William Lee Hankey, RWS RI, British 1869-1952- Woman with child; pencil a...
William Lee Hankey, RWS RI,
British 1869-1952-
Woman with child;
pencil and watercolour on paper, bears gallery label with the artist's name and title verso, 26.2 x 17.8 cm.
Provenance:
With Abbey Antiques and Arts, St Albans.
Private Collection, UK.
Note:
Hankey was best known for his landscapes, portraits, and sentimental depictions of rural life, particularly scenes of mothers and children. He first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1896 and spent much of the early 20th century in France, maintaining a studio at the Étaples art colony from 1904, where he painted landscapes and studies of rural communities in Brittany and Normandy. He was also associated with the Newlyn School.
The present work is characteristic of Hankey’s oeuvre. A similar example was sold at Dreweatts, Newbury, on 13 March 2024 for £1,200 (lot 33).
William Lee Hankey, RWS RI,
British 1869-1952-
Woman with child;
pencil and watercolour on paper, bears gallery label with the artist's name and title verso, 26.2 x 17.8 cm.
Provenance:
With Abbey Antiques and Arts, St Albans.
Private Collection, UK.
Note:
Hankey was best known for his landscapes, portraits, and sentimental depictions of rural life, particularly scenes of mothers and children. He first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1896 and spent much of the early 20th century in France, maintaining a studio at the Étaples art colony from 1904, where he painted landscapes and studies of rural communities in Brittany and Normandy. He was also associated with the Newlyn School.
The present work is characteristic of Hankey’s oeuvre. A similar example was sold at Dreweatts, Newbury, on 13 March 2024 for £1,200 (lot 33).
