Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Downing Street

Charles Ginner was born in Cannes, France, to Anglo-Scottish parents. He worked in an architect's office in Paris from 1899 to 1904 before studying painting at various institutions until 1908. In 1909 he visited Buenos Aires and held his first exhibition there, and late in that year he settled permanently in London. Ginner was a key member of the Camden Town Group founded by Walter Sickert and painted urban scenes of modern life in the metropolis. Ginner also worked as an Official War Artist during the Second World War.

Places

England, Boscastle, Cornwall, Atlantic Ocean, Bristol Channel

Subjects

topography, seascape/coastal scene, Camden Town Group, grass, rock formation, sea, cliff

Materials & Techniques

canvas, oil, oil painting

Artist

Charles Ginner (1878 - 1952)

Title

The Kitto Rock, Boscastle, Cornwall

Date

1948

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 50.00 cm, width: 68.50 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Mayor Gallery, March 1974

Inscription

br: C. GINNER

Provenance

Mrs J A Wightman-Harrison; Mrs Ruby Ginner-Dyer; London, Mayor Gallery 1974

GAC number

11025