Lot 71
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Sir Alfred James Munnings, P.R.A., R.W.S. (1878-1959)
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Sir Alfred James Munnings, P.R.A., R.W.S. (1878-1959)

On the riverbank

Details
Sir Alfred James Munnings, P.R.A., R.W.S. (1878-1959)
On the riverbank
signed 'A.J. MUNNINGS' (lower right)
oil on panel
12¾ x 16 in. (32.4 x 40.7 cm.)
Provenance
Given by the artist to the present owner's family.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

In commenting on the artist painting en plein air, Lindsay wrote: 'Though many painters of landscape possess good memories and paint from studies and notes, Munnings found long ago that works done completely on the spot were to him not only truer and more satisfactory in quality of paint, but contained that harmonious relativity of 'things' seen, which can best be established when one is face to face with Nature'. (L. Lindsay, A.J. Munnings, R.A. Pictures of Horses and English Life, London, 1939, p. 15).

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