Chris Beetles Gallery

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Precipice and Pine

Cecil Arthur Hunt (1873-1965)

Price

£4,250

Signed

Signed
Inscribed with title on original backboard

Medium

Watercolour and bodycolour

Dimensions

14 ¾ x 21 ¾ inches

Exhibited

Royal Society of Painters in Water-Colours, Spring 1954, no 107, as 'Precipice and Pine, Rosenlau';
'Chris Beetles Summer Show 2024', Chris Beetles Gallery, London, June-September 2024, no 107

A keen member of the Alpine Club, Hunt frequently visited the Alps and Dolomites in pursuit of dramatic subjects for his paintings as well as challenging walks and climbs. In June and July 1953, Hunt and his wife Phyllis stayed at the Royal Hotel in Lucerne, travelling and sketching the surrounding area on extended day trips by car and steamer. Rosenlaui lies above Meiringen in the Bernese Oberland, and is only a mile from the Reichenbach falls, the scene of the fatal struggle between Sherlock Holmes and Moriarty.

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