Matthew Ridley Corbet, Seascape (A Love Story)

Matthew Ridley Corbet, Seascape (A Love Story)This energetic late 19th century seascape by English artist, Matthew Ridley Corbet (1850 1902) was born from a true love story and has an intriguing depth of history. Corbet began his artistic education at Cheltenham College before studying at the Slade School of Art and the Royal Academy Schools under Frederic Leighton (1830 1896). Leighton was a traditionalist and Corbets early works followed suit. For example, his painting Classical Maidens (1876

so they’re quite explicit

An early 20th-century still life depicting an assortment of apples and a jug

the form of the tree

Shaw painted many celebrities including actress

This seems likely as it bears a date of 1919

and the Society of British Artists

and Boca Raton in Florida

losses and some darkened areas

could it be a portrait of an actor in costume

Sir William Howard (Premier of Ontario

It concludes as follows:

Johann Heinrich Helfrich (1795-1870)