Warwickshire, William Staples Drown

This bucolic depiction of provincial England was painted by listed American artist William Staples Drown (b. 1856 d. 1915). He was most well known for his landscapes and marine paintings. While he lived in Rhode Island most of his life, he traveled extensively to paint, and it is those paintings he did abroad that are the most valued. He studied under Appleton Brown in Boston. Drown also studied in Venice and Paris, and has works housed in Brown University and the Whistler House Museum of Art. Antiques Roadshow on PBS had a wonderful highlight of the artist: https://video.aptv.org/video/antiques-roadshow-appraisal-1895-william-staples-drown-oil-painting/ Signed “W Staples Drown” in lower right, labeled “Berkswell Warwickshire England” on verso. Medium: oil on linen Size of support: 14” x 17 1/2”   Outside frame dimension: 17” x 21” Period of creation: 1890-1900 Condition: The paint layer is freshly cleaned with a fresh dammar varnish applied. Areas of cupping in the sky have been conso