John Smellie (British, 1886-1925) The Opal Sea Tarbert 40 x 50 cm. (15 3/4 x 19 11/16 in.)
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John Smellie (British, 1886-1925)
The Opal Sea Tarbert
signed 'John Smellie' (lower right), inscribed 'The Opal Sea Tarbert' on label (verso)
oil on canvas
40 x 50 cm. (15 3/4 x 19 11/16 in.)
in original exhibition frame
Sold for £30,000 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • PROVENANCE:
    The artist's family

    Smellie's work appears rarely on the open market, as he died young and was not prolific. The Glasgow artist's depictions of the Clyde Coast resorts are joyous, and Tarbert was a subject he painted regularly from 1912. He showed annually at the Royal Glasgow Institute from 1909.

Category: Fine Art / Scottish Art

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