robert-fowler-scottish-1850-1926-a-pre-raphaelite-beauty
Lot 258
Robert Fowler (Scottish, 1850-1926), A Pre-Raphaelite Beauty
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Watercolor on paper, signed at lower right, presented under glass in a period gilt frame.

Sight size 29 1/2 x 19 1/2 in.; Frame dimensions 37 1/2 x 27 3/4 in.

From the Collection of the Late Frank Sciancalepore, Raleigh, North Carolina

Born in Fife, Robert Fowler studied at the Heatherley School of Fine Art and Royal College of Art in London. He maintained studios first in Liverpool and later in London, which became centers of artistic camaraderie. He exhibited at the Royal Academy, Walker Gallery in the UK and also at several venues in Germany and France. He is particularly known for his depictions of beautiful woman in mythological settings and Orientalist fantasies.

Faded; toning to sheet; some minor blemishes to sheet; water damage to lower edge of sheet.

$2,000 - 3,000