George Hammond Steel 1900-1960
Polperro
signed
titled label verso
painted circa 1958
titled label verso
painted circa 1958
oil on gesso prepared board
17 x 23 cms (6¾ x 9 ins)
framed: 29.5 x 35 cms (11½ x 14 ins)
framed: 29.5 x 35 cms (11½ x 14 ins)
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Hammond Steel painted extensively throughout Cornwall in a distinctive, crisp style with dry, textured surfaces, somewhat reminiscent of early landscapes by Bryan Wynter. Subjects included St Ives, Newlyn and Cadgwith,...
Hammond Steel painted extensively throughout Cornwall in a distinctive, crisp style with dry, textured surfaces, somewhat reminiscent of early landscapes by Bryan Wynter. Subjects included St Ives, Newlyn and Cadgwith, as well as this evocative view of Polperro.
Provenance
Piccadilly Gallery, London, 1959 (label verso)Private collection, 1959 - 2018
