1927 English Oil Painting Italy Country Road by William Rainey (1852-1936)(***)

Up for sale from a recent estate in Honolulu Hawaii, this 1927 English framed oil on wooden panel painting depicting what looks like a Italian country road that was created by the listed artist William Rainey (1852-1936). The piece is not signed on the front but on the back of the board in the artists hand. The condition is described above for more information please check the photos.

Measurements:

Painting 9.5 inches x 8 inches

Frame 11 inches x 9.5 inches

More about the artist:

William Rainey RI RBA ROI (21 July 1852 - 24 January 1936) was a British Artist and Illustrator.

Rainey was born in Kennington, London, on 21 July 1852. He was the third of eight children of the distinguished anatomist and teacher George Rainey (1801 - 16 November 1884) and Martha Dee, a farmer's daughter (c. 1827 - 27 May 1905). Rainey's parents were married at the parish church in Twyning, Gloucestershire, England on 31 December 1846. Rainey was originally intended for a career at sea, but his father, who had himself run away from an early apprenticeship, allowed him instead to study at the South Kensington School of Art. The 1871 census shows that, by the time Rainey was 18, he was a student at the Royal Academy.

He was a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy, starting in 1878 with Lyme Regis. Between 1878 and 1904 he exhibited 17 times (showing two works in both 1884 and 1901) at the Royal Academy, and continued to exhibit thereafter, including two works at the Franco-British exhibition in 1908. Rainey exhibited at The Royal Academy, Royal Institute of Oil Painters, the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colors and the RBA.

Rainey was elected a member if the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colors on 6 April 1891, and a member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters on 25 November 1981. Rainey won medals for watercolors both the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago and the 1900 Paris Exhibition. Rainey was still exhibiting in the 1930s, even though by now he has moved on to the retired list of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colors, being an honorary member from 1930.

Condition: 

The painting is overall in good pre-owned condition, it is dirty, painted on board that sits somewhat lose in the frame, is signed on the back of the board