Charles Calvert (1785-1852)
| Artist Name | Charles Calvert (1785-1852) |
|---|---|
| Title | Patterdale and Ullswater |
| Description | A delightful oil on canvas by founder member of the Manchester City Art Gallery Charles Calvert who was a noted landscape painter of the early 19th century. This is a stunning view of the Lake District looking into Patterdale from the head of Ullswater. The scene depicts a view which is populated with deer and a man and dog with the lake and the mountains in the distance. Painted circa 1830 and in fine condition it its original frame. One of the best 19th century Old Master British Lakeland views. Titled and inscribed verso. |
| Provenance | Midlands collection. W Cribb frame maker and gilder. |
| Medium | Oil on Canvas |
| Size | 28.7 x 21.7 inches |
| Frame | Housed in a fine period gallery frame. 37 inch by 30 inch. |
| Biography | Charles Calvert (1785–1852) was an English landscape-painter Calvert was born at Glossop Hall in Derbyshire, on 23 September 1785, the eldest son of another Charles Calvert, agent of the Duke of Norfolk's estate and an amateur painter. He was apprenticed to the cotton trade, and began business as a cotton merchant in Manchester, but abandoned commerce for art and became a landscape painter. He was one of those instrumental in the foundation of the Manchester Royal Institution (now the Manchester City Art Gallery), and he was awarded the Heywood gold medal for a landscape in oil, and the Heywood silver medal for a landscape in watercolour. Much of his time was necessarily devoted to teaching, but all the moments that could be spared from it were passed in the Lake District. Even in his later years, when confined to his bed by failing health, he occupied himself in recording his reminiscences of natural beauty. He died at Bowness-on-Windermere, Westmoreland, on 26 February 1852, and was buried there. |
| Price | SOLD |
