Live Auction 21922Three Private Collections: Belgravia, Berkshire and Guernsey
JAMES BAKER PYNE, R.B.A., (BRITISH, 1800-1879)
Lot 164

JAMES BAKER PYNE, R.B.A., (BRITISH, 1800-1879)

Pallanza on Lake Maggiore

Closed25 May 2023

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GBP 30,240

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JAMES BAKER PYNE, R.B.A., (BRITISH, 1800-1879)
Pallanza on Lake Maggiore
signed, dated and numbered 'J B PYNE 18.../239' (lower right)
oil on canvas
44 x 72 1/2 in. (111.7 x 184.1 cm.)

with Agnew's, Manchester, 12 August 1848. (bought directly from the artist for £200).
Private Collection, USA, until 1992.
with Agnew's, London.
Purchased from the above by the present owner, 1993.

Specialist note


James Baker Pyne, a great admirer and imitator of Turner, often travelled in his footsteps, emulating his dramatic effects and echoing his use of pale yellow tones. Pyne was born in Bristol and lived there until the age of 35, giving painting lessons to William James Muller who later became a leader of the 'Bristol School’. He thereafter moved to London and exhibited at the Royal Academy, The British Institution, and The New Watercolour Society for over two decades. His record of works produced from 1840 to 1868 is held in the Victoria & Albert Museum.

A related view to this, in watercolour and dated 1847, was acquired by the Government Art Collections Fund in 1968.