Frederick William Davis RBA RBSA, A Lost Fortune

Frederick William Davis RBA RBSA, A Lost FortuneThis late 19th century oil painting by British artist Frederick William Davis RBA RBSA (1862 1919) depicts a seated cavalier with a carefree attitude smoking a long clay pipe. Hes holding a letter in his left hand. Davis was an accomplished painter of figures and genre scenes. Heres a man whos lost it all, leaning back nonchalantly, puffing smoke into the air, with a half filled jug of beer alongside. His wide brimmed hat rests in the foreground,

Dorchester

famed for its artistic heritage

Following this extensive education

He married Marie Elisabeth Lorentzen

It’s late summer and the foliage glows a majestic green with a hint of Autumnal hues

Provenance: With the Finckh family by descent / With the art dealership Kunsthaus Schaller in Stuttgart (1957) / Private collection

a family appears to be picnicking

Renwick was a highly reputable painter of equestrian subjects and very rarely painted people

This early 19th-century English oil painting depicts John Sanderson (1777-1852)

It’s plausible that he remained in Trieste until 1874 when he relocated to Vienna

715 achieved for ‘La Plumeuse de Volaille’ at an auction in 2020

The pair had five children