CHARLES GINNER ARA (1878-1952)
The Sluice Gates at the Old Mill Standon Hertfordshire, 1939
pen and watercolour on paper
image: 29.8 x 42.5 cm
Charles Ginner was born in Cannes in the south of France in 1878 and lived in Paris from the age of twenty-one. He studied at the Academe Vitti in Paris (1904-1908) and at the Ecole des Beaux Arts (1905) where he developed his distinctive style of applying thick paint in small brushstrokes which he continued with throughout his lifetime.
Ginner is best remembered for his cityscapes and landscapes in which he uses small spots of meticulously applied colour to create one overpowering image. Often sketching and painting watercolours outdoors, The Sluice Gates at the Old Mill, Standon, Hertfordshire, demonstrates Ginner's study and deep understanding of the landscape surrounding him.
Provenance
The Piccadilly Gallery, London
Thos. Agnew & Son., London
Browse & Darby, where purchased September 2022