WILLIAM HARGREAVES Scottish, Early 20th century Sunset Over the Marsh, 1918 Watercolor on paper A signed watercolor on paper depicting a vast coastal marshland beneath a dramatic twilight sky of rose, amber, and violet clouds, executed with atmospheric sensitivity in the Tonalist tradition, presented under mat in an ebonized and gilt beaded frame. Framed. Not examined out of frame. Sight as matted: 13.25 x 18.5 inches; frame: 21.5 x 26.5 inches $200-300
ARTIST PROFILE: William J. Hargreaves (Scottish, fl. late 19th–early 20th century): William J. Hargreaves was a Scottish painter recorded as active around 1935, though signed and dated works place his career considerably earlier, spanning from at least 1888–89 through 1909. He is known primarily as a landscape painter, with surviving works including river and woodland scenes such as "In Binning Woods" (1903) and "On the Kent" (1909), a river landscape in oil on canvas.
