A Misty Morning
James Aumonier (Camberwell 1832 - London 1911)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1852 - 1911
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
318 x 445 mm (12 1/2 x 17 1/2 in)
Order this imageCollection
Standen House and Garden, West Sussex
NT 1214801
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, A Misty Morning by James Aumonier (Camberwell 1832 – London 1911). signed, bottom left, in red: J. Aumonier. Countryside scene. A work of the same title was exhibited at the Royal Watercolour Society, 1907 and a reviewer in The Athenaeum reported: "Mr Aumonier's 'Evening on the Downs', 'On Amersham Common' and 'A Misty Morning' are three of the best pictures here, though the last sketch wants a little more nobility in the design of thr trees."
Provenance
Probably the 'A Misty Morning' exhibited at the Royal Watercolour Society, 1907 whence possibly acquired; purchased from Mr Arthur Grogan, 1987
Credit line
Standen, The Grogan Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
James Aumonier (Camberwell 1832 - London 1911), artist
References
The Athenaeum, The Landscape Exhibition at the R. W. S. Galleries No. 4134, Jan 19 1907, p. 81