Claude Monet - Sur la Falaise près de Dieppe, soleil couchant, 1897
Claude Monet
1840 - 1926
Sur la Falaise près de Dieppe, soleil couchant
signed Claude Monet and dated 97 (lower right)
oil on canvas
65 by 100cm., 25⅝ by 39⅜in.
Painted in 1897
John Piper THE OLD CHURCH, DARTINGTON signed pen and ink, ink wash 54 by 39.5cm.; 21¼ by 15¾in. Executed 1943-6. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 GBP Having been impressed by a recent exhibition of John Piper's Windsor Castle drawings, Leonard Elmhirst wrote to the artist in the spring of 1943, inviting him to stay and work at Dartington. Leonard felt the arresting architecture and landscape of the place would appeal to Piper's particular sensibilities- 'I have an idea that these fourteenth century walls would give you a rather special experience ' (Leonard Elmhirst, letter to John Piper, 29 th March 1943). While much of Piper's time during the war was occupied recording the effects of German bombing on towns and cities throughout England and Wales, he took up the offer and painted at Dartington for a short period over the summer. The trip was produced a group of paintings and successful sketches....
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