Walter Langley
A Nautical Question, 1882
Watercolour & Body colour on paper
35.5 x 25.4 cm (14 x 10 ins.)
Framed: 57.0 x 47.6 cm (22.4 x 18.7 ins.)
Framed: 57.0 x 47.6 cm (22.4 x 18.7 ins.)
Walter Langley 1852-1922
The Marriage Column, c. 1900
Watercolour & Body colour on paper
48.3 x 27.9 cm (19 x 11 ins.)
Framed: 67.4 x 46.3 cm (26.5 x 18.2 ins.)
Framed: 67.4 x 46.3 cm (26.5 x 18.2 ins.)
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Walter Langley had a strong empathy with the women of Newlyn, often left behind in the harbour by their fishermen fathers, husbands and sweethearts. He famously captured their toil, heartache and grief but also the lighter, sometimes whimsical or reflective moments in their lives, as in The Marriage Column.
Provenance
Messums Gallery, Cork Street, London, Spring 2001.
Private UK collection until 2023.
Exhibitions
British Impressionism, Messums Gallery London, Spring 2001. No.45. Ref: R069
The Marriage Column is a distinctly warm and cheerful work by Langley. The artist had a particular empathy with the women of Newlyn. He famously captured their toil, heartache and grief but also the lighter, sometimes whimsical moments in their lives, as in the present work. Is the young subject reading about a friend or old beau just wed, or lost in a reverie of her own anticipated, or indeed recent wedding? The painting was exhibited at the Messums Gallery on Cork Street, London in their British Impressionism show in Spring 2001. The artist's skill and mastery of his medium in capturing the human form has much matured by this stage in his career.
Related artworks
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Walter LangleyThe Water Carrier, 1882Watercolour and body colour on paper54 x 35 cm (21 1/4 x 13 3/4 ins)Sold
Framed: 74.3 x 55.2 cm (29 1/4 x 21 3/4 ins) -
Walter LangleyThe News, Newlyn Harbour, 1903Watercolour and body colour on paper59.5 x 43.8 cm (23 1/2 x 17 1/4 ins)
Framed: 82.5 x 66.7 cm (32 1/2 x 26 1/4 ins) -
Walter LangleyA Letter Sent Home, 1901Watercolour and body colour on paper52.0 x 39.2 cm (20 1/2 x 15 1/2 ins.)
Framed: 72.9 x 60.0 cm (28 3/4 x 23 5/8 ins.)
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Walter LangleyIn the Orchard, 1884Watercolour heightened with scratching out42.5 x 23 cm (16 11/16 x 9ins.)
68.1 x 46.2cm (26 3/4 x 18 1/4 ins.)
