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This
is an original watercolor and ink by Frank Reynolds (1876 - 1953
), well listed British artist. Signed in the lower left corner. The
image size is 10" X 13", with acid free double mats and new
under glass frame size is 21" X 25". Excellent
condition. This is the original illustration for Charles
Dickens novel " Riverside Village". Frank Reynolds
is well
listed in all the artist reference books. He born in London, son of an
artist. Studied at Heatherley's School of Art. On the staff of The
Illustrated London News and The Sketch, and later Punch. He worked
mainly from memory, in pencil, pen and ink , or watercolor, and was
noted for his confident figure drawing and characterization, though his
interest was in generalized ' types' rather than in individuals.
His succinct Humorous Drawing for the Press (1947 ) emphasizes pictorial
and spatial clarity, and demonstrates his straightforward drawing style,
unembellished and untouched by aesthetic
distractions. R.G.G.Price suggests that the ugliness of Reynolds drawing
may have developed in reaction against ' the prettification of Punch',
and quotes Fougasse's opinion that the freedom and energy of
Reynolds' work made it a forerunner of the free - style drawing of the
1950s. Today, it seems easier to view it in the context of the realist
graphic tradition of the 1890s. |