Description
This early work dates from the period that Wyld was living in Epernay, France. In 1826 he was asked by a London-based wine importer to set up a branch in France and he remained there for six years making regular trips to Paris and the French coast. In 1833, Wyld's younger brother took over his job in Epernay and he set off on a sketching tour to Algiers where he remained for six months.
A watercolour of the same size and similar composition. `View of Algiers' is in the Musee Boucher de Parthes, Abbeville (see Marcia Pointon, Bonington, Francia & Wyld, 1985, p.73, ill. as fig. 35). This work shows the early influence of Bonington on Wyld’s work. He knew Bonington’s father while working in Calais in the 1820s and took lessons in watercolours from Francia, another important influence.
Inscription
Signed on barrel lower right: W Wyld 1832
Descriptive Medium
Watercolour over traces of pencil heightened with bodycolour, gum arabic, scratching out and stopping out
Image Licence
All Rights Reserved
Image Credit
image © Guy Peppiatt Fine Art
Location
Northern France, France
Country
France
Tags
Category
Landscapes & Seascapes
TWW Comment
Painting also called "Seaweed collectors on the beach at lowtide, Northern France" See: https://www.lskauctioncentre.co.uk/auction/lot/lot-1427---william-wyld-ri-1806-1889---seaweed/?lot=389835&so=0&st=&sto=0&au=625&ef=&et=&ic=False&sd=1&pp=24&pn=18&g=1
