Daffodils and Anemones

Location

Country: Hungary
City: Budapest
Place: British Embassy

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

Subjects

vase (as Subject), still life, Camden Town Group, anemone, daffodil, jug

Materials & Techniques

canvas, oil, oil painting

Artist

Charles Ginner (1878 - 1952)

Title

Daffodils and Anemones

Date

1935

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

width: 43.50 cm, height: 56.50 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Christie's, 17 November 1978

Inscription

br: C. GINNER

Provenance

Collection of Ruby Ginner Dyer; by whom presented to Anton Lock after the artist's death; by whom sold through Christie's, London, 'Modern British and Irish Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture' sale, on 17 November 1978 (Lot 26), unframed; from which sale purchased by the Department of the Environment

GAC number

14313