Still Life of Fruit
GEORGE GRAY (1758-1819)
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Dimensions 18.00inch wide 15.00inch high (45.72 cm wide 38.10 cm high) 23.00inch framed width 20.00inch framed height (58.42 cm framed width 50.80 cm framed height) |
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Description Still Life of Fruit GEORGE GRAY |
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Stock no.
K60600
Period
1758
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Literature K60600 STILL LIFE OF FRUIT GEORGE GRAY 1758 – 1819 labels verso Oil on board 15 x 18 inches Framed size 20 x 23 inches Gray was a painter of still-lifes and portraits in both oils and crayons. He was born in Newcastle where he was apprenticed to an ‘eminent fruit painter’ called Jones. He sailed from Whitehaven on a ‘botanizing expedition’ in 1787 and on another to Poland. When he returned to Newcastle he opened a shop in Dean Street as a ‘portrait, fruit, house and sign painter’. He was a close friend of Thomas Bewick. Gray exhibited one work at the Royal Academy in 1811. Works by the artist are in the Laing Art Gallery; Newcastle; Shipley Art Gallery & Gateshead. Bibl: Dictionary of British 18th Century Painters – Ellis Waterhouse Dictionary of Portrait Painters – Stewart/Cutten |
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Price
gbp 1500-3000 (Pound Sterling)
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