3rd Dec, 2013 10:00
Fine Art
Sold for £450
Lot details
Henry Fenton Spread (Irish/American 1844-1890) A VENETIAN NOCTURNE signed and indistinctly dated (1879?) oil on canvas 30.5 x 52cms; 11 3/4 x 20 1/2in. Born in Kinsale, Ireland, Spread studied in South Kensington under Riviere and then with Slingeneyer in Brussels in 1863. He undertook painting tours in Melbourne, Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania before moving to New York in 1870, then to Chicago circa 1872. He was a member of the Chicago Academy of Design and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. See illustration
Henry Fenton Spread (Irish/American 1844-1890) A VENETIAN NOCTURNE signed and indistinctly dated (1879?) oil on canvas 30.5 x 52cms; 11 3/4 x 20 1/2in. Born in Kinsale, Ireland, Spread studied in South Kensington under Riviere and then with Slingeneyer in Brussels in 1863. He undertook painting tours in Melbourne, Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania before moving to New York in 1870, then to Chicago circa 1872. He was a member of the Chicago Academy of Design and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. See illustration
Auction: Fine Art, 3rd Dec, 2013
