Fulham by Moonlight

Location

Country: Other
City: other locations abroad

Born in Bradford in 1910, Bateson Mason is largely known as a painter of landscapes and architectural scenes in oil, watercolour and gouache. After studying at the Bradford College of Art (1927-1932) he went on to the Royal College of Art (RCA) in London (1932-1935), where he was taught by Sir William Rothenstein. Mason later became an Associate of the RCA. A resident of Chelsea in London, Mason exhibited work widely in the city including shows at the New English Art Club, the Leicester and Redfern Galleries and with the London Group. His works are represented in public collections in Manchester and Wakefield and in the British Council Collection in London.

Places

England, London, Fulham

Subjects

poster (as Subject), topography, townscape/cityscape, night, moon, advertising, Corinthian, signage, lamp post, shop-front, street, pavement, terraced house, house, spire, column, clock tower

Materials & Techniques

board, oil, oil painting

Artist

Bateson Mason (1910 - 1977)

Title

Fulham by Moonlight

Date

Medium

Oil on board

Dimensions

height: 42.00 cm, width: 68.50 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Ernest Brown & Phillips, May 1950

Inscription

bl: BATESON MASON

Provenance

Consigned by the artist to Leicester Galleries, London; from whom purchased by the Ministry of Works in December 1949

GAC number

1085