The Thames at Cheyne Walk

细节

Wilfred Gabriel de Glehn, R.A. (1870-1951)
The Thames at Cheyne Walk
stamped with studio stamp 'WILFRID GABRIEL DE GLEHN R.A. 1870-1951 NO. 174' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
28 x 36 in. (71.1 x 91.5 cm.)
Painted circa 1928

展览

New York, Spanierman Gallery, Wilfred Gabriel de Glehn: John Singer Sargent's Painting Companion, January-March 1997, no. 43.

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拍品专文

After they married in 1904, the de Glehns bought 73 Cheyne Walk, an art nouveau house overlooking the Thames at Chelsea. The present view, painted from the artist's bedroom looks west over Battersea Bridge towards Lots Road Power Station which had just been built. Whistler, who died at 74 Cheyne Walk, had immortalised this stretch of river, indeed it was known locally at that time as Whistler's Reach.

The building of London's great power stations provoked strong reactions but their distinictive outlines have become as much a part of the London sky-line as any other historic building. The Lots Road and Battersea Power Stations are now seen as important London landmarks.