William Pye (1855-1934)
After leaving school Pye went to sea, but later, set on becoming an artist he studied at Heatherley's art school in London. After, he is listed in the 1881 census as living in the High Street, at Hadleigh in Essex, just adjacent to Leigh-on-Sea, near Southend on the Thames estuary, where this was painted. Its principal industry was cockling.
There is a watercolour in the Victoria and Albert Museum of nearly the same title, dated 1881. On the 13/14 October of 1881 there was one of the worst gales of Victoria's reign - it caused widespread damage to buildings all over Britain; many trees were blown down and on one day alone 108 ships were reported missing at Lloyd's.
In the autumn of 1895, John Brett visited the coast of North Devon, staying in the family cottage of fellow artist William Pye. There, he painted the coves and cliffs of Lee, including a study of Lee Cove Sands, sketched en plein air. (Maas 16330)
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Henry Howard (1843-1934)After Rain, Locarno£8,500
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Alexander Stanhope Forbes (1857-1947)A Sketch, Mousehole Harbour, CornwallPOA
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Henry Moore (1831-1895)SeascapePOA
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Alma Claude Burlton Cull (1880-1931)A Grey Day in the Solent£1,800
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Alma Claude Burlton Cull (1880-1931)A Still Morning£1,800
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Alma Claude Burlton Cull (1880-1931)Sailing Boats at Anchor£1,800
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Harold Speed (1872-1957)Vesuvius from Capri£6,500
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Michele Federico (1884-1966)CapriPOA
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John Brett (1831-1902)Sunset off Lundy IslandPOA
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Francis Danby (1793-1861)The Evening Gun, 1857POA
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John Brett (1831-1902)Newquay, CornwallPOA
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William Lionel Wyllie (1851-1931)Shrimpers Hauling to WindwardPOA
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James Whitelaw Hamilton (1860-1932)Evening on the ClydePOA
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Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912)Inundation of the RhinePOA
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John Brett (1831-1902)Yachts in a Seaway, MediterraneanPOA
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William Lionel Wyllie (1851-1931)The Sea-Beach after a Storm - Time, DawnPOA
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Sidney Richard Percy (1821-1886)Grange-over-Sands, and, Lancaster Sands£6,000
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Henry Moore (1831-1895)Sunset on the Coast£4,800
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Richard Eurich (1903-1992)Low Tide, Beaulieu River£6,800
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Harry van der Weyden (1868-1952)The Harbour at Menton, Côte d'Azur£6,000
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William Pye (1855-1934)A Rough Day at Leigh£2,800
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Richard Eurich (1903-1992)Shipping in the Solent£6,200
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