01 Painting - Marine Art, William Wyld's Fishing boats in an Italian coastal landscape, with Footnotes, #328

William Wyld, RI (British, 1806-1889)

Fishing boats in an Italian coastal landscape

Watercolour over traces of pencil heightened with white

22.2 x 34.6cm (8 3/4 x 13 5/8in).

Private collection

Estimated for £1,500 - £2,000 in July 2022

William Wyld (1806-1889) was an English landscape and topographical painter in oils and watercolour. Wyld was born into a rich merchant family in 1806 in London.

On the death of his father when Wyld was aged 20, he was made secretary to the British Consulate in Calais, where he got to know the watercolourist Francois Louis Thomas Francia who taught Richard Parkes Bonington, and from whom Wyld had drawing lessons.

Wyld then worked as a champagne merchant, following in family tradition, from 1827-1833.

When his younger brother was of age to take over the business, Wyld set off on a career as a painter. In 1830 he visited Algiers, stayed for six months and reacquainted himself with his old friend Horace Vernet who encouraged Wyld on his painting career, travelling with him to Rome to base themselves there and to meet important patrons.

Wyld painted many views of Venice and other Italian towns, whilst travelling throughout Europe. He played an important part in the development of watercolour painting in France and was awarded the Legion d'Honneur in 1855.

Wyld exhibited at the Royal Academy, the New Watercolour Society and was made a member of the Royal Institute in 1879.

He died in Paris on 25th December 1889. More on William Wyld

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02 Paintings - Marine Art, Rikki Kasso's Breaking Waves, with Footnotes, #326

Rikki Kasso

Check Chasing, c. 2019

Sumi Ink & Acrylic on Canvas

47.6 x 35.4 x 1.6 inch

Private collection

Artist Rikki Kasso is currently based in Byron Bay, Australia. The self-taught art director, photographer and multi-disciplinary visual artist left his native New York City for Shibuya, Tokyo in 2003 on an invite from VOGUE JAPAN to host a retrospective of his works at the Rocket Gallery, Omotesando. He then spend the next nine years in Shibuya, Tokyo, immersed in the unique and ancient Japanese culture which not only influenced his art making practices but permeated its way through his entire being.

Rikki Kasso

Breaking Waves, c. 2021

Sumi Ink & Acrylic on Canvas

18 x 24 x 0 inch

Private collection

Artist Rikki Kasso is currently based in Byron Bay, Australia. The self-taught art director, photographer and multi-disciplinary visual artist left his native New York City for Shibuya, Tokyo in 2003 on an invite from VOGUE JAPAN to host a retrospective of his works at the Rocket Gallery, Omotesando. He then spend the next nine years in Shibuya, Tokyo, immersed in the unique and ancient Japanese culture which not only influenced his art making practices but permeated its way through his entire being.

Kasso's artistic virtuosity is effortlessly translated through a variety of media and expressions from photography and film to paintings, drawings, and installations. His remarkable vision is presented through juxtaposed images of feminine sexuality, timeless landscapes and heavenly realities.

“My works represent my fascination with isolation in crowded environments, the subtleties of sexuality in humans and nature, and the pure sincerity of voyeuristic love. For me art is isolation, when we take something from its natural environment and put it on display, whether it's a canvas from the studio or a flower from the field we define beauty in its isolation. At the same time isolation is an emotion or a feeling. Contemplating love is perceived as an isolating moment of blissful confusion." More on Rikki Kasso

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