JAMES JOHN HILL BRITISH 19th CENTURY VICTORIAN PORTRAIT OIL PAINTING HARVEST

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Seller: richardtaylorfinearts ✉️ (1,651) 100%, Location: Dudley, GB, Ships to: AMERICAS, EUROPE, ASIA, AU, Item: 374147772420 JAMES JOHN HILL BRITISH 19th CENTURY VICTORIAN PORTRAIT OIL PAINTING HARVEST. BRITISH VICTORIAN PORTRAIT OIL PAINTING JAMES JOHN HILL (1811-1882) PORTRAIT OF A GLEANER This absolutely lovely British Victorian oil painting is by noted Birmingham born artist James John Hill and has some excellent provenance below. The painting actually stayed in Birmingham for many years, hanging in Heathfield Hall, the former residence of inventor and engineer James Watt, but owned at that time by Thomas Pemberton. It then moved to Berwick House in Shropshire.  Entitled The Gleaner and painted in1863, it is a charming half length portrait of a young woman with a sheaf of wheat under her arm. She is stood beneath trees and the wheat field is beyond. She is dressed in a lovely pink garment and wearing a brown felt hat, to shade her face from the sun, her dark hair cascading down her shoulder, The hat is decorated with a poppy. The soft tones and sympathetic rendering of the young woman make this a stunning 19th century oil painting with excellent provenance.  The painting is housed in its original gilt frame with a beautiful oak leaf motif.    Signed and dated 1863 lower left.   Provenance. Thomas Pemberton, Heathfield Hall, Handsworth, Birmingham. (Heathfield Hall was the former residence of the inventor and engineer James Watt. Following his death the house had several occupiers including local luminaries Thomas Pemberton and George Tangye). His sale, Christie's, 30 April 1874, lot 95 (69gns to James Watson) Berwick House, Shropshire.   (James Watson (1817-1895) was an English merchant, dairy herdsman and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1892)           Condition. Oil on canvas, 34 inches by 28 inches unframed, in good condition.  Frame. Housed in its original gilt frame with oak leaf motif, 42 inches by 36 inches and in good condition.  BIOGRAPHY James John Hill RBA (1811 – 27 January 1882), known also by his alias J. J. Hill, was an English landscape and portrait painter, known for his many rustic paintings and portraits of Lady Burdett-Coutts. James John Hill was born sometime in 1811 in Broad Street, Birmingham to Daniel Hill, plater, and Elizabeth Rowlinson, the daughter of a brass founder. He was educated at Hazelwood School, a school founded by the educational reformer Rowland Hill (no relation), and he attended Joseph Barber's art academy in Great Charles Street, at the time being taught by his son Vincent. His fellow pupils included Thomas Creswick, James Tibbits Willmore, Thomas Baker, and Peter Hollins. Having moved to London in 1839, Hill was elected in 1842 a member of the Society of British Artists. There, he became known as a 'popular contributor' among his fellow artists, showing off his artwork in a number of their exhibitions across the next forty years. He operated primarily in London, painting many portraits of Lady Burdett-Coutts, a Victorian philanthropist, and her many pets. He was allegedly a good friend of hers. His paintings were known to depict mainly girls and boys and their families residing in the countryside, nature being present in almost all of his artwork, and in his later career he moved from painting mainly portraits and people to painting landscapes. Most of his landscape paintings were inspired by his visit to Ireland in 1854. He had a number of his paintings featured in London newspapers. Hill had five children altogether. His first child – also James John Hill – was born to an unknown mother in 1838, and the other four – Daniel, Emily, Thomas and Alfred – to Harriet Parsons. His eldest son went on to become a marine engineer and had many children of his own. Hill's brother, Daniel Rowlinson Hill, was an architect based in Birmingham, and his cousin was Daniel Rowlinson Ratcliff, a lock and safe manufacturer and also an MP. He died on 27 January 1882, aged 71, at Sutton House, London, having contracted bronchitis and was buried in a family grave on the west side of Highgate Cemetery. ABOUT RICHARD TAYLOR FINE ART Plenty of quality paintings on Richard Taylor Fine Art - Ebay. Gallery condition paintings available to purchase via Ebay buy it now or make an offer. Have a look at my other items and my excellent feedback. We ship worldwide at cost from the UK  and will combine post. Ask if unsure or if you require more photos or information.
  • Artist: JAMES JOHN HILL
  • Originality: Original
  • Size: Large
  • Date of Creation: Antique (Pre-1900)
  • Material: Oil, Canvas
  • Subject: Portrait
  • Type: Painting
  • Listed By: RICHARD TAYLOR FINE ART
  • Original/ Repro: Original
  • Style: Victorian
  • Self-Representing Artist?: No
  • Features: Framed, Signed, Dated
  • Production Technique: Oil Painting
  • Time Period Produced: 1850-1899

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