Painting of the Langdale Pikes from Blea Tarn, Lake District, England
Watercolour painting by Edward Grieg Hall (1929-2017) of mountain lake with road/track alongside and clump of trees on a promontory into the lake. Based on his other works in the Lake District, and the topography shown in the painting, this is probably a depiction of the Langdale Pikes from Blea Tarn. Signed lower right, E. Grieg Hall. Framed in a mid-century painted frame with fabric rebate/slip.
Edward Grieg Hall (British, 1929-2017) [often noted by auctioneers as Edwin Grieg Hall, his name was actually Edward]. His gravestone in Torridon, Highland, Scotland shows him as "Edward Grieg Hall, Hill Man and Artist, died 4th July 2017". He had been resident in Achnasheen, Ross-Shire Scotland prior to his death aged 88.
He is buried with his wife Dorothy Veda Hall 1928-2015 (nee Smith), a nurse from Lancashire who had worked at St Bartholomews Hospital in London in 1950, but they did not marry until 1982.
He painted numerous watercolour landscapes depicting his loved area of the Lake District, Cumbria (he had lived in Grasmere). His family knew him as simply "Grieg".
Biographical details thanks to Masthead Art https://www.mastheadart.co.uk/
- Visible part of image approx. 54.5cm x 75cm
- Frame dimensions approx. 65cm x 85.5cm
