Lot 52: WILLIAM CRAMPTON GORE

WILLIAM CRAMPTON GORE 1877 - 1946 INTERIOR WITH THE ARTIST'S WIFE, YVONNE, AND YOUNG DAUGHTER, ELIZABETH, AT MONTREUIL-SUR-MER oil on canvas 56 by 46.5cm.; 22 by 18¼in.

Sale, James Adam, Dublin 9th December 1998, lot 48, where purchased by the present owner

Having dabbled in fine art painting in 1898, William Crampton Gore was originally trained and employed as a surgeon. He eventually took up painting professionally following his studies at the Slade School in London from 1900 to 1904, where he befriended Sir William Orpen and shared a studio with Augustus John. He spent some time in Paris early in his career, and following his marriage in 1923, he settled in France, at which time the present work was executed at his home in Montreuil-sur-Mer.