Evening Landscape

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Hospitality, Lancaster House

George Smith of Chichester, a prolific painter of landscapes, was born in Chichester to a man who combined the trades of baker and cooper with the calling of a Baptist minister. His brothers, William and John, were also landscape painters; George often collaborated on works with his brother John. George Smith exhibited at the Society of Arts in London during the 1760s and early 1770s (he won prizes there in 1760, 1761 and 1763) and at the Royal Academy. His paintings were popular and many of them found a wider audience through the medium of engraving. Before he specialised in landscape painting, Smith painted still lifes; and in addition to practising as an artist, he was also a poet and a musician.

Places

Subjects

herdsman, landscape C18th, genre, tree, evening, cow, sheep, river, hill, man, ruin

Materials & Techniques

canvas, oil, oil painting

Artist

George, (of Chichester) Smith (1713/14 - 1776)

Title

Evening Landscape

Date

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 71.50 cm, width: 97.00 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Agnew's, July 1968

Inscription

none

Provenance

With Agnew’s Gallery, London; from whom purchased in July 1968

GAC number

8166