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Lot 160: Augustus Edwin Mulready (British, active 1863-1905) Uncared for

Est: £10,000 GBP - £15,000 GBPSold:
BonhamsLondon, United KingdomSeptember 29, 2010

Item Overview

Description

Uncared for
signed and dated 'A E. Mulready./1871.' (lower left)
oil on canvas
101 x 76cm (39 3/4 x 29 15/16in).

Artist or Maker

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EXHIBITED:
London, Royal Academy, 1871, no. 455

Of all the artists who engaged with the field of social realist genre painting in the nineteenth century A. E. Mulready's paintings have aged better than most. The slightly harder edge of his works with an undercurrent of social commentary separates them from the majority of Victorian genre scenes addressing childhood. The narrative element to his work and applicability to contemporary social issues are particularly evident in the following lots and their Dickensian theme of urban poverty. The subject of childhood is central to understanding Mulready's oeuvre. What was once dismissed as Victorian sentimentality can now be seen as a genre charged with a socially reflective mood and personal circumstance all underpinned by a rigorous technique.

Auction Details

19th Century Paintings

by
Bonhams
September 29, 2010, 12:00 PM GMT

101 New Bond Street, London, LDN, W1S 1SR, UK