A signed watercolour by Ernest Yarrow-Jones depicting the Alpes-Maritimes seen from the Saint-Paul-de-Vence area in southern France. The composition opens across cultivated fields and scattered buildings towards the distant snow-covered mountain range, combining the warm tones of Provence with the cool blue and violet forms of the Alps.
Details
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Artist: Ernest Yarrow-Jones (1872-1951)
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Title: No. 5 The Alpes Maritimes from St Paul
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Medium: Watercolour on paper
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Signature: Signed lower left
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Artwork size: 25 × 34.5 cm (9.8 × 13.6 in), height × width
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Framed size: 42 × 49.5 cm (16.5 × 19.5 in), height × width
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Presentation: Framed and mounted
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Provenance: Acquired from a family descendant.
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Condition: Artwork in very good vintage condition, with some signs of paper discolouration commensurate with age. Frames and mounts in very good condition.
Subject and Context
The title identifies the viewpoint as St Paul, almost certainly Saint-Paul-de-Vence, looking towards the Alpes-Maritimes. Yarrow-Jones contrasts the cultivated Mediterranean landscape in the foreground with the distant high Alpine peaks, producing a particularly strong example of his French travel watercolours.
About the Artist
Ernest Yarrow-Jones (1872-1951) was a British painter, sculptor and illustrator. Born in Liverpool, he was educated at Liverpool College and Pembroke College, Oxford, before being called to the Bar at the Inner Temple. He subsequently turned from law to art, studying at the Westminster School of Art and Royal College of Art, followed by further training in Paris at the Académie Julian and Académie Colarossi.
He exhibited at the Royal Academy and in Paris at the Salon d’Automne and Salon des Indépendants, and held solo exhibitions at the Leicester Galleries, Arlington Gallery and Macrae Gallery. He lived and worked for many years at Black Gable, Hythe, Kent, and also spent extended periods in Paris and travelled extensively in France and the Mediterranean.
His work is represented in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
