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Sir Alfred J. Munnings (British, 1878-1959)

A River Landscape

Details
Sir Alfred J. Munnings (British, 1878-1959)
A River Landscape
signed 'A.J.Munnings' lower right
oil on canvas
24 x 24in. (61 x 61cm.)

Lot Essay

This is probably Langham Mill Pond. In his autobiography, Munnings wrote about the country around Dedham. "We found it beautiful, unsploit, as in the days of Constable...From 1919 to 1935 I used to paint there, bathe there, row there in a boat, walk there, ride there. To know that it was three miles away gave me a distinct happiness. No pen could desribe what has happened to that Arcadia." (A. J. Munnings, An Artists Life, Bungay, 1950, p. 120. A similar picture is illustrated opposite p. 113.)