Oil on canvas Signed, lower right 46 x 61 cm (18 x 24 in.) Julius Olsson was a renowned British maritime artist who became an important figure in the St. Ives School. He studied first in London before moving to Cornwall in 1886 at the age of twenty-six. It was here that Olsson set up a studio overlooking the sea and his love for the water developed becoming a keen yachtsman and deep sea diver. In 1888 Julius Olsson established an artist s club for painters who like himself were transfixed by the atmosphere of the sea. This included Arnesby Brown, Adrian Stokes and Algernon Talmage. He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1890 and became a member of the New English Art Club in 1891. The present lot is a mesmerising view of a beach in Antibes. The jewel-like colours reflect off the water and emphasise the translucency of the clear blue sea. The following three lots further illustrate Olsson s fixation over the sea and his ability to depict swirling water, crashing waves and capture the power of the sea.