Modern British & 20th Century Art - 11th December 2019
Lot 101
Francis Henry Newbery (1855-1946) The regatta at Walberswick Signed Oil on board 42.5 x 69.5cm...
Estimate £10,000 - £15,000 | Hammer £24000
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Description
Francis Henry Newbery (1855-1946)
The regatta at Walberswick
Signed
Oil on board
42.5 x 69.5cm
Provenance:
T. & R. Annan & Sons, Glasgow;
from whom purchased by Sir Arthur Stewart Lusk Young Bt;
and by descent to the present Private Collector
Francis Henry Newbery was the highly influential director and headmaster of the Glasgow School of Art. Under his leadership the school became associated with the Glasgow School and artists including Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Newbery would spend his summers at Walberswick on the Suffolk coast, often with fellow artists such as Mackintosh.