ARTIST: Charles Towne (British, 1763 - 1840)
TITLE: Barn Scene
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
CONDITION: Some flaking/paint losses mostly along upper and left edges. Minor craquelure. Some scattered inpaitings. Some damages to frame.
ART SIZE: 12 x 15 inches / 30 x 38 cm
FRAME SIZE: 14 x 17 inches / 35 x 43 cm
SIGNATURE: unsigned
PROVENANCE: The Sportsman's Gallery, NY (has gallery label on verso)
CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online
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BIOGRAPHY:
Charles Towne (1763-1840) was an English painter of landscapes, horses and other animals, horse-racing and hunting scenes. Towne painted landscapes and animals, and obtained great celebrity in Lancashire and Cheshire by his portraits of horses, dogs, and cattle. Many of his pictures were small, but occasionally he ventured into landscapes with cattle of larger size. He also painted in watercolour, and was a candidate for admission to the Watercolour Society in 1809. His work was reasonably well regarded by his contemporary Joseph Farrington, though he also noted that Towne was a man of "coarse, debased manners and conversation". According to artist W. S. Sparrow, "his landscapes are minutely detailed and have a Dutch mannerism; animals and figures are put in with diligent and affectionate. However the Dictionary of National Biography commented that his work "though carefully drawn" was "wanting in spirit and originality". He painted "Old ,the longest-living horse on record, who pulled barges on the canals.