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Cuthbert Edmund Swan (1870-1931)
Estimate:
€300 - €500
Sold
€320
Timed Auction
Spring Online Art Auction
Size
8.75 by 6.75in. (22.2 by 17.1cm)
Description
Title: LEOPARD AND PYTHON
Note: Cuthbert Edmund Swan was born in Ballyragget, Co Kilkenny. He was educated at Seaford College, Sussex before he and his brother Edwin went on to study at the Académie Julien in Paris. On their return to London they settled in Camden Town. Cuthbert Edmund Swan was a teacher of drawing at the Central School of Arts and Crafts. Cuthbert was the son of John Macallan Swan, who had himself built up a career as a painter of animals, mainly big cats. Cuthbert followed in his father’s footsteps and he, too, was preoccupied with the study and depiction of zoo animals, notably the lions, jaguars, pumas and other big cats, which he regularly exhibited at the RA and other venues.He spent some time in India and was particularly fond of painting big cats, especially leopards. He taught animal drawing at the Central School of Arts and Crafts and exhibited at the Royal Academy, Royal Society of Oil Painters, Paris Salon and elsewhere. Works by him are in the collections of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Llandudno Museum and elsewhere.He exhibited 66 times in England at the Royal Academy (from 1893) and the Royal Institute of Oil Painters plus others at the Paris Salon.
Frame dimensions: 12 by 10in. (30.5 by 25.4cm)
Note: Cuthbert Edmund Swan was born in Ballyragget, Co Kilkenny. He was educated at Seaford College, Sussex before he and his brother Edwin went on to study at the Académie Julien in Paris. On their return to London they settled in Camden Town. Cuthbert Edmund Swan was a teacher of drawing at the Central School of Arts and Crafts. Cuthbert was the son of John Macallan Swan, who had himself built up a career as a painter of animals, mainly big cats. Cuthbert followed in his father’s footsteps and he, too, was preoccupied with the study and depiction of zoo animals, notably the lions, jaguars, pumas and other big cats, which he regularly exhibited at the RA and other venues.He spent some time in India and was particularly fond of painting big cats, especially leopards. He taught animal drawing at the Central School of Arts and Crafts and exhibited at the Royal Academy, Royal Society of Oil Painters, Paris Salon and elsewhere. Works by him are in the collections of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Llandudno Museum and elsewhere.He exhibited 66 times in England at the Royal Academy (from 1893) and the Royal Institute of Oil Painters plus others at the Paris Salon.
Frame dimensions: 12 by 10in. (30.5 by 25.4cm)
Condition
Slight cracking visible on close inspection. Areas are stable. Otherwise very good condition.
Medium
oil on board
Signature
signed lower left
