TRISTRAM HILLIER, R.A. (1905-1983)
TRISTRAM HILLIER, R.A. (1905-1983)
TRISTRAM HILLIER, R.A. (1905-1983)
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TRISTRAM HILLIER, R.A. (1905-1983)

Barns in Winter

Details
TRISTRAM HILLIER, R.A. (1905-1983)
Barns in Winter
signed and dated ‘Hillier ’43.’ (lower left), inscribed and dated again ‘Barns in Winter/ Jan. 43.’ (on the reverse)
oil on panel
10 x 16 in. (25.4 x 40.6 cm.)
Painted in January 1943.
Provenance
The Right Hon. Vincent Massey.
with Arthur Tooth & Sons, London.
Anonymous sale; Phillips, London, 25 March 1997, lot 37.
with James Huntingdon-Whiteley Fine Art, London, where purchased by the present owner circa 1997.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Landscape of the Mind: The Art of Tristram Hillier, Taunton, Arts Council England, Museum of Somerset, 2019, pp. 60-61, 64, 100, no. 25, illustrated.
Exhibited
Taunton, Arts Council England, Museum of Somerset, Landscape of the Mind: The Art of Tristram Hillier, November 2019 - April 2020, no. 25.
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

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Lot Essay

Barns in Winter is one of several English scenes dated to 1943 that represent a departure from Hillier's prior output (which was almost exclusively continental). A small number, nine that are recorded, of these early English works include either lone or small groups of figures, all in rural settings. Two of these works are in public collections (The War in Somerset, Manchester City Gallery and The Argument, Harris Museum, Preston).

Between 1935 and 1946, The Right Hon. Vincent Massey held the office of the 7th High Commissioner of Canada, and later became Governor General of Canada. Over this period Massey amassed many works by contemporary British artists, a portion of which he gifted to the National Gallery of Canada. The contents of this gift (including three other Hilliers; Fishing Craft at Etretat 1939, The Bridle 1943 and The Accident c. 1940) were exhibited at the Tate in 1946 as A Collection of Contemporary British Paintings. Other artists included in the gift were Bell, Coldstream, Condor, Eurich, Gowing, Hitchens, Hodgkins, Innes, Smith, Spencer, Starr, Steer, Sutherland, Wadsworth and Wood. Massey also owned another Hillier (Chantier Fécampois 1940, current whereabouts unknown).

We are very grateful to Jonathan Gibbs and the Estate of Tristram Hillier for their assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.
The Estate are preparing a forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the Artist's paintings and would like to hear from owners of any works by Hillier. Please write to The Estate of Tristram Hillier, c/o Christie’s Modern British & Irish Art Department, 8 King Street, London, SW1Y 6QT or email mclothier@christies.com.

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