Regent’s Park: The Endeavour & the Enterprise

Location

Country: Canada
City: Ottawa
Place: British High Commission (Temporary)

Laura Sylvia Gosse was one of the first women members of the London Group of artists. The daughter of Sir Edmund Gosse, the essayist and critic, she was brought up among a formidable group of her father’s friends, including novelists Thomas Hardy and Henry James. Gosse studied art at St John’s Wood School of Art, the Royal Academy Schools and under Walter Sickert. Sickert was the primary influence on her paintings - mainly portraits, cityscapes and interiors - and she maintained a life-long friendship with him. Following Sickert’s death in 1942 her own work continued to grow in strength and assurance until she was forced to stop painting due to failing eyesight in 1961.

Places

England, London, Regent's Park

Subjects

the 'Enterprise', the 'Endeavour', boating, topography, genre, London Group, tree, swan, lake, man, park, sailboat, oar

Materials & Techniques

canvas, oil, oil painting

Artist

Laura Sylvia Gosse (1881 - 1968)

Title

Regent’s Park: The Endeavour & the Enterprise

Date

c.1925

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 51.00 cm, width: 76.50 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Robert Wellington, May 1974

Inscription

BR: Gosse VERSO ON CANVAS: Endeavour and Enterprise ON STRETCHER: The Jolly Roger in Home Waters

GAC number

11103