A River Arun Landscape ~ José Weiss
£2,250.00
A River Arun Landscape ~ José Weiss
Description
Title: | A River Arun Landscape with an Angler on the Bank |
Artist: | José Weiss (1859-1919) British |
Detail: | Oil on canvas.15×20 in. (frame:20×25 in.) Signed |
Price: | £2,250 |
Location: | Petworth |
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Artist Biography
Jose Weiss (Joseph Vincent Nicholas Francis Weiss) was landscape painter, born in Paris in 1859. He adopted British nationality in 1899 after a painting holiday in Sussex.
He lived At Houghton House in the village of Houghton, near Arundel, West Sussex.
Weiss was a prolific and great painter of English landscapes in the style of the Barbizon School, mostly depicting scenes of the Sussex countryside, and exhibited 17 works at the Royal Academy 1887-1904.Works include ‘A Sussex Farmyard’, ‘Southdown Sheep’, and ‘A bright day on the Arun.
He is also known as a great pioneer of aviation and a glider enthusiast an interest that he was as passionate about as his painting.