JOHN WRIGHT BARKER (1864-1941) ‘Puppy Days’
signed lower right, titled verso with artist’s name and address, oil on canvas, 91cm x 120cm
Provenance: The Collection of Miss Ellen Cooper-Dean, Bournemouth
The Estate of the late Miss Sylvia Bowditch and thence by descent
Purchased by the present vendor’s father from Duke’s 4th October 2007, lot 253
the collection of the late Mervyn Stewkesbury.
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£6,000 - £8,000
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£17,000 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
John Wright Barker
Wright Barker specialised in animal painting but also produced human portraits and genre pieces in a detailed, almost Pre-Raphaelite style. His animal paintings are characterful and bold. The source of Barker’s artistic training is not known. He lived in Bradford until 1885, then moved to Edwinstone near Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. In 1893, he was living in nearby Ollerton, where the present work was executed. In 1901 he moved to Hampstead, then in 1915 to Harrogate, where he died in 1941. Towards the end of his life he became a picture dealer.
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