Albert Goodwin - Sunrise from Baveno, Lago Maggiore

Watercolour dated 1911
10 x 15"

Goodwin trained under Ford Madox Brown.

Albert Goodwin - Hastings

signed and dated 'Albert Goodwin, 1907' (lower right) and inscribed with title (lower left)
watercolour
50 x 64cm (19 11/16 x 25 3/16in).


Sold for £26,400 inclusive of Buyer's Premium

Footnote:
PROVENANCE:
with The Fine Art Society, London
Bolton Museum and Art Gallery

The historic town of Hastings was painted by many Victorian artists. Goodwin chose to paint the scene at sunset very much in the style of Turner, the artist he admired most. Goodwin worked both in oil and watercolour, but it was his watercolour technique which was particularly highly regarded for its poetic style and experimentation. In this work, both watercolour and gouache are used in a variety of techniques that include blotting, sponging and scraping.

In later life, Goodwin developed the use of pen-line on top of watercolour as well as more extensive stippling. He modeled landscapes with sponges of colours and lower tones, creating large expanses of abstract colours adding later detail to delineate the scenery. Goodwin focused on light and atmosphere in his works, as can be seen in this painting. His use of grey emphasizes the reds, oranges and yellows, creating a stunning sunset. Martin Hardie wrote of Goodwin that "he can be counted as one of those who have successfully dealt with twilight and sunset."

Goodwin first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1860 at the age of 15 and he became a highly regarded member of the Royal Watercolour Society. He is best known for his landscapes but he also painted biblical, allegorical and imaginative subjects. He studied under Arthur Hughes and Ford Madox Brown who were leading members of the Pre-Raphaelite brotherhood and inspired much of his early work, although their influence waned after the 1880s. John Ruskin was also a mentor and friend and the two travelled together extensively throughout Europe which, along with Goodwin's other prolific travels, inspired many of his works. He considered painting a religious act, stating "for is he not one who is helping to open the eyes of the blind that they see the hand of our Heavenly Father in the things that he has made for our delight?"

A contemporary reviewer once wrote that "he stands quite alone in his power of imparting a touch of fairy influence to his landscapes" and another wrote "he is almost the only one whom landscape receives any touch of ideal quality.

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Albert Goodwin - Winchester (1864)

http://www.leicestergalleries.com/19th-20th-century-paintings/d/winchester/11477

Albert Goodwin - Clovelly

[Clovelly]

Pencil, pen and ink, and Watercolour heightened with bodycolour

9 x 11 7/8"

[Sunrising at Clovelly] 1924

Pen and black ink, black chalk and Watercolour

15 1/4 x 22 3/8"

Albert Goodwin - The 'Betsy Jane', of Whitby, going to Sea

signed 'Albert Goodwin 1908'
24 x 26"

exhibited RA 1908

Albert Goodwin - The Ponte Vecchio, Florence

signed 'Albert Goodwin./80'
Watercolout and pen and black ink and pencil
11 1/4 x 17.5"

Albert Goodwin - Rye from Camber Castle, Sussex

signed 'Albert Goodwin/1918' l.r.
watercolour heightened with bodycolour
11 1/4 x 18"

Albert Goodwin - Rejoicings at Arundel, Sussex

signed 'Albert Goodwin/1921' l.r.
bodycolour with pencil on brown paper
13 3/4 x 20"
exhibited Birmingham 1926

Albert Goodwin - Introduction

[The Lady of Shalott]

Pencil and Watercolour with scratching out

13 3/4 x 19 3/4"

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1845 - 1932.

Painter in oils and watercolour of landscapes, biblical, allegorical and imaginative subjects. Ardent follower of Turner. First exhibited at the RA in 1860 (aged 15), In the early 1860's was a student of Arthur Hughes and Ford Madox Brown and became friends with Ruskin who took him to Italy in 1872 with Arthur Severn who employed him to copy objects. He travelled widely in Europe, India, Egypt and the South Sea Islands. Was very interested in light and atmosphere in his paintings and experimented with methods of sponging and stippling and was one of the first to use a pen-line in combination with a watercolour wash. Later in his life he worked almost exclusively in watercolour.

http://www.chrisbeetles.com/pictures/artists/Goodwin_Albert/Goodwin_Albert.htm

[The afterglow - San Giorgio Maggiore and the Dogana, Venice] 1906
oil on board



[A view of Benares from the Ganga River with the Great Mosque of Auranzeb, the Vishwanath Temple and Manikarnika Ghat behind] 1899
oil on canvas



[A baptism of flowers] 1877
oil on canvas

http://www.victorianweb.org/painting/goodwin/index.html

Albert Goodwin - "Youth is full of sport"

"Youth is full of sport
Age's breath is short" '77

oil on canvas

Exhibited RA 1877

Price Realized £11,250 (2009)

London, Royal Academy, 1877

The Art Journal (op. cit.) described the present work as a 'closely studied bit of nature', showing 'a merry group of children playing in a field of wild flowers, while, by way of contrast, a poor old woman in the foreground drags wearily behind her for firewood a great withered tree-branch'.

F.G. Stephens in the Athenaeum (op. cit.) was also complimentary declaring himself 'charmed' by such a 'capital and tasteful work'.


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Albert Goodwin - Oxford: Oriel College and St. Mary's Church

signed Albert Goodwin/93 l.r.
Watercolour, pencil, pen and black ink heightened with bodycolour on grey paper
10 x 14.5"

Albert Goodwin - The Monastery of St Francis, Assisi : Asleep in the Moonlight

signed Albert Goodwin l.r.
oil on canvas
38 1/4 x 56 1/4"

exhibited RA 1887

Albert Goodwin - Dorchester, Oxfordshire

signed l.r. with monogram and dated 9.
Watercolour heightened with bodycolour, scratching out and en and ink on grey paper
7 x 9.5"

sold for £2640 in 1990

Albert Goodwin - Morte Point, North Devon

signed Albert Goodwin l.r.
Watercolour and bodycolour over pencil
11.5 x 19 1/4"

sold for £3190 in 1990

Albert Goodwin - The Rain from Heaven All Souls Oxford

Watercolour with bodycolour

http://www.chrisbeetles.com/gallery/picture.php?pic=60373

Albert Goodwin - Winter Sunset, Hastings

Watercolour with pen and ink

http://www.chrisbeetles.com/gallery/picture.php?pic=54288

Albert Goodwin - Blakeney, Norfolk

1919

oil on canvas

http://www.chrisbeetles.com/gallery/picture.php?pic=57822

Albert Goodwin - Lincoln

Watercolour with pen and ink

http://www.chrisbeetles.com/gallery/picture.php?pic=58427

Albert Goodwin - Winchester

Pencil and watercolour heightened with white on paper
Signed with monogram and dated '64 bottom left
George Price Boyce, who bought it of the artist through the intermediary of Ford Madox Brown (from an inscription in Boyce's hand on the reverse).

http://www.leicestergalleries.com/art-and-antiques/detail/11477

Albert Goodwin - Ilfracombe

1925

Watercolour and bodycolour with pen and ink

http://www.chrisbeetles.com/gallery/picture.php?pic=60347