Hope of Rescue, 1894

oil on canvas, 14” x 18” (framed dimensions: 20” x 24”)

$18,500

In this moody and evocative painting, one of Britain’s greatest, late 19th century/early 20th century artists shows us why his work has been in demand worldwide. The crew of a disabled ship waits on deck on a gray North Sea day, for the clippership in the distance to spot them and come to their rescue. Bragwyn’s large output included paintings, etchings, engravings, stained glass, ceramics and even furniture, but he’s most famous for his large-scale, narrative murals in the House of Lords, London at Westminster (1924-1933), Rockefeller Center, New York, NY (1930-1934), the Venice Biennales of 1905 and 1907, Missouri State Capitol, Jefferson City (1915–1925), the Cuyahoga County Courthouse, Cleveland, Ohio (1911–1915), and Casa Cuseni, Artist Robert Hawthorn Kitson’s house in Taormina, Sicily, built from 1902 to 1905. He was commissioned for murals in the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa in the capital city of Wellington, NZ. He was also chosen to decorate the first-class dining room of the Canadian Pacific liner, RMS EMPRESS OF BRITAIN (1930–1931).