🔥 Fine Antique Old Welsh Impressionist Seascape Oil Painting, William Currie

Description: This is a masterful and Fine Antique Old Welsh Impressionist Seascape Oil Painting on canvas, laid on wood board, by mid 19th century Scottish painter, William Currie (fl. 1846 - 1868.) This artwork depicts a wonderful and remarkably detailed seascape scene, with delicately painted ocean waves, golden sands, and several outcroppings of small green hills along the shore. This artwork is titled and signed by the artist twice on the verso. The first example is carved into the top of the frame, which reads: "Whitesand Bay Pembs...Currie." The second example is written in faint graphite on the verso, which reads: "Whitesand Bay (Pembs)...CURRIE." This small gem is approximately 9 3/8 x 16 1/4 inches (including frame.) Actual artwork is approximately 6 x 13 inches. Good condition for well over a century of age, with moderate scuffing and edge wear to the original period Victorian frame. Additionally, there are a few small scuffs to the painted surface, and one very fine hairline crack that runs halfway from the edge to the center of the wooden support board (please see photos.) Acquired from an old collection in Los Angeles, California. Currie's artworks seldomly come on the market, and this is one of his finest known seascapes to ever surface. If you like what you see, I encourage you to make an Offer. Please check out my other listings for more wonderful and unique artworks! About the Artist: William Currie William Currie (fl. 1846-1868) was active/lived in United Kingdom. William Currie is known for Painting. About Whitesands Bay, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom: Whitesands Bay (Welsh: Porth Mawr) is a Blue Flag beach situated on the St David's peninsula in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, Wales. Whitesand Bay, on some maps, located 2 miles (3.2 km) west of St. Davids and 1 mile (1.6 km) south of St Davids Head, has been described as the best surfing beach in Pembrokeshire. The area northeast of the wide, sandy bay is dominated by Carn Llidi, a rocky outcrop, 594 feet (181 m) at its highest point. The Pembrokeshire Coast Path provides access on foot in the north to the secluded bays of Porthlleuog and Porthmelgan. To the south, the coastal path leads to Porthselau and St. Justinian's, with views of Ramsey Island. A number of megalithic burial chambers, stone hut circles and Iron Age field systems, and enclosures are in the vicinity of Carn Llidi and St Davids Head. There is a tradition that St. Patrick set sail from this beach in 432 AD to convert Ireland to Christianity. The site of a Celtic chapel, dedicated to St Patrick, is located under a mound by the car park just to the east of the bay, at what is thought to have been the disembarkation point for pilgrims to St Davids Cathedral. St David may have been educated at Ty Gwyn, the white farmhouse that overlooks the beach, by St Paulinus, and St Non, David's mother, may have lived here when it was a monastery. The burial ground was in use from the 8th to 11th centuries and remains have been removed by Dyfed Archaeological Trust to the National Museum of Wales to preserve them from coastal erosion.At very low tide and after heavy storms the remains of an ancient, submerged forest can be seen on the beach, consisting of stumps of birch, fir, hazel and oak trees. The remains of animals have also been found in these deposits, including parts of an aurochs, a red deer antler and a brown bear jaw.

Price: 975 USD

Location: Orange, California

End Time: 2024-09-09T21:58:56.000Z

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