Lot 304: William Hannah Clarke (1882-1924)

On the sands
signed and dated 'W H Clarke 1917' (lower left)
oil on canvas
16 1/4 x 20 1/2 in. (41.2 x 52 cm.)

William Hannah Clarke settled in the Scottish fishing village of Kirkcudbright in 1915. Set in the undulating hills along the Galloway coast, Kirkcudbright was by then a well established artist's colony presided over by the Glasgow Boy, Edward Atkinson Hornel. The present work shows the influence of Hornel's decorative naturalism and the Japanese parasol is a further playful reference to the artist. Clarke was highly regarded and E.A. Taylor in the Studio of 1916, praised his 'spontaneous figure pastorals', which became a recurring motif in his work.

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