Paysage pres de Belley

Details

GERALD TYRWHITT-WILSON, LORD BERNERS (BRITISH, 1883-1950)
Paysage pres de Belley
signed 'BERNERS/1938' (lower right)
oil on board
14 ½ x 17 ½ in. (36.7 x 44.4 cm.)

Exhibited

Paris, Salon d'Automne, 1938.
London, The Lefevre Galleries.

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Lot Essay

Gertrude Stein was noted for her country house only four miles from Belley, and it is highly likely that Lord Berners painted this whilst visiting her. Please note that Lord Berners is photographed painting the present lot in page 47 of the printed catalogue.

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