Suburb of Harrow-on-the-Hill

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

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, Middlesex, London, Harrow on the Hill

Subjects

topography, genre, townscape/cityscape, Camden Town Group, grass, tree, dog, man, woman, advertising, garden, railing, street, house, chimney

Materials & Techniques

canvas, oil, oil painting

Artist

Charles Ginner (1878 - 1952)

Title

Suburb of Harrow-on-the-Hill

Date

1940

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 36.00 cm, width: 46.00 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Mayor Gallery, January 1980

Inscription

bl: C. GINNER

Provenance

Collection of Anton Lock; sold through Christie's, London, on 28 February 1975 (Lot 147); from which sale purchased by the Department of the Environment

GAC number

14903