Object Description
A beautiful pair of oil on canvas paintings of Venetian scenes by James Salt (1850 -1903), and dating from Circa 1880.
The paintings delightfully present busy Venetian scenes of the Grand Canal, featuring gondolas and swans against a background of the Doges Palaces with a contrasting cloudy sky.
The artist used very delicate pastel colours to add some mystery to the scenery with some vivid turquoise and slightly golden beige.
Condition:
In excellent gallery condition having been cleaned and relined by a local conservator in 2001.
Dimensions in cm:
Height 52 cm x Width 62 cm x Depth 6 cm – Frame
Height 35 cm x Width 45 cm – Painting
Dimensions in inches:
Height 1 foot, 8 inches x Width 2 foot x Depth 2 inches – Frame
Height 1 foot, 2 inches x Width 1 foot, 6 inches – Painting
James Salt (1850-1903)
English artist painting mainly scenes of Venice in oils but with a gentle colouring and atmospheric feel.
The artist traditionally called James Salt, whose output seems to have been confined to Venetian capricci and about whom hardly anything is recorded, is more likely to be identified with Thomas Salt, born at Woolstanton, Staffordshire In the 1891 census his trade was given as ‘decorative painter (artist)’
Our reference: A4220