Fred Hall

December, 1885

Oil

34 x 26 ins

Further images

Winter scene with snow on ground, tree and fence in background.3 Old peasant in smock, carrying bundle of faggots on his back. Signed BL. In gilded frame 103 x 83 cm.3

Provenance

1920 Christies, sold for 13 guineas 1929 Christies, unsold at 9 guineas Private collection, Canada. 1997 Phillips, purchased by DWB. An early work at Newlyn, showing his concern with pictorial detail. Little of his work from this period has survived, so little is known or documented of this period. (1) Loaned to Penlee Gallery, Penzance, A Rural Idyll, 26th June to 4th September 2004. (2) Penlee Gallery, The Brotherhood of the Palette, from 20 June to 12 Sept 2009. (3) Penlee Gallery, From Newlyn Schooll to Caricature, from 26 March to 11 June 2016. Fred Hall by F. R. Gunzi, 2016, published by Truran, back cover photo.