Walter Langley English, 1852-1922
A Flemish Peasant, 1907
Oil on canvas
102 x 93 cms
Old man, wearing clogs, seated by his bed and darning a long sock. Also next to his bed is a large basket of clothes .
Signed B.L.
Old man, wearing clogs, seated by his bed and darning a long sock. Also next to his bed is a large basket of clothes .
Signed B.L.
Signed B.L.
Provenance
Langley visited Mol, Flemish Belgium, in 1906 and this was painted in 1907 for submission to Academy,where it failed to sell. After five subsequent showings up to 2010, Langley reduced it's size by removing about a third of the left-hand side, which had been occupied by a large rough-hewn pillar/tree trunk supporting the roof. It remained on his hands for 12 years before selling. Sold Sothebys, London, 22 June 1994 Sold Sothebys, London, 15 November 2011 BCT purchased Bonhams, London, 23 January 2013. Royal Academy 1907 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool; Autumn Exhibition 1907 1910 Southport Art Gallery 1908 Royal Manchester Institute 1908 Passmore Edwards Gallery, Newlyn 1910 Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery 1910 Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Annual Exhibition of European Art 1912 Royal Academy Illustrated 1907 Walter Langley: Pioneer of the Newlyn Art Colony by Roger Langley 1907, pp 135,171, ill.p.129 Walter Langley, From Birmingham to Newlyn by Roger Langley 2011, p.92-9312
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