{"product_id":"ernest-yarrow-jones-alpes-maritimes-st-paul","title":"Ernest Yarrow-Jones (1872-1951) - No. 5 The Alpes Maritimes from St Paul","description":"\u003cp\u003eA 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ernest Yarrow-Jones (1872-1951)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e No. 5 The Alpes Maritimes from St Paul\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMedium:\u003c\/strong\u003e Watercolour on paper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSignature:\u003c\/strong\u003e Signed lower left\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArtwork size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 25 × 34.5 cm (9.8 × 13.6 in), height × width\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFramed size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 42 × 49.5 cm (16.5 × 19.5 in), height × width\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePresentation:\u003c\/strong\u003e Framed and mounted\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProvenance:\u003c\/strong\u003e Acquired from a family descendant.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Artwork in very good vintage condition, with some signs of paper discolouration commensurate with age. Frames and mounts in very good condition.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSubject and Context\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Artist\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eErnest 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis work is represented in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Crag Bank Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55107613131090,"sku":"CBA-410","price":395.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1078\/0904\/6866\/files\/IMG_5618.jpg?v=1792224426","url":"https:\/\/cragbankart.co.uk\/products\/ernest-yarrow-jones-alpes-maritimes-st-paul","provider":"Crag Bank Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}