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Rheims France

An Original Watercolour Painting

By Henry Thomas Schafer (1845 - 1915)

An extremely accomplished watercolour painting by British Victorian-era genre painter and sculptor Henry Thomas Schäfer. The painting depicts a street scene in Rheims a city in the Champagne-Ardenne region of France with the Porte de Mars ("Mars Gate", so called from a temple to Mars in the neighbourhood), a triumphal arch 108 feet in length by 43 in height, consists of three archways flanked by columns. The painting is a very fine example of Schafer's work depicting continental towns. The painting is in very fine condition the colours are fresh and well preserved. The painting is mounted behind glass and is presented in a giltwood frame that is also in very fine condition. The painting is signed and titled lower right. A fine painting that would grace any home or collection.

This painting is one of two paintings by Schafer that we are currently selling on this site.

Schafer's work sells for many thousands of pounds at auction please see results in the picture section.

Henry Thomas Schäfer (1845 - 1915) was a British Victorian-era genre painter and sculptor, elected in 1889 to the Royal Society of British Artists. He exhibited at the Royal Society, the Royal Academy, the Royal Scottish Academy, and other galleries starting in 1873. Several of his paintings have been widely reproduced and distributed in the form of posters. The subject matter of Henry Thomas Schäfer differs so dramatically from that of Frederick F. Schafer that there is little chance of confusing their paintings. (However, because of the similarity in their names and overlap in times of active work, the townscape paintings of the less well-known French artist Henri Schäfer, who also spent part of his life in Britain, are often misattributed to the British artist, and their biographical details are occasionally merged, most notably in Emmanuel Benezit, Dictionnaire Critique et Documentaire des Peintres,.... The catalogues of auction houses regularly confuse the two. Distinct biographical sketches may be found in Christopher Wood, Victorian Painters.)

Measurements;

Painting - 45cm (17.5") x 33cm (14")

Frame - 56cm (22") x 66cm (26")

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Rheims Watercolour Painting By Henry Thomas Schafer

Sygun Museum. Henry Thomas Schafer (1854 - 1915)