Online Auction 19991European Art Part II
JAMES HAYLLAR (BRITISH, 1829-1920)
Lot 63Property from a Mid-Atlantic Collection

JAMES HAYLLAR (BRITISH, 1829-1920)

The Center of Attraction

Closed15 October 2021

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JAMES HAYLLAR (BRITISH, 1829-1920)
The Center of Attraction
signed 'J. Hayllar.' (lower left)
oil on canvas
20 x 30 in. (50.8 x 76.2 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Lawrences Auctioneers, Crewkerne, 2 November 1979, lot 63.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 5 June 1981, lot 77.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 25 March 1988, lot 70.
with Kurt E. Schon, Ltd., New Orleans.
Private collection, Texas, by 1992.
with Kurt E. Schon, Ltd., New Orleans.
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner, 1994.

Specialist note

In the late 1850's, James Hayllar became popular for his paintings of families and children. Each of his nine children received their artistic training from their father and four of his daughters would enjoy notable careers as artists. The present work, Hayllar's 1891 entry to the Royal Academy exhibition, possibly depicts his daughter Mary with one of the artist's grandchildren on her lap.

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