Roland Vivian Pitchforth, RA, ARWS

The Medway, Rochester - Large Modern British Kent Landscape Watercolor Painting

1937

A quite wonderful signed and dated 1959 large scale watercolour depicting the Riviera town of Laigueglia in Northern Italy. This is a lively scene with sailor in a striped t-shirt bringing in his ropes, as a sun bather in swimming trunks chats with a figure holding a large pole, possibly a sand spike or fishing rod. Locals go about their business in the background and mamas hang their washing from balconies to dry. The quality of this modernist work is superb throughout with fine detail and excellent rendering of the numerous figures and boats. Inscribed, signed and dated lower left. Artist: R. T. Horley (British, 20th century) Title: Laigueglia Medium: Watercolour & wash over pencil Size: 15.5 x 22.5 inches (39 x 57 cm) unframed We can arrange framing to your specification if required Laigueglia is a small coastal town situated along the Riviera di Ponente in the northern Italian coastal region of Liguria Laigueglia is a town that has maintained a more peaceful aspect and atmosphere, typical of a classic Ligurian seaside village. In fact, together with Bordighera, it is one of the few remaining authentic towns in a western Ligurian strongly oriented towards tourism. With its alleys, the squares, the lilac-pink tones of the houses gathered in the protective shade of the monumental church...

A fine c.1960 watercolour by James Ingham Riley depicting Coire Lagan corrie in the Cuillin mountain range on the Isle Of Skye in Scotland. Signed lower left. One of a pair of Isle of Skye paintings...

A fine c.1960 watercolour by James Ingham Riley depicting the Northern Cuillin mountain range on the Isle Of Skye in Scotland. Signed lower left. One of a pair of Isle of Skye paintings that we have available by this artist. Artist: James Ingham Riley (British, 1928-2015) Title: The Northern Cuillin Medium: Watercolour on paper Size: 10.25 x 14.5 inches (26 x 37 cm) unframed / 17.5 x 21 inches (45.5 x 53 cm) including the mount Condition: Very good original condition James Ingham Riley was a respected Lake District artist who exhibited frequently with the Lake Artist's Society. He had a lifetime interest in climbing and hill walking in the Lake District, Wales, the Pennines...

A fine signed and dated 1868 watercolour and pencil on laid paper depicting a bustling scene on Rue Galande in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, by Alfred-Alexandre Delauney. Excellen...

This beautiful view of St James's Square in central London was painted by William Benjamin Chamberlin in the 1920's. The work has been painted from a window on a high floor of a bui...

A fine signed and dated 1903 watercolour depicting the Venice Lagoon at sunset by female British artist Nora Butson. Rare period work by a female artist, who were so often overlooke...

During the War is an original drawing in watercolor realized in 1941 by Jean-Raymond Delpech (1916-1988). Hand-signed and dated on the lower right. The state of preservation of the...

Autumn is an original is an original drawing in watercolor on cardboard realized by Jean-Raymond Delpech (1916-1988) in 1958. Hand-signed and dated on the lower right. The state of...

Mountains is an original drawing in watercolor on cardboard realized by Jean-Raymond Delpech (1916-1988) in 1944. Hand-signed and dated on the lower right. The state of preservatio...

Ruins of the Ancient Aqueducts is an original artwork realized by Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner (Weimar, 4 October 1808 – Leipzig, 10 January 1894) in 1872. Watercolour and pencil on paper. Hand-signed and dated on the lower left corner: C. Werner 1872. Good conditions. Prov. Collection Dr. Peter Nicolaus (1940-2020). Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner (4 October 1808 – 10 January 1894) was a German...

The french Landscape is an original drawing in watercolor by an anonymous artist in the early 20th Century. Good conditions. The artwork is depicted through strong strokes in a wel...

"Landscape" is an original drawing in watercolor on paper, realized by Jean-Raymond Delpech (1916-1988). The state of preservation of the artwork is good and aged with some ripping ...