The Regent’s Canal, Twilight

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

Born in London, Algernon Newton was the grandson of the founder of the artists’ materials firm, Winsor and Newton. He trained at the Slade School of Art and the London School of Art and first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1903 of which he later became a member in 1943. After the First World War, many British artists chose to rediscover aspects of nature. Some, like Paul Nash, left London in search of inspiring landscapes. Newton was drawn to the poetic subject matter of London itself, painting striking atmospheric glimpses of the city. Newton’s works are held in numerous public collections in the UK, Australia, South Africa and the USA. A retrospective exhibition of his work was held at the Royal Academy in 1980.

Places

England, London, Regent's Canal, Camden (borough), Camden Town

Subjects

topography, townscape/cityscape, tree, dusk/twilight, towpath, path, canal, bridge (urban), house, chimney

Materials & Techniques

canvas, oil, oil painting

Artist

Algernon Newton (1880 - 1968)

Title

The Regent’s Canal, Twilight

Date

1925

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 76.50 cm, width: 69.00 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from the Fine Art Society, February 1982

Inscription

bl: AN (Monogram) 25

Provenance

Collection of ‘John Lewis’; from whom purchased by the Fine Art Society, London, in February 1982, as ‘Regent's Canal, Moonlight’; from whom purchased by the Government Art Collection in February 1982

GAC number

16050