTIONDescription:
LIONEL PERCY SMYTHE (1839-1918) - SUMMER -
Mis:
signed and dated l.r.: L. Smythe/ 1907oil on canvas
EXHIBITED
Royal Academy, 1909, no. 377;. Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery, Autumn Exhibition, 1907, no. 233
REFERENCES
Rosa M. Whitlaw and W. L. Wyllie, Lionel P. Smythe RA RWS; His Life and Work, 1923, p.176, repr. opposite p.174.
CATALOGUE NOTE
Summer was almost certainly painted at Wimereaux near Boulogne, a popular sea-side resort where Smythe painted many of his pictures of local people. A young girl is paddling in the shallows, her bonnet and blonde hair stirred by the sea breeze. The French poodle tentatively taking to the shallows supports the assertion. The picture captures the shimmering qualities of light and purity of colour for which Smythe was celebrated. .
Mis:
signed and dated l.r.: L. Smythe/ 1907oil on canvas
EXHIBITED
Royal Academy, 1909, no. 377;. Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery, Autumn Exhibition, 1907, no. 233
REFERENCES
Rosa M. Whitlaw and W. L. Wyllie, Lionel P. Smythe RA RWS; His Life and Work, 1923, p.176, repr. opposite p.174.
CATALOGUE NOTE
Summer was almost certainly painted at Wimereaux near Boulogne, a popular sea-side resort where Smythe painted many of his pictures of local people. A young girl is paddling in the shallows, her bonnet and blonde hair stirred by the sea breeze. The French poodle tentatively taking to the shallows supports the assertion. The picture captures the shimmering qualities of light and purity of colour for which Smythe was celebrated. .