Novar Cottage, Bearley, Warwickshire

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, Bearley, Warwickshire

Subjects

barrel, landscape C20th, Camden Town Group, plant, tree, water butt, hedgerow, house, cottage, well, window, chimney, thatched roof

Materials & Techniques

canvas, oil, oil painting

Artist

Charles Ginner (1878 - 1952)

Title

Novar Cottage, Bearley, Warwickshire

Date

1933

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 50.80 cm, width: 60.80 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Leicester Galleries, May 1962

Inscription

br: C.GINNER ; on verso on overlap of canvas: C.GINNER; on stretcher: NOVAR COTTAGE BREARLEY WARWICK

Provenance

Collection of T. W. Spurr; collection of Arthur Crossland; collection of J. Wallis; whom purchased by the Leicester Galleries, London; from whom purchased by the Ministry of Works in May 1962

GAC number

5799