Beschreibung:

Furse (Charles Wellington, 1868-1904). A small archive of works by or relating to the artist, including a number of works by Charles Wellington Furse: a pencil study of the upper back and arms of a male nude on grey textured laid paper, signed in pencil lower right, upper right corner slightly creased, sheet size 27.3 x 39.1 cm (10 3/4 x 15 3/8 ins); a pen and ink drawing of Cecil Rhodes, dated 1896, with folds and a few edge-tears (one with loss to lower edge), sheet size 20.3 x 16.5 cm (8 x 6 1/2 ins), laid down on card (26.9 x 21.4 cm); and 13 small juvenile sketches of horses, figures, and dogs, mostly annotated 'Charlie' and dated 1873, some laid down on paper (adhesive show-through in places), 11.5 x 18 cm (4 1/2 x 7 ins) and smaller, and a collection of works by other hands, including a signed pen & ink head and shoulders sketch of a woman by Pietro Annigoni, dated 1954, a sketchbook belonging to Charles's brother the sculptor J.H.M. Furse, containing approximately 25 leaves of drawings, mostly head studies in pencil (some crossed through in pencil), but also a drawing of a greyhound in sanguine, a few sketches of other animals, several of festoons of fruit, 1 or 2 drapery studies, and a couple of landscapes in coloured chalks, sheet size 30.5 x 24.5 cm (12 x 9 3/4 ins), page block becoming loose in original cloth, large 4to, and a scrap album containing a variety of drawings, engravings, and manuscript writings, including a number of pen & ink or pencil caricatures and a scissor cut silhouette of a child, original gilt and blind decorated red calf, worn, 4to (Quantity: a folder) Charles Wellington Furse studied at the Slade School in London and the Académie Julian in Paris. He is known to have developed a talent for drawing at an early age, and this is borne out by some of the sketches offered here which were executed at the age of just six. Furse is particularly known for his portraiture, which demonstrates a novel sense of immediacy in direct contrast to much for the staid studio portraiture which had gone before. His sitters are often painted engaged in a sport or pastime, unconscious of being observed, giving the appearance of a snapshot in time. One such example is the impressive oil of four children on horseback entitled 'With the York and Ainsty - The Children of Mr Edward Lycett Green', a work conveying movement and colour, light and energy.