Thames from Rotherhithe by Edward Le Bas
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C:24 F:32 7/8 Inches - Height:
C:18 F:27 Inches - Period:
20th Century - Origin:
England/Ireland - Subject:
Seascape - Artist:
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Edward Le Bas
1904-1966 · British
Thames from Rotherhithe
Oil on canvas
Signed "E le Bas" (lower right)
An outstandingly brilliant color palette distinguishes this Post-Impressionist seascape by English artist Edward Le Bas. Entitled Thames from Rotherhithe, Le Bas presents a vibrant view of this busy port at the southern bank of the Thames, utilizing bold hues and shapes to create a most dynamic composition.
Le Bas was born in London into a wealthy family of Channel Islands descent. He developed an interest in art as a child, and he decided to spend two months in Paris studying under painter and illustrator Hermann Paul, a disciple of Cézanne. Upon his return from France in 1924, he took a degree in architecture at Cambridge University before devoting himself to painting and enrolling at the Royal College of Art.
He held his first one-man show in 1936 at the Lefevre Gallery and was elected a member of the London Group in 1942. The following year, he was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy, becoming a full member in 1954. The artist lived in London and exhibited between 1928 and 1940 at the Royal Academy, the Royal Society of Portrait Painters, the New English Art Club, and other major galleries throughout Britain.
Canvas: 18" high x 24" wide
Frame: 27" high x 32 7/8" wide
Select Artist's Museums:
Royal Academy of Arts Collection, London
Tate Gallery, London
Brighton & Hove Museums, East Sussex
Charleston (the Bloomsbury Group), East Sussex
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, New Zealand
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia
1904-1966 · British
Thames from Rotherhithe
Oil on canvas
Signed "E le Bas" (lower right)
An outstandingly brilliant color palette distinguishes this Post-Impressionist seascape by English artist Edward Le Bas. Entitled Thames from Rotherhithe, Le Bas presents a vibrant view of this busy port at the southern bank of the Thames, utilizing bold hues and shapes to create a most dynamic composition.
Le Bas was born in London into a wealthy family of Channel Islands descent. He developed an interest in art as a child, and he decided to spend two months in Paris studying under painter and illustrator Hermann Paul, a disciple of Cézanne. Upon his return from France in 1924, he took a degree in architecture at Cambridge University before devoting himself to painting and enrolling at the Royal College of Art.
He held his first one-man show in 1936 at the Lefevre Gallery and was elected a member of the London Group in 1942. The following year, he was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy, becoming a full member in 1954. The artist lived in London and exhibited between 1928 and 1940 at the Royal Academy, the Royal Society of Portrait Painters, the New English Art Club, and other major galleries throughout Britain.
Canvas: 18" high x 24" wide
Frame: 27" high x 32 7/8" wide
Select Artist's Museums:
Royal Academy of Arts Collection, London
Tate Gallery, London
Brighton & Hove Museums, East Sussex
Charleston (the Bloomsbury Group), East Sussex
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, New Zealand
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia
