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119 - James Stark,
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James Stark, British 1794-1859- Cadmore End, High Wycombe; oil on panel, 50 x 68 cm. Provenance: William Benoni White. His sale, Christie's, London, 23 May 1879, lot 272, as 'J. Stark' (178 guineas to 'Rhodes'). Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 20 November 1992, lot 118. Private Collection, UK. Literature: William Frederick Dickes, 'The Norwich School of Painters' (1905), p.490. Note: The present work recalls the landscapes of Stark, a leading member of the Norwich School. Born in Norwich, Stark studied under John Crome (1768-1821) from 1811 and became president of the Norwich Society of Artists in 1829. He exhibited in London from 1811 and is particularly associated with woodland scenes influenced by seventeenth-century Dutch painting.Comparable landscapes by Stark were sold at Sworders on 28 May 2025, lot 234, and at Dreweatts on 12 June 2024, lot 100.
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