Reginald Aspinwall, English, (1855-1921)
Image 10"W x 7"H, backing board 10.25"W x 7.25"H

On offer, finely painted Tonalist seacape/shore watercolor depicting twilight, either dawn or dusk, with sailboats in the distance. Seaweed glistens on the rocks of the beach, rocks are presented in near silhouette, reflected rosy light fills the sky and the water is a mirror.  Watercolor on paper pasted to board.  Signed Reginald Aspinwall 1907 in lower right.

 Condition: ​Condition of watercolor is excellent with no visible toning, and the board appears to be stable, but there is toning on the back which in no way has affected appearance of the image.

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About Reginald Aspinwall 

Born in Preston, England.  Landscape painter in oil and watercolour from Lancaster, England; exhibited at the principal London galleries from 1883, mainly at the Royal Academy and at the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours; Associate of the Royal Cambrian Society.

​Apsinwall became an Associate of the Royal Cambrian Academy (ARCA) in 1887.  More than twenty of his paintings are in public collections in the UK including the Harris Museum & Art Gallery in Preston, Lancashire.  ​

His work has sold through both Christie's & Sotheby's.  Aspinwall exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1884 and 1908, the period during which this painting on offer was painted.   A portrait of the artist was painted by Joseph Cross and hangs in the Lancaster City Museum.

See some of Aspinwall's other works

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