Traverse du Rieu, Sisteron

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Traverse du Rieu, Sisteron

Randolph Schwabe (1885-1948)

Price

£1,750

Signed

Signed, inscribed with title and dated 1938

Medium

Pencil and watercolour

Dimensions

21 x 12 ¼ inches

Provenance

The Estate of Randolph Schwabe

Exhibited

'A Century of British Art: 1900-1945', Chris Beetles Gallery, 21 June-17 July 2021, No 119

In September 1938, Randolph Schwabe went on a sketching tour of France with his friends, the architect, Maxwell Ayrton, and Ayrton’s artist son, Tony. They based themselves in the austerely picturesque Provençal town of Sisteron, which is situated on the River Durance, in a gap between two mountain ridges. Schwabe enjoyed drawing both its dark, narrow streets and wider views of the surrounding light-filled countryside.

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