STEER (Philip Wilson, 1860-1942, English Impressionist Painter and founding member of the New English Art Club, Teacher at the Slade, 1893-1930)

Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Lawrence asking if he “would care to come to see the Porchester drawing which I have had mounted, tomorrow Tuesday afternoon about 5 o’clock. If you cannot manage this would you mind ringing my up...”, 1 sides 8vo., 109 Cheyne Walk, S.W.10, 30th June

Steer’s sea and landscape paintings made him a leading figure in the Impressionist movement in Britain but in time he turned to a more traditional English style, clearly influenced by both John Constable and J. M. W. Turner, and spent more time painting in the countryside rather than on the coast. As a painting tutor at the Slade School of Art for many years he influenced generations of young artists.
Harwood C. Laurence (1869-1949) was a stockbroker and Art Collector so, despite the spelling of the surname, he is almost certainly the recipient of this letter.

Item Date:  1930

Stock No:  42531      £125

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