Paul Peel Hand Numbered Limited Edition Print on Paper :"After The Bath, 1890"
Title: After The Bath, 1890
Dimensions (W x H ): Paper Size: 20 x 24 in | Image Size: 16 x 20 in
Edition | Medium: Each print is hand numbered, accompanied by a certificate signed by the Master Printer and is numbered to match the print. The editions are limited to 1880 copies. |
This Gouttelette print on paper is published with light-fast inks to BS1006 Standard onto acid-free calcium carbonate buffered stock, mould-made from 100% cotton and sourced from environmentally conscious paper suppliers. This product is exclusive to Rosenstiels.
About the Art: Superior Edition
About the Artist:
Canadian painter Paul Peel was born in London, Ontario in 1860. His father was a marble-cutter and a drawing teacher and the young Peel flourished under his father’s artistic tutelage.
Peel studied at the Pennsylvania Academy, Philidelphia, where he was taught all the rudiments of fine art from drawing to engravings, as well as plaster casts, the live model, portraiture, still-life, perspective and anatomy.
In 1880, Peel left for Europe and spent the next twelve years in Paris, where he was attracted by its superior art schools, such as the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, and opportunities for exhibiting. In 1890, he returned to London, Ontario, and Toronto for a short time but was chiefly active in Paris. He travelled widely in Canada and in Europe, exhibiting as a member of the Ontario Society of Artists and the Royal Canadian Academy.
In 1890, Peel’s growing reputation in Canada was acknowledged by his election to full membership in the RCA. His greatest achievement, however, was the medal he received from that year’s Salon for the impressive painting After the Bath. Owing to excellent reviews, several collectors, among them the actress Sarah Bernhardt, were attracted to this large painting. Today, the painting hangs in the Art Gallery of Ontario.
At the time of his death in Paris in 1892, Peel appeared to be changing his style towards Impressionism. However, he did not live to develop his art beyond its academic sentimentalism, for which he continues to remain popular.
