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Dec. 28, 2024
A Wayside Gossip - By Renowned British Artist George-Hemming Mason.
Est: £350 - £450
A Wayside Gossip - By Renowned British Artist George-Hemming Mason. (1818-1872). Oil on canvas, in ornate frame - 33 x 39cm. Actual painting - 22cm x 29cm.
Cadmore Auctions
Dec. 02, 2024
A Wayside Gossip - By Renowned British Artist George-Hemming Mason.
Est: £500 - £750
A Wayside Gossip - By Renowned British Artist George-Hemming Mason. (1818-1872). Oil on canvas, in ornate frame - 33 x 39cm. Actual painting - 22cm x 29cm.
Cadmore Auctions
Jun. 22, 2024
GEORGE H. MASON, ORIGINAL OIL - CASTLE OF PETRELLA
Est: $4,000 - $8,000
MASON, George Heming (1818-1872). Castle of Petrella. Oil on canvas. Italy, c. 1850. 7" x 13 1/2" canvas, 11 1/2" x 18 1/4" famed. This gorgeous yet understated oil painting depicts the Castle of Petrella in Italy just before sunrise. The soft light creeps over the sleeping hillside village, illuminating the craggy peak where the castle lies. George Heming Mason was a renowned English painter, once described as a genius by Millais, and seen as an important landscape artist in the late nineteenth century. Mason left England for Italy in 1844, where he remained for the rest of his life. In 1848 he was accused of espionage by papal author- ities and was nearly executed; however, he managed to escape and eventually became a thriving member of an Italian com- munity of artists. When Mason's father's Staffordshire pottery firm failed in 1848, his allowance terminated and he turned seriously to painting. In the early 1850s he met Giovanni Costa and Frederic Leighton; Costa molded Mason's style, and Leighton provided life-long financial support. Mason, Costa, and Leighton formed the Etruscan school with other foreign artists. Mason was also influenced by the work of the French artists that he saw at the Paris Exposition Universelle (1855), particularly Jules Breton and Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps. The best of Mason's early works record picturesque scenes with an unpretentious sunlit naturalism. The Castle of Petrella has a fascinatingly dark past. In 1597, dissolute nobleman Count Francesco Cenci, with his daugh- ter Beatrice and his second wife, Lucrezia, moved from Rome to the Castle of Petrella, perched high on a crag in the Abbruzzi. The castle was situated in the Kingdom of Naples just beyond the borders of the Papal States; rumor was divid- ed as to whether his purpose in moving was to devise new crimes beyond the reach of vigilant Roman authorities, or to escape his creditors. Francesco was intent on keeping Beatrice under his control in the castle indefinitely so as to prevent her marriage and the burden of a dowry. What began as residence passed into imprisonment, with Beatrice and her stepmother being confined in a room whose windows were walled up and replaced by air vents. Beatrice and her mother plotted to kill Francesco with the help of several servants, one of whom was romantically entangled with Beatrice. After the murder of Francesco, Beatrice, her mother, and the servants involved were all sen- tenced to death, in spite of the cruel conditions that inspired the murder. In the seventeenth century, fanciful accounts of the case were published that purported to have been authored immediately after the executions but may have been written decades later. One such version inspired Shelley to write his drama, The Cenci, in 1819.
Arader Galleries
Sep. 08, 2023
GEORGE HEMING MASON (ATTR.) 1818 - 1872 Süditalienische La
Est: €500 - €1,000
GEORGE HEMING MASON (ATTR.)1818 - 1872Southern Italian LandscapeOil on canvas. 40 x 66 cm (F. 55 x 82 cm). Inscribed lower right 'G. Mason'. Part. rest., craquelure. Frame. GEORGE HEMING MASON (ATTR.) 1818 - 1872 Süditalienische Landschaft Öl auf Leinwand. 40 x 66 cm (R. 55 x 82 cm). Bez. unten rechts 'G. Mason'. Part. rest., Krakelee. Rahmen.
Hargesheimer Kunstauktionen Düsseldorf
Jul. 14, 2022
GEORGE HEMING MASON A.R.A. (BRITISH 1818-1872) JACK POND, NEAR ESHER
Est: £600 - £800
GEORGE HEMING MASON A.R.A. (BRITISH 1818-1872) JACK POND, NEAR ESHER Signed and inscribed to label verso, oil on board (25.4cm x 34.3cm (10in x 13.5in)) Provenance: The artist’s studio sale, circa 1875, where purchased by George Dunlop Leslie, RA, and by descent to his daughter, Mrs Lydia Leslie, and by descent to T L Tisdell; Anonymous sale, Philips, London, 30 January 1990, unknown lot. Exhibited: Stoke on Trent, City Museum and Art Gallery, George Heming Mason, 1982, no. 59 (lent by T. L. Tisdell)
Lyon & Turnbull
Nov. 30, 2021
GEORGE HEMING MASON A.R.A. (BRITISH 1818-1872) A DERBYSHIRE FARM
Est: £600 - £800
GEORGE HEMING MASON A.R.A. (BRITISH 1818-1872) A DERBYSHIRE FARM Signed ‘G H Mason’ (lower right), oil on paper laid down on board (24.8cm x 71.1cm (9.75in x 28in)) Provenance: Christie’s, South Kensington, 13 November 2003, lot 161. Footnote: Exhibited: London, Arts Council of Great Britain, Landscapes in Britain 1850-1950, 1983, no. 13
Lyon & Turnbull
Nov. 30, 2021
GEORGE HEMING MASON A.R.A. (BRITISH 1818-1872) A COASTAL VIEW
Est: £800 - £1,200
GEORGE HEMING MASON A.R.A. (BRITISH 1818-1872) A COASTAL VIEW Oil on board (19.7cm x 31.8cm (7.75in x 12.5in)) Provenance: Possibly, Mr Sentores (?) by 1873; Given in replacement for breakage, January 1996.
Lyon & Turnbull
Nov. 30, 2021
GEORGE HEMING MASON A.R.A. (BRITISH 1818-1872) THRESHING IN THE CAMPAGNA
Est: £600 - £800
GEORGE HEMING MASON A.R.A. (BRITISH 1818-1872) THRESHING IN THE CAMPAGNA Oil on canvas laid on panel, in original frame (7.6cm x 24.1cm (3in x 9.5in)) Provenance: Thomas L. Devitt; With Leggat Brothers, London; With Julian Hartnell, London, June 1997. Footnote: Exhibited: Exhibition of Birmingham Art, Past & Present (as ‘Threshing Corn in the Campagna’ lent by Thos. I Deoitt, Esq.).
Lyon & Turnbull
Nov. 30, 2021
GEORGE HEMING MASON A.R.A. (BRITISH 1818-1872) UNDERCLIFF, NEAR VENTNOR, ISLE OF WIGHT
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
GEORGE HEMING MASON A.R.A. (BRITISH 1818-1872) UNDERCLIFF, NEAR VENTNOR, ISLE OF WIGHT Signed and inscribed ‘Nr Ventnor George Mason ARA’ (on the reverse), oil on board (23.2cm x 32.7cm (9in x 13in)) Provenance: The artist’s studio sale, circa 1875, where purchased by George Dunlop Leslie, RA, and by descent to his daughter; Mrs Lydia Leslie, and by descent to T. J. Tisdell; Anonymous sale, Philips, London, 30 January 1990, lot 133. Footnote: Exhibited: Stoke on Trent, City Museum and Art Gallery, George Heming Mason, 1982, no., 51. (lent by T L Tisdell). Studio sale (85): ‘This is probably a study made in connection with ‘Girls Dancing’ In the catalogue to Lord Overstone’s collection, 1875, it is stated that the sketches for that painting were made on the Isle of Wight’ (illustrated in catalogue).
Lyon & Turnbull
Nov. 30, 2021
GEORGE HEMING MASON A.R.A. (BRITISH 1818-1872) JACK POND, NEAR ESHER
Est: £500 - £800
GEORGE HEMING MASON A.R.A. (BRITISH 1818-1872) JACK POND, NEAR ESHER Signed and inscribed (to the reverse), oil on board (25.4cm x 34.3cm (10in x 13.5in)) Provenance: The artist’s studio sale, circa 1875, where purchased by George Dunlop Leslie, RA, and by descent to his daughter, Mrs Lydia Leslie, and by descent to T L Tisdell; Anonymous sale, Philips, London, 30 January 1990, unknown lot. Footnote: Exhibited: Stoke on Trent, City Museum and Art Gallery, George Heming Mason, 1982, no. 59 (lent by T. L. Tisdell).
Lyon & Turnbull
Nov. 30, 2021
GEORGE HEMING MASON A.R.A. (BRITISH 1818-1872) CHILDREN BY A POND – STUDY FOR ‘CHILDREN FISHING’
Est: £500 - £700
GEORGE HEMING MASON A.R.A. (BRITISH 1818-1872) CHILDREN BY A POND – STUDY FOR ‘CHILDREN FISHING’ Oil on board (16.5cm x 25.4cm (6.5in x 10in)) Provenance: With Thomas Agnew & Sons, Liverpool, 188(?); A. T. Squarey; With The Fine Art Society, December 1976. Footnote: Exhibited: Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery, Grand Loan Exhibition, 1886; London, The Fine Art Society, Etruscan School Exhibition 1976 (?), no. 41.
Lyon & Turnbull
Nov. 30, 2021
GEORGE HEMING MASON A.R.A. (BRITISH 1818-1872) PORTRAIT SKETCH
Est: £400 - £600
GEORGE HEMING MASON A.R.A. (BRITISH 1818-1872) PORTRAIT SKETCH Signed with initials, inscribed and dated ‘Rome June 1st 1848 . . . G M’, inscribed ‘By G H Mason, A.R.A.’ (to reverse), oil on paper (19cm x 13cm (7.5in x 5in)) Provenance: Julian Hartnoll, Olympia Fair, June 1998.
Lyon & Turnbull
Mar. 31, 2021
George Heming Mason (British, 1818-1872) Sketch for The Evening Hymn
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
George Heming Mason (British, 1818-1872) Sketch for The Evening Hymn oil on canvas 23.5 x 52cm (9 1/4 x 20 1/2in). For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Nov. 14, 2013
George Heming Mason, ARA (British 1818-1872) - At a well in the Roman Campagna
Est: £300 - £500
George Heming Mason, ARA (British 1818-1872) At a well in the Roman Campagna oil on paper laid down on board h:21.50 w: 32.50 cm Other Notes: The present picture relates to George Heming Mason's 'A Drinking Fountain in the Campagna' (Tate Britain, No. 2970) dated 1852, a second version of which was in the Forbes Collection (Christie's, London 20 February 2003, lot 158). It belongs to the artist's early Roman period where he painted en plein air alongside Frederic, Lord Leighton and Giovanni Costa. Their poetic landscapes are characterised by their crystalline clarity of forms, seen either in strong sunlight or deep shadow.
Cheffins
May. 11, 2013
GEORGE HEMING MASON (British, 1818-1872) Landscape (stu
Est: $600 - $800
GEORGE HEMING MASON (British, 1818-1872) Landscape (study) Oil on board backed by masonite 5-1/4 x 13 inches (13.3 x 33.0 cm) THE JEAN AND GRAHAM DEVOE WILLIFORD CHARITABLE TRUST PROVENANCE: The Fine Art Society, Ltd., London, September 1981 (label verso). George Heming Mason, the author of this poetic English landscape, was born in Witley, Staffordshire. Although trained to be a doctor, he changed course following a tour of France, Germany, Switzerland and Italy in 1844. Settling in Rome for several years, he took up painting earnestly as a profession, and upon his return to England became a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy (1857-72). Mason painted both Italian views, primarily of the Campagna, and English scenes-the latter subtly romantic in feeling. As the present study of a heath perfectly illustrates, Mason delighted in achieving effects of mist, sunset and moonlight. The influence of his quiet paintings on other romantic landscapists of the period was considerable. He died of heart disease when he was only 54.
Heritage Auctions
Mar. 19, 2013
George Hemming Mason ARA, British 1818-1872- "A
Est: £300 - £400
George Hemming Mason ARA, British 1818-1872- "A Roman Peasant Girl"; oil and watercolour on board, 27x16cm Provenance: The Artist's Studio sale, Christie's, 15 February 1873, lot 90
Roseberys
Mar. 13, 2013
George Heming Mason, A.R.A. (1818-1872)
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
George Heming Mason, A.R.A. (1818-1872) The plough signed and inscribed 'G. Mason ARA/sketch' (on the reverse) oil on canvas 14½ x 32¼ in. (36.8 x 81.9 cm.)
Christie's
Nov. 08, 2012
George Hemming Mason (British, 1818-1872)
Est: $600 - $900
Village Street. Oil on canvas, signed at the lower left corner, framed overall 24-1/2" x 31". Canvas size 20" x 26". View on AspireAuctions.com"
Aspire Auctions Fine Art & Antiques
Jun. 03, 2012
ATTRIBUTED TO GEORGE HEMNING MASON, (BRITISH 1818-1872), STUDIES OF GOATS
Est: $800 - $1,200
ATTRIBUTED TO GEORGE HEMNING MASON (british 1818-1872)/span STUDIES OF GOATS Oil on board 7 3/4 x 11 1/2 in. (19.7 x 29.2cm) provenance: /spanPrivate Collection, Virginia.
Freeman's | Hindman
Feb. 16, 2011
George Hemning Mason (1818-1872), A Roman Peasant,
Est: £200 - £300
George Hemning Mason (1818-1872), A Roman Peasant, oil sketch on board, 25cm x 14.5cm.
Bellmans Auctioneers
Jan. 27, 2011
George Heming Mason (British, 1818-1872) A 'Butero' watering his horse in the Roman campagna
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
A 'Butero' watering his horse in the Roman campagna signed and dated 'G.MASON./Rome/1853.' (lower right) oil on canvas 32 x 61.5cm (12 5/8 x 24 3/16in).
Bonhams
Dec. 12, 2010
George Heming Mason, British, 1818-1872, Crossing the Moor, oil on canvas, 12 x 22 in., framed
Est: $900 - $1,200
George Heming Mason British, 1818-1872 Crossing the Moor oil on canvas 12 x 22 in., framed Provenance: G. Trollope & Sons, Ltd label on verso Exhibitions: Franco-British Exhibition, 1908, International Fine Arts Exhibition labels on verso
Alex Cooper
Nov. 18, 2009
George Heming Mason, A.R.A. (1818-1872)
Est: £500 - £700
George Heming Mason, A.R.A. (1818-1872) A Roman Peasant Girl oil over pencil and wash on board 10 5/8 x 6¼ in. (27 x 15.8 cm)
Christie's
Jun. 19, 2009
Mason (George Heming A.R.A., 1818-1872). A Roman
Est: £200 - £300
Mason (George Heming A.R.A., 1818-1872). A Roman peasant girl, oil on board, 23.5 x 13.5cm (9.25 x 5.25ins), attractive period moulded gilt frame, glazed, with early stencilled code stamped to verso of panel. George Mason studied for the medical profession, but in 1844 travelled on the continent, and settled in Rome for several years, where he decided to take up painting professionally, returning to England in 1858. He exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1857 and 1872. The present work is likely to have been part of the artistÕs studio sale held by ChristieÕs on 15th February 1873. (1)
Dominic Winter Auctions
Nov. 06, 2008
George Heming Mason (British, 1818-1872) The Garibaldini in the Pisa Marches,
Est: -
The Garibaldini in the Pisa Marches, bears label verso, oil on panel, 20 x 30cm (7 7/8 x 11 13/16in).
Bonhams
Nov. 05, 2008
George Heming Mason (British, 1818-1872) The Garibaldini in the Pisa Marches,
Est: -
The Garibaldini in the Pisa Marches, bears label verso, oil on panel, 20 x 30cm (7 7/8 x 11 13/16in).
Bonhams
Oct. 08, 2008
George Hemning Mason A.R.A. (1818-1872) Plough
Est: £80 - £120
George Hemning Mason A.R.A. (1818-1872) Plough Horse Inscribed verso Oil on canvas 18 x 27cm; 7 x 10½in Old lining, would benefit from clean, canvas undulating in parts.
Woolley & Wallis
Jul. 16, 2008
George Hemning Mason A.R.A. (1818-1872) Plough
Est: £200 - £300
George Hemning Mason A.R.A. (1818-1872) Plough Horse Inscribed verso Oil on canvas 18 x 27cm; 7 x 10½in Old lining, would benefit from clean, canvas undulating in parts.
Woolley & Wallis
Jul. 16, 2008
George Hemning Mason A.R.A. (1818-1872) Haymaking
Est: £200 - £300
George Hemning Mason A.R.A. (1818-1872) Haymaking Inscribed verso Oil on canvas 14 x 21.5cm; 5½ x 8½in Small blemish in the sky, otherwise in good condition
Woolley & Wallis
Jul. 16, 2008
George Hemning Mason A.R.A. (1818-1872) A Roman
Est: £100 - £150
George Hemning Mason A.R.A. (1818-1872) A Roman peasant girl Oil over pencil and wash on paper 26 x 15cm; 10¼ x 5¾in In good condition. Under glass.
Woolley & Wallis
Feb. 21, 2008
George Mason. Title "Buzzard in the Trough of
Est: £80 - £120
George Mason. Title "Buzzard in the Trough of Bowland". Watercolour. Signed. Measures 16 x 21 inches.
Gerrards Auction Rooms
Feb. 19, 2003
George Heming Mason, A.R.A. (1818-1872)
Est: $9,540 - $12,720
A Drinking Fountain in the Campagna signed and inscribed 'DRINKING FOUNTAIN IN THE/CAMPAGNA'/GEORGE H. MASON A.R.A.' (on an old label on the reverse) oil on canvas 121/2 x 241/2 in. (31.8 x 61.6 cm.) PROVENANCE Commissioned by Edgar Flower, Middlehill, Worcestershire, in 1858. With The Shepherd Gallery, New York, 1994. Simon Reynolds, London, from whom acquired by the present owner in 1994. EXHIBITION London, Burlington Fine Arts Club, George Mason Memorial Exhibition, 1873, no. 5 Birmingham, Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, 1895, no. 461 NOTES Commissioned in 1858, this painting is a version of one in the Tate Gallery dating from 1852. George Heming Mason was the grandson of Miles Mason, the potter. He was born at Fenton Park in Staffordshire, brought up at Wetley Abbey, near Leek, and articled to a surgeon in Birmingham. But in 1843 he left for Rome, and, with no artistic training beyond some knowledge of the work of David Cox, launched into a career as an artist. By the early 1850s he had met Arnold B”cklin and two artists who were to have a profound impact on his development, Frederic Leighton and Giovanni Costa. Leighton he idolised and was later to find a great source of moral and financial support. Costa allowed him to paint with him in the Roman campagna, and inbued with his own strong sense of poetic landscape. In 1858 Mason inherited Wetley Abbey, the family home, and returned to England to marry. His style inevitably changed as he adapted to painting the English countryside, although he retained his interest in evoking mood, particularly in a series of idyllic subjects comparable to those of his friend Fred Walker. He seems to have been well aware of the Barbizon painters, and certainly kept in touch with Costa. Like the landscapes of Leighton, Blake Richmond, Walter Crane and George Howard, his work is generally seen in the context of the Etruscan School, although this was not officially founded by Costa until 1883, eleven years after Mason's death. The present picture belongs to Mason's early Roman period, and is typical in subject matter and in the crystalline clarity of the forms, seen either in strong sunlight or deep shadow. In addition to being influenced by Costa, he seems to have been impressed at this date by such French artists as H‚bert, Decamps and Jules Breton, whose work he saw at the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1855. Other examples of this period were included in the Mason Exhibition held at the Fine Art Society, London, in 1982. Among them were his Roman masterpiece, Ploughing in the Campagna (fig. 1), and the Tate version of the present picture (no. 27, illustrated in catalogue). This differs in a number of details. The buildings, the skyline, the foreground, the distant figures and the group of resting oxen, all show minor variations, while the tall tree at upper right is omitted. Research has yet to show if Edgar Flower, who commissioned the picture, was related to Cyril Flower, Lord Battersea, who was drawn by Frederick Sandys and owned Burne-Jones's Golden Stairs (Tate Gallery). For the Sandys portrait, see lot 174, fig. 1.
Christie's