ALFRED EAST (Kettering 1849 - 1913 London)

ALFRED EAST (Kettering 1849 - 1913 London) Promenade etching/paper, 30,5 x 37,8 cm signed Alfred East, monogrammed in the plate AE inscribed "The avenue" ESTIMATE °€ 60 - 100 STARTING PRICE °€ 60 Sir Alfred East was a British artist. He studied at the Glasgow School of Art. He then went to France to further his education with Tony Robert-Fleury and William Adolphe Bouguereau at the renowned École des Beaux-Arts. His romantic landscapes show an influence of the Barbizon school. In 1906 Alfred East was elected President of the Royal Academy of Arts. On July 7, 1910, East was created a Knight Bachelor by King Edward VII. Our picture shows a walk on a rural avenue under a dramatic skye. PLEASE NOTE: The purchase price consists of the highest bid plus the buyer's premium, sales tax and, if applicable, the fee of artists resale rights. In the case of normal taxation (marked °), a premium of 24% is added to the highest bid. The mandatory sales tax of 13%, for photographs 20%, is added to the sum of the highest bid and the buyer's premium. The buyer's premium amounts to 28% in case of differential taxation. The sales tax is included in the differential taxation.