George Henry (1858-1943)

Chanctonbury Ring

We absolutely love this superb Scottish Impressionist Royal Academy exhibited landscape oil painting is by noted Scottish Glasgow Boy artist George Henry. He influenced the Glasgow School towards a richer more vibrant use of colour as can be seen in this painting. Painted in 1932, it was exhibited at the Royal Academy, London in 1933, entitled Chanctonbury Ring.  The location is the well known landmark, Chanctonbury Ring, at the top of Chanctonbury Hill in Sussex. The landscape has tremendous depth and scale to it as one's eye is drawn across the fields and vivid blue river in the foreground, to the cows grazing before the colourful tree line and then up to the copper beech trees crowning the hill beneath a blue sky. The depiction of shadow and light on the field and hills is also superb. This is an excellent example of a Scottish Glasgow Boy painting with excellent provenance and has a wonderful tranquillity and spaciousness about it. Signed and  dated 1932.
Provenance Exhibited at the Royal Academy London in 1933 no. 157 and entitled Chanctonbury Ring. Illustrated on page 89 of the Royal Academy Illustrated guide.

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