Monday, June 28, 2010

Benjamin Williams Leader - Sunset



sunset
signed and dated l.l.: B W Leader 1861
oil on canvas
58.5 by 84.5 cm., 23 by 33 1/4 in.

Exhibited:
Birmingham, Society of Arts, 1861 (£25).

We are grateful to Ruth Wood for her kind assistance in cataloging this lot which is to be included in her forthcoming catalogue raisonne of the artist.

2 comments:

Wayward Disciple said...

This is a beauty, and one I've never seen reproduced. Thank you!

Hermes said...

Its only recently I realised how much his early pics were so influenced by PRB (or at least Ruskin) principles. Grimshaw was the same.