Edward Reginald Frampton (1872-1923)

Saint Christopher

細節

Edward Reginald Frampton (1872-1923)
Saint Christopher
signed 'E. Reginald Frampton'; and inscribed 'Ealing' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
60 x 48 in. (153 x 121.9 cm.)

來源

Sir George Frampton, R.A., by whom bequeathed to Dr Barnardo's Barkingside Home on his death in 1928.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's London, 29 March 1983, lot 168.

展覽

London, Royal Academy, 1899, no. 325.
London, Royal Institute of Painters in Oil-Colours, 1912, no.111.

拍品專文

The story of St Christopher, the giant who unwittingly carried the Christ Child across a swollen river, thereby achieving his desire to serve the greatest king in the world, would have appealed to Frampton. He was a keen sailor and many of his paintings have watery themes. Other examples are The Passage of the Holy Grail to Sarras (New Gallery, 1907), The Voyage of St Brendan (New Gallery, 1908), an allegorical figure of Navigation (New Gallery, 1909), and The Childhood of Perseus (Royal Institute of Painters in Oil-Colours, 1911).

The painting has an interesting provenance in that it belonged to the sculptor Sir George Frampton, R.A. (1860-1928), well known for his Lamia (1900; Royal Academy) and other symbolist busts, as well as for his architectural sculpture on the Glasgow Art Gallery, Lloyd's Registry, and elsewhere. He was no relation of the painter.