1910 · Haslemere
by Blount, Godfrey
Haslemere, 1910. Offered here are two stunning framed and matted sets, each framing four watercolors (eight in total), all by Godfrey Blount, a fascinating figure in the art world at the turn of the 19th Century (see below). These watercolor, gouache and ink paintings date from the period 1897-1910, during the period Blount was active in the Haslemere Peasant Industries (see below). Each with calligraphic insets of poems, the paintings are wonderfully balanced, with appealing pastel colors and heightened edges. Size of windows: 4 7/8 x 3 3/8 inches, all under two mounts; two narrow wood frames measuring 20 Ω x 8 Ω inches in total. The wonderful and highly (truncated)