Since I put up the post about Laurence Bell recently, a number of readers have written to me, including one who sent this print from his collection today. The subject is the place de Verdun at Genay near Lyon.
The main information is that Bell described himself as an engraver living at 13a Heath St, Hampstead. The only exhibition records given were for two watercolours shown at the Glasgow Institute in 1921 and 1922. This isn't much to go on but it far more than we had previously and I would think that this must be the right person.
I have included his view of the Porta Capuana in Naples done before the houses and the upper structure were removed. They were certainly there in the earlier part of the C20th as you can see from this intriguing photograph which appears to show the street under water. Also included is one of the etchings. This is in the style of Alphonse Legros who taught at the Slade School of Art until 1893. Whether Bell was a student there is another matter but it certainly maintains the links with France.
I should have sent a better image! Th print at the top of your post is titled Gemay (Aix).
ReplyDeleteThanks for the title. As for the image, you didn't know I might use it. It can always be replaced with a different photo.
ReplyDeleteI have a Lawrence Bell in the same style as the bottom image. It’s of a man fishing in a stream. Do you have any information in the piece. It doesn’t look like it’s a print and it’s from the Coughton Galleries. Thank you in advance!!
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