Henry John YEEND KING (1855 – 1924)

In the Kitchen Garden

igned and dated May 1884

30 ½ x 41 ½ inches
80 x 106 cm, inc. frame

Provenance:
SOTHEBY'S Old Master sale, London, Wednesday, January 29, 2003, Lot 224

Henry John Yeend King was a British artist best known for his paintings of rustic English farms and young women strolling in the countryside. His technique was influenced by Impressionism but is notably more restrained, detailed, and realistic in its application. Born on August 21, 1855, in London, England, King went on to study as a glass painter, later traveling to Paris to study under Léon Joseph Florentin Bonnat and Fernand Cormon where he learned Impressionist techniques. His works are in the collections of the Manchester Art Gallery, the New Walk Museum and Art Gallery in Leicester, and the Brampton Museum in Newcastle-under-Lyme, among others. King died on June 10, 1924, in London.