John Piper (1903-1992) ‘Park Place, Berkshire’ framed lithograph
A beautiful original lithograph piece taken from the 1944 poetry anthology English, Scottish and Welsh Landscapes.
Park Place is a lavish 18th century private residence in the parish of Remenham, Berkshire, near Henley-on-Thames. Piper lived nearby and painted rural Oxfordshire often, most notably for the Shell Guide to Oxfordshire in 1938. The present lithpgraph depicts the boathouse and 'Conway' bridge on the estate, with a fittingly moody wartime atmosphere. Piper's visionary approach to landscape extends the 18th century Romantic tradition, championed by artists such as Joseph Mallord William Turner, John Constable and Thomas Gainsborough. Indeed Piper was most probably aware that Gainsborough's brother Humphrey designed the bridge depicted, a fact that very well may have drawn the artist to this particular subject. His reference to a distinctly English landscape and artistic tradition was a fitting response to the instability that Britain was suffering under the attack of Nazi Germany.
The lithograph mounted and framed ready for display.
Measures 28cm x 23cm
John Piper (1903-1992) ‘Park Place, Berkshire’ framed lithograph
A beautiful original lithograph piece taken from the 1944 poetry anthology English, Scottish and Welsh Landscapes.
Park Place is a lavish 18th century private residence in the parish of Remenham, Berkshire, near Henley-on-Thames. Piper lived nearby and painted rural Oxfordshire often, most notably for the Shell Guide to Oxfordshire in 1938. The present lithpgraph depicts the boathouse and 'Conway' bridge on the estate, with a fittingly moody wartime atmosphere. Piper's visionary approach to landscape extends the 18th century Romantic tradition, championed by artists such as Joseph Mallord William Turner, John Constable and Thomas Gainsborough. Indeed Piper was most probably aware that Gainsborough's brother Humphrey designed the bridge depicted, a fact that very well may have drawn the artist to this particular subject. His reference to a distinctly English landscape and artistic tradition was a fitting response to the instability that Britain was suffering under the attack of Nazi Germany.
The lithograph mounted and framed ready for display.
Measures 28cm x 23cm
