SOLDThe Calledonian Market , 1936
Framed (ref: 3828)
Signed
Oil on canvas, 43 1/4 x 37 3/4 in. (110 x 96 cm.)
SOLDSigned
Oil on canvas, 43 1/4 x 37 3/4 in. (110 x 96 cm.)
Harry Morley 1881-1943
The Caledonian Market
Oil on canvas; signed.
43 x 37.5 inches
EXHIBITED: Royal Academy, 1936, no.183 Initially trained as architect, Morley went to Italy on an RIBA scholarship and there determined to be a painter. He attended the Academy Julien in Paris, but never forgot early Italian painting. Like the Pre-Raphaelites and the Nazarenes before him, he treated his subjects with hard edges, clear light and bright colours even, as here, treating everyday life in a London flea market between the Wars, like other English painters that engaged in 'Mass Observation'.
