Alfred Fontville de Breanski Oil on Canvas

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We are delighted to offer for sale this beautiful oil on canvas by the artist ALFRED FONTVILLE DE BREANSKI, who has signed the painting in the lower right hand corner A. Fontville, and inscribed it verso 'In Burnham Wood' and A. Fontville. This was the name that he used for his early works, later using A F De Breanski, A. De Breanski Jr. and A. Fontville de Breanski. The painting depicts an autumnal lake scene, with a pair of swans on a lake, with a pair of moorhens in the distance. The bracken on the banks has turned golden and the silver birch trees are losing their leaves.

ALFRED FONTVILLE DE BREANSKI 1877-1957, was the eldest son of the highly regarded Victorian painter Alfred de Breanski 1852-1928. He was one of seven children and his mother was the Welsh painter Annie Roberts. His Uncle Gustave de Breanski was a noted marine painter and his Aunt Julie was a trained artist. Altogether a family of great artistic talent. His brother Arthur was also a painter, but moved to the United States, changed his name to Arthur Wynne and, after appearing in a Broadway play, became a picture dealer.

He was trained by his father, studied at St. Martin's School of Art in London and in Paris under James McNeill Whistler. In his early years his paintings were very similar to those of his father - Welsh and Highland scenes but in a broader style and there is often confusion between the two. However, from about 1905 he painted a series of garden paintings in impressionist style, which are highly regarded, some of which were shown at the Royal Academy. In 1915, he was approached by London Transport and he produced two art nouveau posters of Twickenham and Kew Gardens, to promote Tram transport.

He lived in London, but in later life moved to Tunbridge Wells, Kent, where he died in a nursing home at the age of 80 in 1957.

Auction prices achieved for works by this artist may be viewed at artprice.com (777 listings), artnet.com (675) and findartinfo.com (286).

The painting is framed in a 2 7/8" ornate, swept, gilt frame and is ready to hang.

Medium Oils on canvas

PriceSOLD DimensionsImage size 15 1/2" x 11 1/2" 39.55cm x 29.2cm Frame size 21 1/4 x 17 3/8" 54cm x 44.2cm Date Crica 1900 Early Victorian Antiques Material Oil Painting on Canvas Origin English Artist Alfred Fontville de Breanski Condition Excellent. There is one tiny repair to the canvas, as shown, which is not visible to the front. Otherwise the canvas is clean and taut and there is minimal craquelure and no paint loss. The frame is in good condition with no losses. Item code as237a126 Status Sold

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