The observed pattern in the U.S. famous Victorian artist will be sold at Christie's
The work of one of the most popular British artists of the Victorian era, William Powell Frayta discovered in New England, can earn 800 thousand dollars at auction
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William Powell FRAYT
Derby
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According Artdaily, long considered lost canvas Victorian artist William Powell Frayta (William Powell Frith) was not so long ago, found in New England (USA), in a house by the sea, not lockable. The painting stayed there for there for more than 50 years, and now the owners decided to put it on the auction Christie's. It was after one of the friends of the family owners of the house suggested that the product may be some value. The work will appear in the December 15 auction with an estimate of 300-500 pounds (477-800 thousand dollars).
«Derby" - an early version of one of the most famous paintings of his time, which is Tate Gallery in London. On this canvas depicts Frayt motley crowd of spectators at the races in the Derby in 1850 the first year, including a rich family in a carriage, street acrobats, prostitutes, gamblers and many other equally colorful characters. The observed work of 39 to 91 centimeter executed in oil on canvas.
Peter Brown, head of Victorian painting Christie's, said that the parents of the seller, who is over sixty, purchased it before the Second World War, during the when Victorian art was considered overly sentimental and insipid.
«This measure of change in relation to the Victorian art: in the 1930s and 50s such things could be bought on the cheap" - says Peter Brown said. But with the 1970s, interest in the work of famous Victorians revived, and today they have become a tasty morsel for collectors.
Frayt, one of the most successful artists of the Victorian era, he wrote songs of everyday life with a variety of characters from different social strata, from beach scenes to royal weddings.
movie "Derby", first shown publicly in 1858, became so wildly popular that the London Academy of Arts, where it was exposed, even had to install the product in front of a special barrier to crowd of spectators was not hurt. "This is a novel in paint, and that's what it perceived the Victorian public," - said Peter Brown.
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