27th Apr, 2022 13:00

A Small & Impressive Collection: Fine Scottish Pictures

 
  Lot 202
 

CARRADALE PIER, AN OIL BY WILLIAM PRATT

WILLIAM PRATT (SCOTTISH 1855 -1936),
CARRADALE PIER
oil on canvas, signed, titled label verso
image size 50cm x 75cm, overall size 78cm x 104cm
Framed and under glass.
Handwritten label verso.
Label verso: Daniel Miller, Glasgow.
Note: William Pratt was born in Glasgow in 1854 and studied at the Glasgow School of Art. A painter of country subjects, landscapes, marines, portraits and genre scenes, he furthered his studies at the Academie Julian in Paris. William Pratt was influenced by the Scottish painter Sir David Wilkie RA and the Irish artist William Mulready RA. William Pratt enjoyed considerable success during his career, exhibiting at the Royal Academy in London and in Paris at the Salon, where he won an 'honourable mention' in 1902. He exhibited seventy paintings at The Royal Scottish Academy between 1877 and 1929. His work is represented in the Gallery of Modern Art in Venice, and his paintings can be found in the Dumbarton, Crail, Glasgow and Paisley Museums in his native Scotland, as well as the National Museum in Northern Ireland. Auction appearances of Pratt's larger paintings are becoming rarer but in 2005 "Burning the Shaws" was sold by Sotheby's for £21,600 (premium) and in 2019 Lyon & Turnbull achieved £4000 for "Study of a Head" (a 36cm x 25.5cm oil). Most recently (May 2021), Woolley & Wallis (Salisbury, Wiltshire) sold "Girl Driving Cattle" (a 57.3 x 76.4cm oil) for £3800 (hammer).

 

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Sold for £3,800
Estimated at £2,000 - £4,000


 
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