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Painter, Illustrator, b. 1877 - d. 1931

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            • GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (1877-1931). Pink Rose, Fruit and Still Life. oil on c
              Oct. 17, 2024

              GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (1877-1931). Pink Rose, Fruit and Still Life. oil on c

              Est: £50,000 - £80,000

              GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (1877-1931). Pink Rose, Fruit and Still Life. oil on canvas 27 x 22 in. (68.6 x 55.8 cm.).

              Christie's
            • GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (1877-1931). Still Life with Fruit. oil on canvas 20 x
              Oct. 17, 2024

              GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (1877-1931). Still Life with Fruit. oil on canvas 20 x

              Est: £30,000 - £50,000

              GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (1877-1931). Still Life with Fruit. oil on canvas 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61 cm.).

              Christie's
            • GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (1877-1931). Rooftops, South of France. oil on canvas
              Oct. 17, 2024

              GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (1877-1931). Rooftops, South of France. oil on canvas

              Est: £10,000 - £15,000

              GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (1877-1931). Rooftops, South of France. oil on canvas 21 ¼ x 28 3⁄8 in. (54 x 72 cm.).

              Christie's
            • ATTR. A GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER - PAESAGGIO CON LAGO E BARCHE
              Oct. 11, 2024

              ATTR. A GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER - PAESAGGIO CON LAGO E BARCHE

              Est: €3,000 - €5,000

              Tempera su carta, cm. 49,5x65. Firma in basso a sinistra.

              Pananti Casa D'Aste SRL
            • George Leslie Hunter (British, 1877-1931) Still Life with a Chinese Vase and White Roses (painted circa 1916-18)
              Oct. 09, 2024

              George Leslie Hunter (British, 1877-1931) Still Life with a Chinese Vase and White Roses (painted circa 1916-18)

              Est: £15,000 - £20,000

              George Leslie Hunter (British, 1877-1931) Still Life with a Chinese Vase and White Roses signed 'Hunter' (upper right) oil on panel 56 x 48cm (22 1/16 x 18 7/8in). painted circa 1916-18

              Bonhams
            • George Leslie Hunter (British, 1877-1931) Portrait of John Ressich,
              Oct. 09, 2024

              George Leslie Hunter (British, 1877-1931) Portrait of John Ressich,

              Est: £12,000 - £18,000

              George Leslie Hunter (British, 1877-1931) Portrait of John Ressich, with a still life on the reverse signed 'L Hunter' (lower left) oil on canvas 63.5 x 50.8cm (25 x 20in).

              Bonhams
            • George Leslie Hunter (British, 1877-1931) The Ginger Jar
              Oct. 09, 2024

              George Leslie Hunter (British, 1877-1931) The Ginger Jar

              Est: £40,000 - £60,000

              George Leslie Hunter (British, 1877-1931) The Ginger Jar signed 'L Hunter' (upper left) oil on board 40.6 x 35.5cm (16 x 14in).

              Bonhams
            • George Leslie Hunter (British, 1877-1931) Still Life with Fruit and Flowers
              Oct. 09, 2024

              George Leslie Hunter (British, 1877-1931) Still Life with Fruit and Flowers

              Est: £60,000 - £80,000

              George Leslie Hunter (British, 1877-1931) Still Life with Fruit and Flowers signed 'L Hunter' (upper left) oil on board 60.9 x 50.8cm (24 x 20in).

              Bonhams
            • George Leslie Hunter (British, 1877-1931) Lower Largo
              Oct. 09, 2024

              George Leslie Hunter (British, 1877-1931) Lower Largo

              Est: £4,000 - £6,000

              George Leslie Hunter (British, 1877-1931) Lower Largo signed 'L Hunter' (lower left) watercolour and ink, heightened with crayon 21.5 x 27cm (8 7/16 x 10 5/8in).

              Bonhams
            • GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (SCOTTISH 1877-1931)
              Jun. 26, 2024

              GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (SCOTTISH 1877-1931)

              Est: £1,500 - £2,500

              GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (SCOTTISH 1877-1931) LARGO BEACH Signed lower right, ink and coloured pencil 30.5cm x 37cm (12in x 14.5in) ‘Everyone must use his own way, and mine will be the way of colour’. George Leslie Hunter was a hugely important artist in the progression of twentieth-century Scottish Art. Upon visiting Fife in 1919, his artistic output developed away from dark still lifes and towards bright and energetic paintings which transcended genre. Largo Beach is an expressive seascape created using a kaleidoscope of ink and coloured pencil. The vibrant sketch conveys an impression of the weather and atmosphere of the Scottish coast, the horizon line dividing the cool and stormy sky from the beach’s warm and vivid palette. 

              Lyon & Turnbull
            • Still life with Tulips and Oranges
              Jun. 06, 2024

              Still life with Tulips and Oranges

              Est: £400,000 - £600,000

              Property of an Important Family Collection George Leslie Hunter 1877 - 1931 Still Life with Tulips and Oranges signed L. Hunter (lower left) oil on board unframed: 69 by 55.5cm.; 27 by 22in. framed: 90 by 77.5cm.; 35½ by 30½in. Executed circa 1925-9.

              Sotheby's
            • ◆ GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (SCOTTISH 1877-1931)
              Jun. 06, 2024

              ◆ GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (SCOTTISH 1877-1931)

              Est: £50,000 - £80,000

              GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (SCOTTISH 1877-1931) MARIGOLDS WITH THE YELLOW CUP Signed, oil on board 61cm x 51cm (24in x 20in) T. & R. Annan & Sons Ltd, Glasgow Marigolds with the Yellow Cup is the sister picture to the painting Peonies in a Chinese Vase in the Fleming Collection, London (acc.no.(FWAF/RF144). Their work has been exhibited under the title 'Still Life with Fruit and Marigolds in a Chinese Vase' and was chosen as the cover image for Bill Smith and Jill Marriner’s monograph Hunter Revisited: The Life and Art of Leslie Hunter (Atelier Books, Edinburgh, 2012). Their description of the Flemings painting can equally be applied to Marigolds with the Yellow Cup, namely:“Hunter’s mastery of colour and texture reveals a new sensuous quality. While perspective is flattened, it is not to the severe extent of Matisse’s oversimplification. His liberated sense of pattern comes together, striking colour chords that vibrate across the surface. Hunter’s inspired brushwork ensures the richness of colour glows with energy. Clive Bell, the noted English art critic, was greatly impressed when he viewed the painting in an exhibition at Reid and Lefevre’s London gallery in the 1930s of work by contemporary British artists - some well-known, some less so – and commented ‘That is the finest picture in this exhibition. I do not know who painted it.’” (see Smith and Marriner, op.cit., pp.125-126)Marigolds with the Yellow Cup is a leading example of Hunter’s still life paintings of the 1920s, when he was at the peak of his career. He brings together still life objects of contrasting form, nature by way of fruit and flowers, pattern – especially in the tablecloth and Persian curtain hanging on the wall to the right - colour throughout, asymmetrical balance and painterly bravado.As Smith and Marriner have pointed out:“Hunter had reached a point whereby colour, form and harmony were instinctively assured, allowing him to experiment with a variety of features as integral parts of a stronger design. Of course not all this change can be attributed to Matisse. Indeed the root of this transformation lies more fully in Hunter’s extensive knowledge of Cézanne’s oeuvre. The late still life paintings of Cézanne frequently include a floral-patterned curtain that drops behind a table, acting as a distinctive colour field with which other distinctly-coloured areas of the composition can interact…The combined effect of the form and grouping of the central still life elements has a wonderful sculptural quality, while the colours almost vibrate with energy. This new emphasis is borne out by his stated intention in early 1923 to devote himself to line and form.” (Smith and Marriner, ibid., p.110)

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            • ◆ GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (SCOTTISH 1877-1931)
              Jun. 06, 2024

              ◆ GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (SCOTTISH 1877-1931)

              Est: £50,000 - £70,000

              GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (SCOTTISH 1877-1931) VILLEFRANCHE Signed, oil on canvas 61cm x 51cm (24in x 20in) T. & R. Annans & Sons Ltd, GlasgowExhibited:Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Festival Exhibition: Peploe, Cadell, Hunter, 1949 Villefranche encapsulates the pleasure and inspiration Hunter found in the south of France during the 1920s, especially its architecture, natural beauty and climate.Villefranche-sur-Mer is a town on the Côte d’Azur. Hunter spent extensive periods in the region, particularly between 1927 and 1929 and principally from a base in St-Paul-de-Vence. He enjoyed himself immensely and declared “This is an ideal country to loaf in and I wish I could simply loaf around and enjoy the sunshine and the cooking as most of the people around here do.’ (T. J. Honeyman papers, National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh ACC978972/25/6/3, quoted in Derek Ogston, Leslie Hunter: Paintings and Drawings of France and Italy, Baillieknowe Publishing, Kelso, 2004, p.42)Whilst there, Hunter created many works on paper, using pen and ink, coloured chalk and pastel; the present painting is a rare example of a fully-realised south of France oil. In a letter of September 1927 to his dealer, Alexander Reid, Hunter wrote from St-Paul: “Of course, my paintings are the main thing. I may stay down here another month or two and thereby take your advice to finish everything before returning…I know the coast now between Monte Carlo and Cassis and have made about a hundred drawings in colour…Have worn a straw hat every day since I landed here.” (quoted in T. J. Honeyman, Introducing Leslie Hunter, Faber and Faber Ltd, London, 1937, pp.121-122)In Villefranche, Hunter makes the most of its hillside location, creating a composition anchored by the red-tiled villa in the centre foreground, whilst neighbouring properties climb upwards to a skyline punctuated by natural features, a church tower and a lone palm-tree. The sunny, verdant view is crowned by the blue sky of a perfect summer’s day. Touches of colour provide energy and rhythm, whilst the thickly-painted surface adds a layer of sensuality to an idyllic scene. 

              Lyon & Turnbull
            • GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (SCOTTISH 1877-1931)
              Jun. 06, 2024

              GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (SCOTTISH 1877-1931)

              Est: £50,000 - £70,000

              GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (SCOTTISH 1877-1931) STILL LIFE WITH CHINESE BOWL AND FRUIT Signed, oil on board 68cm x 56cm (27in x 22in) Ian MacNicol, Glasgow Still Life with Chinese Bowl and Fruit shows how first-hand experience of the latest developments in French painting, particularly the work of Henri Matisse, encouraged Hunter to use a brilliance of colour and expressiveness of technique which earned him the sobriquet of ‘Scottish Colourist’. When paintings of its ilk were shown in Alexander Reid’s gallery in Glasgow in 1925, the critic of the Glasgow Herald declared:“If his colour schemes are sometimes daring they are always harmonious…presenting the essence of his subject with directness and vigour that is yet elastic, sprightly and joyous.” (Glasgow Herald, 17 December 1925)Carefully composed upon a table-top positioned before a panelled door in his studio, Hunter has gathered together a faithful cast of still-life props. The titular famille rose bowl, made for the export market, is accompanied by a Chinese red-glaze (possibly flambe-glaze) bottle vase. They are shown amongst a range of fruits, whose varying colours and forms he clearly revels in, as well as a single pink rose, positioned so that the viewer can gaze directly into its very heart. A selection of textiles, from lace doily under the bowl, to drapery arranged over part of the table and hanging behind it, add to the feeling of sensual richness.In 1923, it was remarked of Hunter that he “loves paint and the flatness of paint. He loads it on lusciously…his still lifes are strong and simple in design and gorgeous in colour…He makes the heart glad, like wine.” (The Times, 6 January 1923); this could be used as a description of Still Life with Chinese Bowl and Fruit.

              Lyon & Turnbull
            • GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (SCOTTISH 1877-1931)
              Jun. 06, 2024

              GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (SCOTTISH 1877-1931)

              Est: £2,000 - £3,000

              GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (SCOTTISH 1877-1931) STANDING FEMALE NUDE Signed, pen and ink and crayon 39cm x 28cm (15.25in x 11in) William Hardie Limited, Glasgow, no.23

              Lyon & Turnbull
            • GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (SCOTTISH 1877-1931)
              Jun. 06, 2024

              GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (SCOTTISH 1877-1931)

              Est: £4,000 - £6,000

              GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (SCOTTISH 1877-1931) PORTRAIT OF MISS MABEL COUPER IN EVERGREEN Pen and ink and coloured chalk 53.5cm x 33cm (21in x 13in) Christie's Scotland, Four Scottish Colourists, 7 December 1989, lot 348 where purchased by the present ownerLiterature:Bill Smith and Jill Marriner, Hunter Revisited: The Life and Art of Leslie Hunter, Atelier Books, Edinburgh, 2012, p.171, repr. col. fig.151 Hunter came to know C. B. Cochran when the latter's production of Evergreen was presented at the King's Theatre, Glasgow in 1930. Mabel Couper was a member of its cast and this work depicts her in character. As Bill Smith and Jill Marriner have remarked 'Hunter...worked from publicity photographs, transforming the scene or figure by charging it with vitality in his sketch. This can be seen clearly in his ink sketch of Mabel Couper when compared with the corresponding photograph. Through his bold line and keen sense of pattern, Hunter captures an excitement and theatrical presence which the photograph fails to convey.' (op.cit., p.172)

              Lyon & Turnbull
            • GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (1877-1931) Red and Pink carnations Oil on Reeves' Morland canvas board, 23 x 14cm Signed Provenance: With Richard M. Thune, New York, label verso; with The Fine Art Society, London, May 1997 label verso; Dr. John Coone
              May. 21, 2024

              GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (1877-1931) Red and Pink carnations Oil on Reeves' Morland canvas board, 23 x 14cm Signed Provenance: With Richard M. Thune, New York, label verso; with The Fine Art Society, London, May 1997 label verso; Dr. John Coone

              Est: €10,000 - €15,000

              GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (1877-1931) Red and Pink carnations Oil on Reeves' Morland canvas board, 23 x 14cm Signed Provenance: With Richard M. Thune, New York, label verso; with The Fine Art Society, London, May 1997 label verso; Dr. John Cooney, Dublin, thence by descent

              Adam's
            • George Leslie Hunter (British, 1877-1931) Silver Birches by Loch Lomond (Painted circa 1931)
              May. 15, 2024

              George Leslie Hunter (British, 1877-1931) Silver Birches by Loch Lomond (Painted circa 1931)

              Est: £20,000 - £30,000

              George Leslie Hunter (British, 1877-1931) Silver Birches by Loch Lomond signed 'L Hunter' (lower right) oil on canvas 55.9 x 68cm (22 x 26 3/4in). Painted circa 1931

              Bonhams
            • George Leslie Hunter (British, 1877-1931) Peonies in a Japanese jar (Painted circa 1913-16)
              May. 15, 2024

              George Leslie Hunter (British, 1877-1931) Peonies in a Japanese jar (Painted circa 1913-16)

              Est: £20,000 - £30,000

              George Leslie Hunter (British, 1877-1931) Peonies in a Japanese jar signed 'Hunter' (upper left) oil on canvas 55.9 x 45.7cm (22 x 18in). Painted circa 1913-16

              Bonhams
            • George Leslie Hunter (British, 1877-1931) Still Life with Gladioli, Dish and Fruit, on Pink Cloth Painted circa 1923
              May. 15, 2024

              George Leslie Hunter (British, 1877-1931) Still Life with Gladioli, Dish and Fruit, on Pink Cloth Painted circa 1923

              Est: £40,000 - £60,000

              George Leslie Hunter (British, 1877-1931) Still Life with Gladioli, Dish and Fruit, on Pink Cloth signed 'Hunter' (upper left) oil on board 64.5 x 53.5cm (25 3/8 x 21 1/16in). Painted circa 1923

              Bonhams
            • George Leslie Hunter (British, 1877-1931) Still life with roses in a Chinese blue and white jar (Painted c.1916)
              May. 15, 2024

              George Leslie Hunter (British, 1877-1931) Still life with roses in a Chinese blue and white jar (Painted c.1916)

              Est: £40,000 - £60,000

              George Leslie Hunter (British, 1877-1931) Still life with roses in a Chinese blue and white jar signed 'Hunter' (lower right) oil on canvas 49 x 39cm (19 5/16 x 15 3/8in). Painted c.1916

              Bonhams
            • GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (SCOTTISH 1877-1931) LANDSCAPE
              Feb. 13, 2024

              GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (SCOTTISH 1877-1931) LANDSCAPE

              Est: £1,000 - £1,500

              GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER LANDSCAPE Pen, ink and coloured crayons 1877 15.5cm x 22cm (6.25in x 8.75in) Dr. T. J. Honeyman; William Hardie Gallery, October 1998;

              Lyon & Turnbull
            • GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (SCOTTISH 1877-1931) LARGO - JETTY
              Feb. 13, 2024

              GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (SCOTTISH 1877-1931) LARGO - JETTY

              Est: £600 - £800

              GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER LARGO - JETTY Pencil and ink 20cm x 27cm (8in x 10.75in) W. B. Simpson, Glasgow

              Lyon & Turnbull
            • George Leslie Hunter (1877 - 1931) English/ American
              Jan. 11, 2024

              George Leslie Hunter (1877 - 1931) English/ American

              Est: $2,500 - $4,500

              George Leslie Hunter (1877 - 1931) watercolor on paper signed right. Measures George Leslie Hunter was born at Rothesay on the Island of Bute on the west coast of Scotland in 1877 but emigrated with his family to California in 1892. Always keen on drawing and sketching, Hunter made his living as an illustrator while teaching himself to paint. By 1904 he had saved enough to finance a prolonged visit to Paris. He was aware of the exciting artistic developments underway in France and was anxious to experience things at first hand. Hunter's first visit to France was instrumental in his decision to become a painter rather than an illustrator but any indication of the immediate impact of it on his work disappeared when the paintings in his first major exhibition were destroyed in the San Francisco earthquake of 1906.

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            • GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (SCOTTISH 1877-1931) BOY WITH COCKEREL
              Dec. 07, 2023

              GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (SCOTTISH 1877-1931) BOY WITH COCKEREL

              Est: £6,000 - £8,000

              GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (SCOTTISH 1877-1931) BOY WITH COCKEREL Signed, pencil and watercolour (67cm x 54cm (26.5in x 21.25in)) Provenance: A. J. McNeill Reid Esq Christie's Scotland, Four Scottish Colourists, 7 December 1989, lot 347 where purchased by the current owner Literature: T. J. Honeyman, Introducing Leslie Hunter, Faber and Faber Limited, London, 1937, p.61, pl.11 (as 'Boy and Cock')

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            • GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (SCOTTISH 1877-1931) LE PORT DE L'OLIVETTE, CAP D'ANTIBES
              Dec. 07, 2023

              GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (SCOTTISH 1877-1931) LE PORT DE L'OLIVETTE, CAP D'ANTIBES

              Est: £5,000 - £8,000

              GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (SCOTTISH 1877-1931) LE PORT DE L'OLIVETTE, CAP D'ANTIBES Signed, pen and ink and pastel (32cm x 39cm (12.5in x 15.5in))

              Lyon & Turnbull
            • GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (SCOTTISH 1877-1931) PORTRAIT OF MISS MABEL COUPER IN EVERGREEN
              Dec. 07, 2023

              GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (SCOTTISH 1877-1931) PORTRAIT OF MISS MABEL COUPER IN EVERGREEN

              Est: £5,000 - £7,000

              GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (SCOTTISH 1877-1931) PORTRAIT OF MISS MABEL COUPER IN EVERGREEN Pen and ink and coloured chalk (53.5cm x 33cm (21in x 13in)) Provenance: Christie's Scotland, Four Scottish Colourists, 7 December 1989, lot 348 where purchased by the current owner Literature: Bill Smith and Jill Marriner, Hunter Revisited: The Life and Art of Leslie Hunter, Atelier Books, Edinburgh, 2012, p.171, repr. col. fig.151 Note: Hunter came to know C. B. Cochran when the latter's production of Evergreen was presented at the King's Theatre, Glasgow in 1930. Mabel Couper was a member of its cast and this work depicts her in character. As Bill Smith and Jill Marriner have remarked 'Hunter...worked from publicity photographs, transforming the scene or figure by charging it with vitality in his sketch. This can be seen clearly in his ink sketch of Mabel Couper when compared with the corresponding photograph. Through his bold line and keen sense of pattern, Hunter captures an excitement and theatrical presence which the photograph fails to convey.' (op.cit., p.172)

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            • ◆ GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (SCOTTISH 1877-1931) PEONIES IN A BLUE AND WHITE VASE
              Dec. 07, 2023

              ◆ GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (SCOTTISH 1877-1931) PEONIES IN A BLUE AND WHITE VASE

              Est: £40,000 - £60,000

              ◆ GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (SCOTTISH 1877-1931) PEONIES IN A BLUE AND WHITE VASE Signed, oil on canvas (61cm x 51cm (24in x 20in)) Provenance: The Fine Art Society Plc, London, Edinburgh and Glasgow, October 1987 (11383) Having lost most of his early work in the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, Hunter moved to Glasgow later that year and developed a distinct approach to still life painting that encompassed art history, a sophisticated use of colour and light and a sense of serenity, all of which can be seen in Peonies in a Blue and White Vase. Hunter soon became ensconced in Glasgow’s art world, including eventual election to Glasgow Art Club. His first solo exhibition in the city, held at Alexander Reid’s La Société des Beaux-Arts gallery in 1913 proved to be a professional breakthrough, with subsequent shows mounted there attracting not only positive press coverage but also sales. As the critic of The Bailie remarked in a review of his 1916 exhibition: ‘He has three or four examples of still life that are superlatively strong. Such work is bound to live, for they show a mastery of form and colour that takes one back to the triumphs of the Dutchmen.‘ (quoted in T. J. Honeyman, Introducing Leslie Hunter, Faber and Faber Ltd, London, 1937 p. 76). The subject matter and composition of Peonies in a Blue and White Vase, with the titular flowers set in contrast to a plain background, reveal Hunter’s interest in the Dutch Old Masters that he encountered during extensive visits to the cultural centres of Edinburgh, London and Paris, as well as in the public galleries of Glasgow. His rich technique, working ‘wet on wet’, layering up colours and tones to create form and suggest the play of light on petals and glaze recalls the work of Edouard Manet, whom he is known to have admired. Sophistication is the order of the day, in the asymmetrical arrangement of the flowers and the delicate placing of a single bloom in the foreground, in an image infused with tranquillity. It was with such still lifes that Hunter came to the fore before and during World War One and which were to provide the foundation of his reputation as one of Scotland’s leading artists of the twentieth century.

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            • ◆ GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (SCOTTISH 1877-1931) LES ENVIRONS DE FLORENCE
              Dec. 07, 2023

              ◆ GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (SCOTTISH 1877-1931) LES ENVIRONS DE FLORENCE

              Est: £30,000 - £50,000

              ◆ GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (SCOTTISH 1877-1931) LES ENVIRONS DE FLORENCE Signed, oil on board (46cm x 41cm (18in x 16in)) Provenance: Alexander Reid Esq, Glasgow Thomas M. McInnes Esq, Glasgow by 1923 Exhibited: The Leicester Galleries, London, Paintings by S. J. Peploe, F. C. B. Cadell & Leslie Hunter, January 1923, no. 74 (as 'Landscape (Environs of Florence)') Glasgow Art Gallery, Leslie Hunter, 1942 National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, Leslie Hunter 1877-1931, June 1942, no.91 Literature: Derek Ogston, Leslie Hunter: Paintings and Drawings of France and Italy, Baillieknowe Publishing, Kelso, 2004, listed p.85. Hunter visited Florence in 1922 and 1923. In a letter to his patron, the Dundee dentist John Tattersall, Hunter wrote excitedly: ‘Florence…is a wonderful city – the city itself with all its places of interest would take weeks to see and one could spend months in the galleries, where there are some truly marvellous things, especially by the great Italians, Florentines and Venetians….Then there are the great frescoes in the churches. I can assure you their greatness simply stuns one.’ (quoted in T. J. Honeyman, Introducing Leslie Hunter, Faber and Faber Ltd, London, 1937, p.88). A clue to the possible setting of Les Environs de Florence may be given later in the same letter, when Hunter continues: ‘Settignano is about 3 ½ miles from Florence, so I have been glad to have intervals of nature gazing after regarding these marvels of the mind. It reminds me very much of California here and I feel at home somehow among the olive trees and the orchards…It is all so far removed from what is modern, northern and commercial.’ (op.cit., pp.88-89) Les Environs de Florence was one of five works from the Tuscan trip that were included in the landmark exhibition Paintings by S. J. Peploe, F. C. B. Cadell and Leslie Hunter (working title ‘Three Scottish Artists’) mounted at the Leicester Galleries, London in 1923. This was the first time the work of the three artists was presented together and sowed the seed of the concept of them as a group, soon to be with the addition of J. D. Ferguson, which was to be cultivated over the following years by the Glasgow-based dealer Alexander Reid and his son, A. J. McNeill Reid. Hunter’s biographical note in the catalogue was brief: ‘George Leslie Hunter was born in Scotland. He studied in San Francisco and Paris. He has painted in California and in Scotland and has recently been working in Italy. Mr Hunter is still in the early forties.’ (p.8). He was represented by nineteen works, thirteen of which were unspecified still lifes. Environs de Florence was lent to the Leicester Galleries by Thomas McInnes of Glasgow. He was a younger brother of Hunter’s great friend, the collector William McInnes, whose bequest to Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery in 1944 included twenty-three works by the artist. We are grateful to James McNaught, author of ‘The McInnes Collection: William McInnes (1868-1944) and his Role as Patron of the Arts in Glasgow during the First Half of the 20th Century’ and to Kirstie Meehan, Archivist, National Galleries of Scotland, for their help in researching this work.

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            • ◆ GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (SCOTTISH 1877-1931) STILL LIFE OF FRUIT AND FLOWERS IN A BLUE AND WHITE VASE
              Dec. 07, 2023

              ◆ GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (SCOTTISH 1877-1931) STILL LIFE OF FRUIT AND FLOWERS IN A BLUE AND WHITE VASE

              Est: £40,000 - £60,000

              ◆ GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (SCOTTISH 1877-1931) STILL LIFE OF FRUIT AND FLOWERS IN A BLUE AND WHITE VASE Signed, oil on panel (46cm x 30.5cm (18in x 12in)) In a notebook which he kept during World War One, George Leslie Hunter wrote ‘Everyone must choose his own way and mine will be the way of colour.’ (quoted in T. J. Honeyman, Introducing Leslie Hunter, Faber and Faber Ltd, London, 1937, p.79). His success in achieving this aim is clear in works such as Still Life of Fruit and Flowers in a Blue and White Vase. It is a classic example of the paintings which Hunter made during the 1920s by which he truly emerged as a ‘Scottish Colourist’. Hunter spent prolonged periods of time in Paris before and after the War, where he immersed himself in the work of the Post-Impressionists including Paul Cézanne, Paul Gauguin and Vincent van Gogh, as well as the very latest developments in French painting. Henri Matisse emerged as a particular source of inspiration and the Fauve’s brilliant colour and vigorous brushwork are echoed in the present work. As seen here, during this period Hunter preferred a table-top setting for his still-life compositions, often with fruit placed in the foreground, sometimes upon draped fabric. The tin-glazed albarello vase was one of a cast of favoured ceramics in which flowers of the season were arranged, giving on to the distinctive panelling of the background. Altogether Still Life of Fruit and Flowers in a Blue and White Vase brims with the confidence and vibrancy of Hunter’s post-war professional development, which saw the critic of The Times describe his work thus: ‘Mr Hunter loves paint and the flatness of paint. He loads it on lusciously…His still lifes are strong and simple in design and gorgeous in colour…He makes the heart glad, like wine.’ (The Times, 6 January 1923)

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            • ◆ GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (SCOTTISH 1877-1931) APRES LE BAIN (THE BATHERS, JUAN-LES-PINS)
              Dec. 07, 2023

              ◆ GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (SCOTTISH 1877-1931) APRES LE BAIN (THE BATHERS, JUAN-LES-PINS)

              Est: £40,000 - £60,000

              ◆ GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (SCOTTISH 1877-1931) APRES LE BAIN (THE BATHERS, JUAN-LES-PINS) Signed, oil on canvas (44cm x 54.5cm (17.5in x 21.5in)) Provenance: Alex. Reid & Lefevre, Glasgow Pearson & Westergaard Ltd, Glasgow Ion R. Harrison Esq., Glasgow and by descent to the present owner Exhibited: Alex. Reid & Lefevre, Three Scottish Painters: S. J. Peploe, Leslie Hunter, F. C. B. Cadell, London, January 1939, no.2 Glasgow Art Gallery, Leslie Hunter, May 1942, no.72 National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, Leslie Hunter 1877-1931, June 1942, no.112 McLellan Galleries, Glasgow, Pictures from a Private Collection, 2- 27 March 1951, no.71 Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow, Scottish Painting, 5 October - 30 November 1961, no.167 Scottish Arts Council Gallery, Glasgow, Three Scottish Colourists: Cadell, Hunter, Peploe, 9 May - 6 June 1970 and tour, no.49 Literature: T. J. Honeyman, Introducing Leslie Hunter, Faber and Faber Ltd, London,1937, p.148, pl.36 (as 'Juan-les-Pins') Derek Ogston, Leslie Hunter: Paintings and Drawings of France and Italy, Baillieknowe Publishing, Kelso, 2004, listed p.88 (as 'The Bathers, Juan-les-Pins (Après le Bain)') Bill Smith and Jill Marriner, Leslie Hunter Revisited: The Life and Art of Leslie Hunter, Atelier Books, Edinburgh, 2012, p.150, fig.132 (as 'Après le Bain (The Bathers, Juan-les-Pins)' and dated 1928) Note: Dated to 1928 by Bill Smith and Jill Marriner (op.cit.) Between 1927 and 1929 Hunter spent extensive periods in the south of France, principally from a base in St-Paul-de-Vence. He worked in various locations, including Antibes, Cassis, Nice, Saint Tropez and Juan-les-Pins, as featured in Après le Bain (The Bathers, Juan-les-Pins). Hunter enjoyed the region immensely, writing ‘This is an ideal country to loaf in and I wish I could simply loaf around and enjoy the sunshine and the cooking as most of the people around here do.’ (T. J. Honeyman papers, National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh ACC97872/25/6/3, quoted by Derek Ogston, op.cit., p. 42) Whilst there, Hunter created many works on paper, using pen and ink, coloured chalk and pastel; the present painting is a rare example of a fully-realised south of France oil. In a letter of September 1927 to his dealer, Alexander Reid, Hunter wrote from St-Paul: ‘Of course, my paintings are the main thing. I may stay down here another month or two and thereby take your advice to finish everything before returning…I know the coast now between Monte Carlo and Cassis and have made about a hundred drawings in colour…Have worn a straw hat every day since I landed here.’ (quoted in T. J. Honeyman, op.cit., pp.121-22) In Après le Bain (The Bathers, Juan-les-Pins), Hunter celebrated the bright Mediterranean sunshine which creates a contrast between dazzling warmth and deep shadow, the verdant trees and shrubbery by which sun-baked architecture is accompanied and the leisurely lifestyle in which seabathers stroll together through parks. The painting was acquired by the Glasgow ship-owner Ion Harrison, who became one of Hunter’s most important patrons and who amassed one of the most significant collections of his work and that of his fellow Scottish Colourists, Cadell and Peploe. In 1950 Harrison recalled: ‘Leslie Hunter was the first of the three whom I got to know personally. He was already a friend of my two partners, the late Mr William McInnes and Mr William McNair and I must have met Hunter through them when I returned to business after the 1914-18 War, in the Autumn of 1919. He was a frequent visitor to the office when he was in Glasgow.’ (Ion Harrison, ‘As I Remember Them’ in T. J. Honeyman, Three Scottish Colourists, Faber and Faber Ltd, London, 1950, p.121). Harrison continued: ‘Hunter always maintained that he was not painting for today but for fifty years hence and that although his pictures might look garish today in fifty years they would have mellowed and become beautiful in tone. Having lived twenty-five years with several of them I find that Hunter’s prophecy is coming true.’ (op.cit., p.126)

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            • Still Life with Fruit and Roses in a Wine Glass
              Nov. 22, 2023

              Still Life with Fruit and Roses in a Wine Glass

              Est: £80,000 - £120,000

              George Leslie Hunter 1877 - 1931 Still Life with Fruit and Roses in a Wine Glass signed L Hunter (lower left) oil on canvas unframed: 69 by 56cm.; 27 by 22in. framed: 96 by 83.5cm.; 37¾ by 33in.

              Sotheby's
            • Still Life of Roses and Fruit
              Nov. 21, 2023

              Still Life of Roses and Fruit

              Est: £200,000 - £300,000

              George Leslie Hunter 1877 - 1931 Still Life of Roses and Fruit signed L Hunter (lower left) oil on canvas unframed: 54 by 43.5cm.; 21¼ by 17in. framed: 73 by 62.5cm.; 28¾ by 24½in. Executed circa 1925.

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            • House Boats, Loch Lomond
              Nov. 21, 2023

              House Boats, Loch Lomond

              Est: £150,000 - £250,000

              George Leslie Hunter 1877-1931 House Boats, Loch Lomond signed L Hunter (lower left) oil on canvas unframed: 51 by 61cm.; 20 by 24in. framed: 68 by 78cm.; 26¾ by 30¾in. Executed circa 1930.

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            • GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (1877-1931) Still Life with Fruit oil on canvas 20 x 2
              Oct. 19, 2023

              GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (1877-1931) Still Life with Fruit oil on canvas 20 x 2

              Est: £50,000 - £80,000

              GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (1877-1931) Still Life with Fruit oil on canvas 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61 cm.)

              Christie's
            • George Leslie Hunter (British, 1877-1931) Still Life with Rose and Chinese Vase Painted circa 1925
              Oct. 11, 2023

              George Leslie Hunter (British, 1877-1931) Still Life with Rose and Chinese Vase Painted circa 1925

              Est: £50,000 - £70,000

              George Leslie Hunter (British, 1877-1931) Still Life with Rose and Chinese Vase signed 'Hunter' (upper left) oil on board 43.5 x 33.5cm (17 1/8 x 13 3/16in). Painted circa 1925

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            • George Leslie Hunter (British, 1877-1931) Still Life with Dahlias Painted circa 1925
              Oct. 11, 2023

              George Leslie Hunter (British, 1877-1931) Still Life with Dahlias Painted circa 1925

              Est: £50,000 - £70,000

              George Leslie Hunter (British, 1877-1931) Still Life with Dahlias signed 'L Hunter' (lower right) oil on board 45.7 x 33cm (18 x 13in). Painted circa 1925

              Bonhams
            • George Leslie Hunter (British, 1877-1931) Continental Village Painted circa 1922-1923
              Oct. 11, 2023

              George Leslie Hunter (British, 1877-1931) Continental Village Painted circa 1922-1923

              Est: £7,000 - £9,000

              George Leslie Hunter (British, 1877-1931) Continental Village signed 'Hunter' (lower right) oil on panel 22 x 13.5cm (8 11/16 x 5 5/16in). Painted circa 1922-1923

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            • George Leslie Hunter (British, 1877-1931) Path, with Hillside Village Painted circa 1922-1923
              Oct. 11, 2023

              George Leslie Hunter (British, 1877-1931) Path, with Hillside Village Painted circa 1922-1923

              Est: £8,000 - £12,000

              George Leslie Hunter (British, 1877-1931) Path, with Hillside Village signed 'Hunter' (lower centre) oil on panel 22 x 13.8cm (8 11/16 x 5 7/16in). Painted circa 1922-1923

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            • George Leslie Hunter (British, 1877-1931) Landscape with red house and green shutters Painted circa 1922-1923
              Oct. 11, 2023

              George Leslie Hunter (British, 1877-1931) Landscape with red house and green shutters Painted circa 1922-1923

              Est: £5,000 - £7,000

              George Leslie Hunter (British, 1877-1931) Landscape with red house and green shutters signed 'L Hunter' (lower right) oil on panel 12.7 x 21.6cm (5 x 8 1/2in). Painted circa 1922-1923

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            • George Leslie Hunter (British, 1877-1931) Figures on the Jetty, Lower Largo Harbour Painted circa 1922-1923
              Oct. 11, 2023

              George Leslie Hunter (British, 1877-1931) Figures on the Jetty, Lower Largo Harbour Painted circa 1922-1923

              Est: £7,000 - £9,000

              George Leslie Hunter (British, 1877-1931) Figures on the Jetty, Lower Largo Harbour signed 'L Hunter' (lower right) oil on panel 13 x 22cm (5 1/8 x 8 11/16in). Painted circa 1922-1923

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            • George Leslie Hunter (British, 1877-1931) Lower Largo Harbour Painted circa 1922-1923
              Oct. 11, 2023

              George Leslie Hunter (British, 1877-1931) Lower Largo Harbour Painted circa 1922-1923

              Est: £12,000 - £18,000

              George Leslie Hunter (British, 1877-1931) Lower Largo Harbour signed 'L Hunter' (lower right) oil on panel 21 x 30cm (8 1/4 x 11 13/16in). Painted circa 1922-1923

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            • George Leslie Hunter (British, 1877-1931) Still Life of a Dish of Fruit on Purple Cloth Painted circa 1921
              Oct. 11, 2023

              George Leslie Hunter (British, 1877-1931) Still Life of a Dish of Fruit on Purple Cloth Painted circa 1921

              Est: £18,000 - £25,000

              George Leslie Hunter (British, 1877-1931) Still Life of a Dish of Fruit on Purple Cloth signed 'Hunter' (upper right) oil on canvas 25.4 x 38.1cm (10 x 15in). Painted circa 1921

              Bonhams
            • George Leslie Hunter (British, 1877-1931) Still Life with Gladioli, Dish and Fruit, on Pink Cloth Painted circa 1923
              Oct. 11, 2023

              George Leslie Hunter (British, 1877-1931) Still Life with Gladioli, Dish and Fruit, on Pink Cloth Painted circa 1923

              Est: £70,000 - £100,000

              George Leslie Hunter (British, 1877-1931) Still Life with Gladioli, Dish and Fruit, on Pink Cloth signed 'Hunter' (upper left) oil on board 64.5 x 53.5cm (25 3/8 x 21 1/16in). Painted circa 1923

              Bonhams
            • GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (SCOTTISH 1877-1931) PANTILED COTTAGE, FIFE
              Jun. 08, 2023

              GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (SCOTTISH 1877-1931) PANTILED COTTAGE, FIFE

              Est: £1,500 - £2,000

              GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (SCOTTISH 1877-1931) PANTILED COTTAGE, FIFE Signed, pen and ink and coloured chalk (29cm x 37cm (11.5in x 14.5in))

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            • George Leslie Hunter (British, 1877-1931) Pink Roses
              May. 17, 2023

              George Leslie Hunter (British, 1877-1931) Pink Roses

              Est: £60,000 - £80,000

              George Leslie Hunter (British, 1877-1931) Pink Roses signed 'L Hunter' (upper left) oil on board 50.5 x 40.4cm (19 7/8 x 15 7/8in).

              Bonhams
            • George Leslie Hunter (British, 1877-1931) Boats in the harbour, Cassis
              May. 17, 2023

              George Leslie Hunter (British, 1877-1931) Boats in the harbour, Cassis

              Est: £2,000 - £3,000

              George Leslie Hunter (British, 1877-1931) Boats in the harbour, Cassis signed in pencil 'L.Hunter' (lower right) ink and crayon 24 x 31cm (9 7/16 x 12 3/16in).

              Bonhams
            • GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (1877-1931) Marianne oil on canvas 18 x 15 in. (45.7 x
              Mar. 22, 2023

              GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (1877-1931) Marianne oil on canvas 18 x 15 in. (45.7 x

              Est: £10,000 - £15,000

              GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (1877-1931) Marianne oil on canvas 18 x 15 in. (45.7 x 38.1 cm.)

              Christie's
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