William Eyre Exhibition

William Eyre A Gentleman’s Travels

William Eyre A Gentleman’s Travels

William Eyre (1891-1979) was a landscape painter of extraordinary talent who exhibited at the Croydon Art Society for the best part of twenty years, with the likes of Hesketh Hubbard, PRBA, ROI, FSA, Jack Merriott, RI, William Watkins, RI, William Fryer and Cicely Mary Barker.

In 1971, Eyre moved to North Wales where he remained for the rest of his life, however he still regularly contributed to the Croydon Art Society’s exhibitions, although he no longer put his works up for sale. His works record the myriad of places that he visited, not only in England but on the Continent, and cover all seasons, but it was the sublime landscapes of Northern Wales that proved to be his final and most haunting inspiration; he died there in 1979.

Eyre’s works show considerable skill in the handling of both oil and watercolour, two very different mediums, and his landscapes have even been likened to Whistler. His confidence, sense of drama and simplicity of technique has also drawn comparisons with Cotman and there is a clear link to be made with the work of Edward Seago.

This collection of works by Eyre represents a large proportion of the artist’s studio, purchased from a descendent in South Africa where they have been in store for the past two decades. We are delighted to offer this exhibition for sale and hope that it revives an interest in this largely unrecorded artist. All works are available for purchase from the publication of this brochure.

Front cover: No 25 Beach Scene, North Wales (detail) Left: No 46 The Square, Saint Jean de Luz (detail)

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Right: No 4 Cottages in Donegal (detail)

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Left: No 16 On the Orwell with Rainbow (detail)

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Right: No 36 Pasturelands, Norfolk (detail)

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“William Eyre’s Nocturne Chelsea Reach inevitably reminded me of Whistler’s night scenes…the artist discovered in the subject something which transcends representation, that he had in fact presented the very essence of the scene.”

CROYDON ART SOCIETY’S 1971 EXHIBTION REVIEW

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Cottages by the pond Moored boats by a riverbank Norfolk Scene, Summer After Rain Cottages in Donegal Canal Scene, Venice wirh Chiesa dei Gesuiti A Dutch meadow in spring Estuary Scene Cader Idris, North Wales At the edge of the pool Eernewoude, Holland Cottages in Donegal Sailing barges on the Orwell Norwich from Mousehold Heath May time, County Galway Fishing Boats, Honfleur On the Orwell with rainbow Ullapoll The village in the dunes The Valley, Winter Loch Ryan, Galloway A sunny morning off the Suffolk coast Cottages by the sea Thames Barges Off the Suffolk Coast Beach Scene, North Wales Paris, with 'Les Invalides' in background Watendlath, Cumberland Dutch Waterway, on the river Zaon The Salute, Venice – towards evening, after rain Flooded Marshlands, Winter Tuileries Gardens, Paris Molen de Haas, Zierikzee Near Ipswich Criccieth Harbour Scene, North Wales Pasturelands, Norfolk The Way to the Farm Coastal Village The Bridge Tunney Fishers, Saint Jean de Luz Fishing boats in port Beach scene, low tide River with bridge On the road, Winter Outside Venice The Square, Saint Jean de Luz Beached Boats Windmill Summer – Penmaenpool, North Wales River Scene, South of France River Scene, Northern Holland Treviso, Venice Evening in Surrey Ashness Bridge, near Keswick Near Connemara, Ireland River Scene with Barges Fisherman by a Bridge

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