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Description
This is an absolutely sublime, museum-quality, original, signed, framed, matted, and glassed watercolor or watercolour (as they like to spell it "across the pond") landscape painting of rural England by well-listed English artist Raymond Teague Cowern, R.A., R.W.S., R.E. (1913-1986). [Biographical information follows painting description.] The composition features an idyllic pastoral scene, perhaps in the Cotswolds or Somerset, with a country lane and hedgerows running through pasture land comprised of myriad shades of green. The lavender of thistle and saffron of wildflowers may be seen in the foreground and white swans glide serenely over a clear streamlet on the right, which leads the eye toward a quintessentially Anglican church set amid copses in the background. The church steeple rises into a gentle set of pastels in the late afternoon pale blue sky just touched with the first feint blushes of pink and light purple with the onset of evening. There is simply no way to adequately convey the extremely fine and delicate level of detail which Cowern's master brush strokes have rendered in the play of afternoon light and shade and in this landscape's verdure. The painting is signed in the lower left-center, 'R.T. Cowern - '51 (i.e. 1951).' Cowern included a further handwritten note on the back of the matting (underneath the backing paper), which reads "July 23, 1954 This painting has been exhibited at the Royal Society of Painters in Watercolours in London" with his additional full name signature "Raymond Cowern." (see photo). [The Royal Society of Painters in Watercolours is the former name of what since 1988 has been officially named the Royal Watercolour Society, (R.W.S.) the name by which it had always been generally known -- it is without question the most prestigious institution for English painters in watercolour.] The total dimensions of the piece with its matting and frame measures 17 and 1/4 inches (44 cm) in length by 13 and 3/4 inches (35 cm) in height; the painting itself as visible within its matting measures 10 and 1/2 inches (26.7 cm) in length by 7 inches (17.7 cm) in height. The painting itself as well as the matting are in superb condition, with some very light natural toning having occurred simply from the passage of time; there is some very light wear to frame from age. The painting was obtained from an estate in the elite enclave of Wellesley, Massachusetts and features a label from a framing shop formerly located there on the backing paper. Art is one of the greatest values for your money, very few other things bring you daily enjoyment and actually last a lifetime. Particularly with the recent turmoil and declines in international stock markets, it may be helpful to note that the extensive, well-documented, peer reviewed, published scholarly research of Jianping Mei and Michael Moses, two professors at New York University's prominent Stern School of Business, has demonstrated conclusively that art has frequently outperformed other classes of investments (stocks, bonds, gold) over time. This drawing fairly may be called a "blue chip" of English landscape painting and I am offering it at an incredibly economical price which represents fantastic value -- a completely unique one-of-a-kind original museum-quality painting -- at a price galleries would normally ask for one of Cowern's lithograph prints which were often produced in runs of 50, 100 or more.
Antiques.co.uk Ref: 3KFANDEM
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