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The Sunny South

Walter Langley

Art Funded
1997
Dimensions
122 x 61 cm
Vendor
Peter Nahum
The Sunny South marks a significant point in Langley's development, and was painted at a time when, having built his reputation with major watercolours, he was seeking to emulate this success in oils.

Langley was confronted at Newlyn by an influx of new artists, who painted almost exclusively in oils in the French plein-air manner inspired by Jules Bastien-Lepage. This represented a fresh challenge to Langley and this work was his response. The subject is the view, with photographic clarity, from the artist's home, Pembroke Lodge, looking down towards Newlyn.

Provenance

Sold by artist 1886. Purchase by Peter Nahum, Sotheby 1994. Sold to present owner 1994. Now selling via Peter Nahum prior to going to live abroad.

Oil on canvas

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Art we’ve helped buy at Penlee House Gallery and Museum

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The Judgment Of Paris
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Young Apprentice (Newlyn Copperworks)
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The Sunny South
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The Pied Piper of Hamelin
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The Milk Cart
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Study for 'A Fish Sale on a Cornish Beach'
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Ruby
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Portrait of Bernard Walke
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On Paul Hill
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Men Working in the Violet Field at Trembath
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Lantern Light
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In the Whiting Ground
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In The Fields
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Her Comfort
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Höns bland höstackar (Chickens among haystacks)
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Girl in Blue
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Gibson & Sons Photographic Archive
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Eyes and No Eyes
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Dinner Time
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Among the Missing - Scene in a Cornish fishing village
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Marianne Stokes' Lantern Light shows a young boy who used to help out at the St Ives Art Club (where Marianne was a member) by polishing the glasses. It expertly captures the light from the glowing lantern glinting on the glassware.

Frank Bramley's Eyes and No Eyes shows two young girls joking with an old fisherman, as he struggles to thread a hook. Broad strokes of bright paint capture the luminosity of the Cornish seascape behind the figures.

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