£25,000
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 34 x 44 inches (86.36 x 111.76 cm)
SIGNATURE: Signed (lower right)
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas
This piece captures the effect of sunlight and reflection on the crashing waves of the Irish Sea, with North Stack lighthouse looking out from a rocky outcrop far in the distance.
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Augustus Morton Hely-Smith worked abroad before settling in Looe, Cornwall in 1890 for a period, as he specialised in marine subjects.
He was a painter of marine subjects, portraits and flower studies in oil and watercolour. His work can be seen hanging in the Victoria & Albert Museum.
Private Collection, United Kingdom.
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Augustus Morton Hely-Smith was born at Warnbrook in Dorset and was the son of a clergyman. He studied at the Lincoln School of Art and at the Antwerp Academy.
Smith worked abroad before settling in Looe, Cornwall in 1890 for a period, as he specialised in marine subjects.
It is known that he may have studied under, or become friendly with Olsson at this time (Tovey). By 1899 he had moved to London.
He was a painter of marine subjects, portraits and flower studies in oil and watercolour. His work can be seen hanging in the Victoria & Albert Museum.
