{"title":"Francese, Percy (1854–1920)","description":"\u003cp\u003e(William) Percy French (1854–1920) nacque nella contea di Roscommon, in Irlanda. Fu uno dei più importanti cantautori e intrattenitori irlandesi del suo tempo e, in seguito, divenne famoso per la sua pittura. Fu un prolifico pittore di acquerelli paesaggistici e considerava l'arte la sua vera vocazione. French studiò ingegneria civile al Trinity College di Dublino, laureandosi nel 1881, ma già in quel periodo scriveva canzoni e dipingeva. Intorno al 1887 si dedicò al giornalismo come direttore di The Jarvey, un settimanale di fumetti, ma quando il giornale fallì, iniziò la sua carriera di cantautore e intrattenitore comico. Percy French presentò i suoi dipinti alla Watercolour Society of Ireland e, nel 1908, espose le sue opere a Londra e fu incaricato dalla famiglia reale di dipingere due opere per la regina di Spagna. Poco dopo la sua morte, avvenuta nel 1920, l'Irish Times scrisse: \"Era un pittore di grande fascino che preferiva la pittura alla scrittura come mezzo di espressione\".\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"percy-french-bogs-mountains-of-connemara-galway-ireland-original-early-20th-century-watercolour-painting-kd-150","title":"Percy French, Bogs \u0026 Mountains of Connemara, Galway, Ireland – Early 20th-century watercolour painting","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn original early 20th-century watercolour painting – Percy French, Bogs \u0026amp; Mountains of Connemara, Galway, Ireland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA beautifully evocative watercolour by Percy French (1854–1920), depicting the bog landscape at Connemara in western County Galway. The ancient peat bogs are a unique watery landscape formed over thousands of years by heavy rainfall on the Atlantic coast; the peat bogs have heated Irish homes for centuries and have provided essential carbon storage for millennia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePercy French, one of Ireland’s foremost songwriters and entertainers in his day, found his true vocation in painting, his name becoming synonymous with watercolours capturing the rural landscapes of Ireland. He would repeatedly paint the boglands, a landscape allowing for watery horizons and dramatically shifting weather conditions. Here he includes a traditional single-story thatched cottage, and scattered peat stacks, where the peat is extracted in slabs and piled up to dry in the wind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn watercolour with white bodycolour highlights.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are some small graphite sketches on the verso of the paper, including a profile portrait and a building.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProvenance: historical framing label from V. Waddington Picture Framers \u0026amp; Art Dealers, 28 South Anne St, Dublin, around the 1930s. [Victor Waddington (1907–1981) was a British art dealer who started the Victor Waddington Galleries at 8 South Anne Street, Dublin in 1927. The gallery exhibited modernist and avant-garde work from Irish, British, and European artists. Waddington was an early advocate for the work of Jack Yeats and Henri Hayden. He expanded to 28 South Anne Street in 1928, for framing and print selling.]\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Somerset \u0026 Wood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53879175577929,"sku":"KD-150","price":1800.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/4306\/5161\/files\/KD-150.jpg?v=1771496175"}],"url":"https:\/\/somersetandwood.com\/it\/collections\/french-percy-1854-1920.oembed","provider":"Somerset \u0026 Wood Fine Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}