Lot 73: Lionel Walden (1861-1933)American Oil on canvas,

Lionel Walden (1861-1933)American
Oil on canvas, reminiscent of the Newlyn School of Painting
Lobster fisherman by early moonlight off Falmouth with St. Anthony's Lighthouse and Clipper to distance.
Signed lower right
18 x 24"
Walden was born in Norwich, Connecticut. as a young man he moved to Paris to study art with Carolus-Duran. In 1893-97 he lived in Falmouth England and hence must have been influenced by the Newlyn School of Painters. He became a noted painter in Hawaii, Cornwall and France Author David H Forbes described Walden as '...the finest seascape painter to work in Hawaii'. Walden's work can be found in: Cardiff, Brooklyn Museum, The Henry Art Gallery (University of Washington, Seattle), The Honkulu Museum of Art, The Isaacs Art Center ( Waimea, Hawaii ) and the Musee d'Orsay etc.
For similar examples to above see Charles Naper Hemy ' The Pilot', Henry Scott Tuke ' The Fisherman ' and Harold Harvey ' In the Whiting Grounds ' etc.