This early 20th-century watercolour by British artist William Tatton Winter (1855-1928) depicts a Summertime view with birch trees.
Spindly verticals crowd the left of this composition. The familiar forms of silver birch trees vie for attention. One stands almost bolt upright while another meanders upwards, their lithe branches supporting a canopy of impressionistic dabs.
Beyond, the picturesque ebullience extends across ambling hedgerows rendered in tints. A sprinkling of white flora shimmers like a waterway. The horizon, little more than a mere suggestion.
Tatton Winter’s dreamlike works seem to capture a Utopian vision. A restful, near-ethereal, environment where the emerging realities of the urban sprawl are lost amid the grasses.
Signed in the lower left, framed and glazed.
Medium: Watercolour on paper
Overall size: 25” x 23” / 64cm x 58cm
Year of creation: c. 1910
Labels & Inscriptions: Gallery label on reverse with title and artist’s address. Plus an additional transport label from Parisian storage company Michell & Kimbel.
Provenance: Michell & Kimbel, Paris / Private collection, England.
Condition: Artwork presents well. Frame with some light wear.
Artist’s auction maximum: £2,850
William Tatton Winter RBA was a British artist predominantly known for his misty windswept landscapes in watercolour. He trained at the Manchester Academy of Fine Arts and also under Charles Verlat (1824-1890) in Antwerp. His works are held in numerous public collections including at the V&A and Manchester Art Gallery.
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