Ernest Yarrow-Jones (1872-1951) - Paysage

A signed watercolour by Ernest Yarrow-Jones depicting a Mediterranean landscape. The composition is built from layered hills, vegetation and architectural forms, with the artist using loose, broken washes to create a strong sense of southern light and atmosphere.

Details

• Artist: Ernest Yarrow-Jones (1872-1951)
• Title: Paysage
• Medium: Watercolour on paper
• Signature: Signed lower left
• Artwork size: 21 × 28 cm (8.3 × 11.0 in), height × width
• Framed size: 36 × 43 cm (14.2 × 16.9 in), height × width
• Presentation: Framed and mounted
• Provenance: Acquired from a family descendant.
• 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

Paysage translates simply as “Landscape”. This compact watercolour belongs to the same group as Le Cap, Amandier and Au bord de la forêt, and was likely painted during the same French journey in the Cassis area. Its layered hills and warm southern palette place it firmly within Yarrow-Jones’s Mediterranean travel work.

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.