BENJAMIN E LEADER 1877 - 1916 FIGURES Nr SHERE SURREY SIGNED Antique Oil Painting
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BENJAMIN E LEADER 1877-1916 FIGURES nr SHERE SURREY SIGNED Antique Oil Painting
BENJAMIN E LEADER 1877-1916 FIGURES nr SHERE SURREY SIGNED Antique Oil Painting ... Click images to enlarge Description Fine c1900 oil painting on canvas of an extensive landscape with figures near Shere in Surrey by Benjamin Eastlake Leader 1877 - 1916. Signed lower left and inscribed verso - see photo The painting is in good clean original condition . It is an excellent example of the artists work. Measures 24" x 14" and 30" x 19 1/2" in its excellent swept gilt gallery frame.
Born in Pershore, Worcestershire, Leader was the eldest son of Benjamin Williams LEADER RA (1831-1923) of Burrows Hall, Gomshall, Surrey, and his artist wife, Mary Alexandra EASTLAKE. He attended Charterhouse school and was admitted as a pensioner at Trinity, Cambridge on June 30, 1896. He studied art at Bushey and at Newlyn. Iris Green identifies him as a pupil of Stanhope FORBES and as attending the FORBES SCHOOL, but no date is specified.The records show that he sold his first painting, Surrey Pines, at NAG in 1904.He was married to Isabella Anderson of Rosemerrin, Bude, Cornwall, and locally, in Lamorna, Leader lived at Oakhill (1911-13), The Reens (1913-14) and then built the house called Rosemerryn in the style of a Cornish manor in 1914-15.
He loaned his cottage at Oakhill to Laura KNIGHT and Harold KNIGHT temporarily when he and Belle moved on to their new home at Rosemerryn, but sadly he had little time to enjoy his creation. He was a Captain in The Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment and Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment. Leader was killed in action on Oct 12, 1916 on active service in France at the age of thirty-nine.Ella Louise NAPER designed his memorial plaque that hangs today in St Buryan Church (see Branfield, Ill, p46). He is also commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
His wife, Isabella LEADER (Belle), also painted but seldom exhibited. About Us With 18 years experience as a lecturer in Fine Art, 30 years collecting and selling paintings and a period running a gallery in London's Camden Passage we at Artfind have the experience to recognise in paintings the 'interesting', the collectable, the decorative and the possible treasures. Selling on ebay enables paintings to be sold at far less cost than through a gallery or through the main auction houses who on average take up to 50% of the sale price with fees, buyers and sellers premiums and a turnaround from entering to selling of 2 - 6 months. We buy paintings throughout Europe on markets, through auctions and private collections worldwide. Images sell!
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BENJAMIN E LEADER 1877-1916 FIGURES nr SHERE SURREY SIGNED Antique Oil Painting ... Click images to enlarge Description Fine c1900 oil painting on canvas of an extensive landscape with figures near Shere in Surrey by Benjamin Eastlake Leader 1877 - 1916. Signed lower left and inscribed verso - see photo The painting is in good clean original condition . It is an excellent example of the artists work. Measures 24" x 14" and 30" x 19 1/2" in its excellent swept gilt gallery frame.
Born in Pershore, Worcestershire, Leader was the eldest son of Benjamin Williams LEADER RA (1831-1923) of Burrows Hall, Gomshall, Surrey, and his artist wife, Mary Alexandra EASTLAKE. He attended Charterhouse school and was admitted as a pensioner at Trinity, Cambridge on June 30, 1896. He studied art at Bushey and at Newlyn. Iris Green identifies him as a pupil of Stanhope FORBES and as attending the FORBES SCHOOL, but no date is specified.The records show that he sold his first painting, Surrey Pines, at NAG in 1904.He was married to Isabella Anderson of Rosemerrin, Bude, Cornwall, and locally, in Lamorna, Leader lived at Oakhill (1911-13), The Reens (1913-14) and then built the house called Rosemerryn in the style of a Cornish manor in 1914-15.
He loaned his cottage at Oakhill to Laura KNIGHT and Harold KNIGHT temporarily when he and Belle moved on to their new home at Rosemerryn, but sadly he had little time to enjoy his creation. He was a Captain in The Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment and Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment. Leader was killed in action on Oct 12, 1916 on active service in France at the age of thirty-nine.Ella Louise NAPER designed his memorial plaque that hangs today in St Buryan Church (see Branfield, Ill, p46). He is also commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
His wife, Isabella LEADER (Belle), also painted but seldom exhibited. About Us With 18 years experience as a lecturer in Fine Art, 30 years collecting and selling paintings and a period running a gallery in London's Camden Passage we at Artfind have the experience to recognise in paintings the 'interesting', the collectable, the decorative and the possible treasures. Selling on ebay enables paintings to be sold at far less cost than through a gallery or through the main auction houses who on average take up to 50% of the sale price with fees, buyers and sellers premiums and a turnaround from entering to selling of 2 - 6 months. We buy paintings throughout Europe on markets, through auctions and private collections worldwide. Images sell!
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