FRANK GALSWORTHY 1863 - 1959 LARGE FLOWER WATERCOLOUR 'MAGNOLIA GRANDIFLORA' 1956 SIGNED

Magnolia Grandiflora
 
A fine large watercolour of a Magnolia by Frank Galsworthy who is particularly known for his depictions of flowers.
 
Medium: Watercolour on thick paper
 
Date: 1956

Signed: Bottom left
 
Title: Magnolia Grandiflora

Overall size  52 x 39cm

Frank Galsworthy was an English watercolorist and authority on flowers and gardens. He travelled to New York in 1921 and 1925 for exhibitions at two Manhattan galleries (Anderson and Kingore) and later made a trip to Charleston South Carolina in 1928 where he painted the wonderful marsh-scapes and dune-scapes we see here.
 
He was born in Marylebone, England and trained as an architect but moved to Chertsey in 1890 and lived at Green Acre Farm, Chertsey, Surrey for the next 70 years. He is known mainly for his paintings of flowers and plants, became well known as a flower portraitist and using watercolour to record rare breeds. In April 1925 he exhibited his flower paintings in New York - which was written ip in Arts & decoration. In the 1930s he won four RHS Gold Medals. He was the son of Sir Edwin Galsworthy and cousin of John Galsworthy who wrote The Forsyte Saga.
 
Exhibitions:
 
1921 Anderson Galleries, NYC
 
1921 Kingore Galleries; Fifth Avenue, NYC

A charming and well-executed example of his work — ready for framing and display.

This is one (1) of eight (8) watercolours of flowers by Galsworthy we are offering this evening
 
Condition: Very good with excellent colour 

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