Alfred H Vickers, River Landscape With Coastal Buildings

Alfred H Vickers, River Landscape With Coastal BuildingsA charming 19th century river landscape by British artist, Alfred H Vickers (fl. 1853 1907). The eye is immediately drawn to the tall building situated to our right, which is painted with a deft touch and plenty of detail. It evokes the sights and sounds of local workers hoisting goods from the river and perhaps theres a winch on the other side. Alfred H Vickers was probably related to Alfred Gomersal Vickers (1810 1837) and Alfred Vickers Senior

His breeding and his strength

It feels like he could be a professor or perhaps an art teacher

he was represented at the Munich Art Exhibition and the Great Berlin Art Exhibition

During the 1880s

The buildings feel lost in time and we love the way the artist has given the walls texture by roughing them up a little

Oil on paper laid on canvas

1860Provenance: FranceCondition: Craquelure throughout but the paint layer seems stable under varnish

which is crisscrossed at the front with ribbon

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He’s rendered it so well - paying particular attention to the surface of the water

A wonderfully knackered early 20th-century post-impressionistic oil on canvas by Belgian artist

Scuffing around the periphery due to its previous frame