EDWARD LE BAS (1904-1966). Venice, signed, oil on board, 18 ...

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EDWARD LE BAS (1904-1966). Venice, signed, oil on board, 18 x 26 in

Provenance: with The Fine Art Society, London , July 1954
Sotheby's, Bond Street, London 11 Nov 1987, lot 97

This work coud be compared with 'The Salute' , Venice', a landscape exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1948 (now in the Collection of Dundee Art Gallery) . See also another view by the artist titled 'The Misericordia, Venice' in the Touchdales Museum, Rochdale.
Of Anglo-French descent, Le Bas studied art briefly in Paris and then from 1924 at The Royal College of Art.He was a member of the Royal Academy from 1942 becoming a full member in 1953. A member of the London Group, the artist was a friend of Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell who both were an influence on his work.