The Gulf Of La Spezia, 19th Century By James Baker Pyne (1800-1870) Large Landscape View

The Gulf Of Spezia, 19th Century

by James Baker Pyne (1800-1870) 

Large 19th Century landscape view of the Gulf Of Spezia, oil on canvas by James Baker Pyne. Extensive coastal view of the Gulf Of Spezia from the hills with figures in the foreground. Signed with excellent provenance in immaculate condition and presented in its original antique gilt frame. 



Measurements: 55" x 42.5" framed approx


Provenance: 
Mrs Arthur Hill, Denton Park near Ilkley, Yorkshire.  
with Thomas Agnew & Sons, London [no.40520].  
Private Collection, UK. 


Artist Biography - James Baker Pyne (1800-1870)

British, 19th century, male.

Born 5 December 1800, in Bristol; died 29 July 1870, in London.

Painter. Landscapes, waterscapes, topographical views.

James Baker Pyne was the father of Thomas Pyne. He was initially a lawyer but subsequently took up painting and went on to exhibit in London from 1828. He settled in London in 1835 and became a member of the Society of British Artists in 1842. He spent 1846 visiting Switzerland, Germany and Italy. He visited Italy again in 1851, bringing back notes and sketches. Pyne's work portrays the English countryside, particularly the Lake District, with affection. He also authored publications on topography.

Museum and Gallery Holdings
Baroda: Mont St-Michel

Birmingham: Lake Scene, Cumberland

Blackburn: watercolour

Bristol: Lake Scene

Bristol (City Mus. & AG): Clifton from Ashton Meadows (1836); Clifton from the Overfall Dam; View of the Avon from Durdham Down (1829, oil on canvas); Mediterranean Coastal Scene (oil on canvas)

Cardiff: a watercolour

Leicester: Hastings Bay; Whitby

Liverpool: Roman Aqueducts

London (Tate Collection): The Mulgrave Alum Works at Sandsend, Yorkshire Coast (1844, oil on canvas)

London (Victoria and Albert Mus.): Bay of Naples; Night Festival, Olevano; Thirlmere, Cumberland; Venice (five watercolours)

Manchester: Ennerdale Water; Florence (watercolour)

Melbourne: Mills

Sheffield: Seascape

Sunderland: View of Wales; Thirlmere, Cumberland

Sydney: Near Lake Maggiore