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Golden Hours (Expectancy) - John William Godward - Hand Painted Oil Painting brings gallery-caliber art into everyday spaces. This fine art oil painting is a 100% hand painted oil painting on canvas, created for buyers who want genuine elegant canvas wall art instead of a mass-produced poster or paper print.
1913
Oil on canvas
39 x 39 in.
British painter John William Godward, one of the foremost Victorian Neoclassicists, built an illustrious career upon creating images of beautiful Grecian goddesses in lavish Arcadian settings. Though greatly influenced by his mentor, Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Godward distinguished himself through his predilection for the solitary female figure. In his study of Victorian painters of classical subjects, Christopher Wood described Godward's career: "...the best, and the most serious of Alma-Tadema's followers was John William Godward... All his life he devoted himself only to classical subjects, invariably involving girls in classical robes on marble terraces, but painted with a degree of technical mastery that almost rivals that of Alma-Tadema. Godward was also an admirer of Lord Leighton, and his figures do sometimes achieve a monumentality lacking in the work of most of Alma-Tadema's followers" (Christopher Wood, Olympian Dreamers, Victorian Classical Painters 1860-1914, London, 1983, p. 247).
Golden Hours (Expectancy) is a particularly compelling example of Godward's work; the female figure is undoubtedly one of his most beautiful models. The unique perspective and format are extremely successful; the foreshortening convincingly creates the illusion of a recession into space, which extends back to the distant mountains. The viewer feels as if witnessing the scene through a lens, and the model likewise peers back under the shade of her fan. Golden Hours (Expectancy) was clearly a personal favorite of the artist, who inscribed "One of my masterpieces" on the stretcher. Rather than selling it immediately upon its completion, Godward retained it in his personal collection and exhibited it three times internationally between 1913 and 1919. Godward based its composition on preliminary drawings, one of which is preserved in his 1913-14 sketchbook.
Collectors often choose this fine art image when searching for fine art oil painting that feels substantial rather than decorative or disposable.
Each canvas is painted entirely by hand with professional oil paints on artist-grade cotton canvas. No printing, giclée, or digital imaging is used at any stage, so the surface keeps the slight relief and color variation of real brushwork.
This fine art oil painting wall decor is equally at home in a residence, a boutique hotel, or a professional office. Its elegant character makes it a safe, distinctive gift for anyone furnishing an entryway.
| Size | Price |
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| 20 X 20 in | $99.98 |
| 24 X 24 in | $130.48 |
| 30 X 30 in | $165.48 |
| 36 X 36 in | $239.98 |
| 40 X 40 in | $279.98 |
| 48 X 48 in | $390.48 |
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