An oil painting with a strangely magical atmosphere. On the back of the painting is a note saying " Long lane in Winter( East Anglia- Caistor) 1910 " . It depicts a lone figure walking on an empty road through a thick wood, with areas of thicker impasto and colours layered to create a rather impressionistic painting. Presented in a simple painted wooden frame. Signed Edward Elliot in the Left hand corner. Oil on board. Its been hard to find information on this British Artist. The painting has no date but the note on the back says 1910 making this an incredibly modern turn of the century painting. He was certainly British as most of his paintings depict British landscapes. This painting has a peace and solitude about it and would work well in a mid century/ modernist setting. Viewings are welcome by appointment at our North London showroom ( N10)
about the artist :
Edward Caselton Elliot born at Ranworth, Norfolk in 1850, only son of Edward Rising Elliot (1812-26 November 1885), a farmer at Ranworth, and his wife Emily née Caselton, who died at Edward’s birth in 1850. Young Edward was taught drawing by Norfolk artist John Berney Ladbrooke (1803-1879) and later studied at the Royal Academy Schools, a fellow student was Frederick George Cotman and they became friends, making painting tours of Norfolk and Suffolk. In 1871, Edward and his sister Sarah (1842-1915), were lodging at 13 Napier Road, Kensington, London, the home of 27-year-old Edith Osborne, an artist in oil, who may have taught Edward the skills of painting in oils. In 1881, Edward was a 30-year-old landscape artist and, together with his sister Sarah, were lodging at Abinger Hammer, Dorking, Surrey, the home of Henry Bowles and his family but on the death of Edward's father in 1885, he returned to Norfolk to take over the 262-acre family farm at Hethersett. A landscape, coastal and figure painter, being elected a member of the Royal Society of British Artists in 1884. In 1891, Edward and sister Sarah, were living at White House, Turnpike, Hethersett, Norfolk ‘artist in oils’ but by 1896 he had given up the farm and was an artist living at 26 Marine Parade, with a studio at 9 Commercial Road, Lowestoft. By 1900, an ‘artist & sculptor’ living at 12 North Parade, Lowestoft with his 58-year-old sister Sarah Elliott, his studio was still in Commercial Road. A member of the Woodpecker Sketch Club, later named the Norfolk & Norwich Art Circle, 1885-1910 from Hethersett and Acle, also a member and exhibitor at the Ipswich Fine Art Club 1897-1901. He also exhibited at the Royal Academy 1880-1905 and at Royal Birmingham Society of Artists; Bruton Gallery; Dudley Gallery; Grosvenor Gallery; Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts; Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool; Manchester City Art Gallery; Royal Society of British Artists and Royal Institute of Oil Painters. In 1911, Edward and Sarah, were living 'on own means', at The Firs, Acle, Norfolk where Sarah died on 15 May 1915, aged 75 and where Edward died on 14 January 1916, aged 65.