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Oil on panel, 6 x 9 3/4 in. (15.2 x 24.8 cm.)
Size:
Height – 15.2cm x Width – 24.8cm
Exhibited: Royal Academy, 1891, no. 920
This poignant little study of lamplight, although neo-classical in
subject, owes more to Atkinson Grimshaw than to Poynter, or perhaps
even to the Dutch luminist, Schendel. Laden with ‘mood’, it is a dark
picture that is full of light.
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Hobden lived in South Benfleet, and made its locality the subject of a number of landscapes. His works are often on a small scale, very closely controlled tonally and painstakingly finished, as if they were miniatures. He also illustrated a number of books. He exhibited at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, RA, RI, ROI and RBA, to which he was elected in 1901.
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