James Hamilton Hay (1874-1916)
| Artist Name | James Hamilton Hay (1874-1916) |
|---|---|
| Title | Still Life on a Table |
| Description | This charming Post Impressionist British oil painting circa 1900 is by Liverpool artist James Hamilton Hay. The painting is a still life arrangement on a table with influences of Japanese prints and Post Impressionism and the French School. It is an impressive, vibrant painting and Hay has really captured the gleam of light on the composition with fine impasto and light. Very Cezanne/Gaugain, I am just amazed by this painting. Signed upper right. |
| Provenance | Collection of the late Peter Thomas Esq. |
| Medium | Oil on Canvas |
| Size | 24 x 20 inches |
| Frame | Housed in a fine frame, 26 inches by 30 inches. |
| Condition | Good condition. |
| Biography | James Hamilton Hay was born in Liverpool. The son of an architect, he worked in his father’s office for three years, before attending Liverpool School of Art. Hereche studied under Augustus John and David Muirhead. Later in the 1890’s Hay studied painting under Talmage and Julius Olsson at St.Ives. A natural master of composition and perspective, James Hamilton Hay had a passion for Japanese colour prints and this influence is reflected in the decorative nature of many of his works. Aside from three experimental etched plates made between 1898 and 1900, James Hamilton Hay did not make any original prints until 1913. Inspired by the example of Francis Dodd (to whom he sat for a drypoint portrait in 1912), he took up drypoint engraving. James Hamilton Hay's style was much influenced by his friend and housemate, Henry Rushbury, and by Dodd’s own. Sadly, his delicate constitution gave way to serious illness and he died after a series of operations in 1916. |
| Price | SOLD |
