Conrad H.R. Carelli, Sunset, Ana Sagar Lake, Ajmer, India – 1908 watercolour

Conrad H.R. Carelli BWS Sunset, Ana Sagar Lake, Ajmer, India

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An original 1908 watercolour painting, Conrad H.R. Carelli BWS, Sunset, Ana Sagar Lake, Ajmer, India.

This superb miniature watercolour, painted in jewel-like tones, depicts a sunset view across the water of Ana Sagar Lake in Ajmer, India, 'from verandah'.

For information, we have photographed the inscription that was on the facing page in a sketchbook, but please note that this does not come with the painting: 'Sunset from verandah, Ajmer. Jan.9/08'.

Please note that there is an inscription on the verso of the painting (also pictured) which does not apply to the front.

This is one of a series of five similar Indian subjects by Conrad H.R. Carelli (1869–1956) that we have for sale.

Conrad Hector Raphael Carelli (1869–1956)

This work is from an outstanding collection of pictures that we have for sale by English watercolourist Conrad H.R. Carelli.

Born in London into a well-known family of Neapolitan artists, Conrad Hector Raphael Carelli (1869–1956) was great-grandson of painter Settimio Carelli, follower of the style of Pompeo Battoni, in Apulia, Italy; grandson of Raffaele Carelli (1795–1864), painter of the School of Posillipo; and son of artist Gabriele Carelli (1821–1900) who moved from Italy to London, where he married an Englishwomen and Queen Victoria became one of his principal patrons.

Conrad Carelli studied in Paris at the Académie Julian in 1889, under William Bouguereau and Tony Robert-Fleury. The Carelli family wintered in Menton on the French Riviera, and Conrad’s father Gabriele died there in 1900. For a while Conrad lived and exhibited at Menton.

Gabriele Carelli travelled regularly and extensively across Britain and Europe, and to North Africa and the Middle East, and Conrad shared his father’s propensity to travel. He worked in a looser version of his father’s style, producing gem-like watercolours, capturing the look and feel of local terrain and architecture.