Sir Alfred East

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British (15 December 1844 – 28 September 1913)

Sir Alfred East was born in Kettering in Northamptonshire, England in 1844. Born into a family of shoemakers, Alfred East studied art at the Glasgow School of Art in Scotland. Sir Alfred East's landscapes are heavily influenced by the French Barbizon school of painters and to many he was considered to be the greatest living landscape painter of his time.

In April 1888 Sir Alfred East and Thomas Cooper Gotch (also from Kettering) exhibited at the galleries of the Fine Art Society in London. Following its success Sir Alfred East was commissioned by Marcus Huish, Managing Director of the Society, to spend six months in Japan to paint the landscape and the people of the country. When the exhibition of 104 paintings from this tour was held at the Fine Art Society in 1890 it was a spectacular success. Some of these Japanese pieces are available from The Oakham Fine Art Gallery.

Sir Alfred East was also an etcher of some repute producing approximately 60 works during his lifetime. Many of his rare etchings are available from Oakham Fine Art. Sir Alfred East's etchings, following his tour of Japan are influenced by his time there, as can be seen in his composition of trees. After Sir Alfred East's death all of the etched plates were destroyed making the limited number of impressions that are in circulation today highly collectible.

All of the Sir Alfred East pictures in the gallery, unless marked sold, are for sale and are available for purchase from ourselves. If you would like further information on any of our artworks, or you are interested in purchasing any of the pictures and you require additional images then please do not hesitate to contact us and we will be happy to provide these on request.

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Sir Alfred East Paintings for Sale

The Morning Moon by Sir Alfred East (1844 - 1913)

REF: 5075
Medium: Oil on canvas

Size without the frame: 98.5cm x 126.5cm (38.75” x 49.75”)

The painting was originally exhibited by Sir Alfred East at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1910. The painting was purchased from the Art Institute of Chicago in 1910 and has remained in the same family ever since. The painting has not been seen in public since it was originally purchased in 1910.

The Brook - Sir Alfred East (1844 - 1913)

REF: 5001
Medium - Oil on canvas
Size - 20½" x 28" (52cm x 71cm)
Recto - Signed

Verso – The Institute of Painters in Oil Exhibition label signed by Alfred East with a Ref No: 3. The title on the label is obscured by a further label that states J & R. E. No 3

PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s

Condition - Excellent

Scarborough - Sir Alfred East (1844 - 1913)

REF: 5020
Medium – Watercolour on paper
Size - 19½" x 26” (50cm x 66cm)

Verso – Old label that reads “This work painted by Sir Alfred East R.A. was in my possession at the time of his death. It was included in the Memorial Exhibition held at The Fine Art Society, 148, New Bond Street, London, in July 1918 under the title ’Scarborough’ Signed Annie East”

PROVENANCE
Painted in the style of JMW Turner and using a similar composition to JMW Turner's Scarborough painting, this stunning artwork remained in the private collection of Sir Alfred East and Mrs Annie East.

Sir Alfred East Memorial Exhibition at The Fine Art Society, London. July 1918
E H Hare, Esq., Birmingham.
Christie's, Sale, 28 May 1923.

Condition - Excellent

An Idyll at Como - Sir Alfred East (1844 - 1913)

REF: 5002 - SOLD
Medium - Oil on canvas
Size - 40" x 60" (102cm x 153cm)
Recto - Signed

Verso - Signed, inscribed and dated '#64/Alfred East/A Gay Party at Como/1902/40 x 60' on an attached label

PROVENANCE
E.B. Marriage, Esq
Mr Ira Nelson Morris
Christie's
Exhibited at The Royal Academy of Arts

Condition – Excellent

On the Tewkesbury Road - Sir Alfred East (1844 - 1913)

REF: 5003 - SOLD
Medium - Oil on canvas
Size - 28" x 35" (71cm x 89cm)
Recto - Signed

PROVENANCE
Christie’s

Condition - Excellent

A North African Hut - Sir Alfred East (1844 - 1913)

REF: 5004 - SOLD
Medium - Oil on wooden panel
Size - 6" x 9½" (15cm x 24cm)
Recto - Signed with the artist’s monogram AE in pencil

Verso – Label signed by Lady East stating that the picture was purchased from Lady East by Matthew B Walker of Wolverhampton

PROVENANCE
Bonhams described as “Farm Building with Figures”

Condition - Excellent

Salmon Fishing Station on the Scottish Coast - Sir Alfred East (1844 - 1913)

REF: 5021
Medium – Watercolour on paper
Size - 13½" x 20½" (34cm x 52cm)
Recto – Signed and dated 1883. Indistinctly inscribed “To my friend Thomas ----- with kind regards”

Verso - Inscribed “Salmon Fishing Station on the Scottish Coast”

PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s

Condition – Excellent

A Japanese Figure at Dusk- Sir Alfred East (1844 - 1913)

REF: 5005 - SOLD
Medium - Oil on wooden panel
Size - 6" x 9" (15cm x 23cm)
Recto – Signed and with a red stamped Japanese Hanko. Sir Alfred East only added the Hanko stamp to what he considered were his most successful Japanese artworks.

Verso – Signed in pencil Alfred East R.A on the panel. Old Gallery Label: J.A. Cooling & Sons, 92 Bond Street, London

PROVENANCE
Bonhams
Given the quality of the picture and it having a Hanko stamp then it is possible that this is one of the 104 Japanese pictures by Sir Alfred East that was included in The Fine Art Society exhibition of 1890.

Condition - Excellent

Yardley Sky - Sir Alfred East (1844 - 1913)

REF: 5006
Medium - Oil on wooden panel
Size - 6" x 9" (15cm x 23cm)
Recto – AE Monogram over a very faint signature of Alfred East. It would appear that Alfred East signed the painting but then decided to paint over the signature and replace with the monogram.

Verso - Bonhams label. Signed with an address on an original artists label. The label has additional non legible writing including a possible dedication “To the Williams at Yardley” or a possible title of “The Meadows at Yardley”?
A further AE monogram in red on the artists label

PROVENANCE
Bonhams

The Fisherman - Sir Alfred East (1844 - 1913)

REF: 5007
Medium - Oil on Wooden Panel
Size - 6" x 9" (15cm x 23cm)
Recto - Signed

Verso – Bold but illegibly Inscribed in ink by Alfred East. Signed with his AE monogram

PROVENANCE
Gardiner Houlgate

Condition - Excellent

The Crucifix - Sir Alfred East (1844 - 1913)

REF: 5008
Medium - Oil on canvas
Size - 16½" x 22½" (42cm x 57cm)
Verso - Signed and inscribed as “The Crucifix” on an artist's label.

PROVENANCE
Gorringes Auction Rooms. A watercolour of the same name has been exhibited at The Alfred East Gallery in Kettering, Northants, England
Condition - Excellent

A Boat on a Pond - Sir Alfred East (1844 - 1913)

REF: 5009 - SOLD
Medium - Oil on canvas
Size - 15½" x 21½" (39cm x 55cm)
Recto - Signed

Verso – Swains Auction label

PROVENANCE
Marilyn Swain

Condition - Excellent

A Shady Glade - Sir Alfred East (1844 - 1913)

REF: 5010
Medium - Oil on canvas board
Size - 28" x 36" (71cm x 91cm)
Recto - Signed

Verso – A label that reads “A shady Glade” Oil Painting by Sir Alfred East R.A. P.R.B.A. Previously inherited by the artist’s grandson J.A. Churchill
A label that reads “Cooling Galleries, 38 Albemarle Street, London. W1X 4QJ

PROVENANCE
Christie’s

Condition – Excellent

The Shepherd (A Pastoral Scene) - Sir Alfred East (1844 - 1913)

REF: 5011
Medium - Oil on Canvas
Size - 16" x 22" (41cm x 56cm)
Recto - Signed

Verso – Two old labels from different periods with different reference numbers that mention The Fine Art Society. The older label is not particularly legible but shows Ref No: 29051. The second label states “The Fine Art Society, no: 3269, date January 1969. Pastoral. Sir Alfred East RA”

The labels appear to indicate that the artwork was exhibited at The Fine Art Society in London on two separate occasions with the earlier one quite possibly being the Sir Alfred East Memorial Exhibition in 1918.

PROVENANCE
Keys Auction Rooms

Condition - Excellent

Trees - Sir Alfred East (1844 - 1913)

REF: 5012
Medium - Oil on canvas
Size - 5½" x 7½" (14cm x 19cm)
Recto - Signed with the AE Monogram

Verso – Winsor and Newton stamp on the canvas. Inscribed in pencil “Trees by Alfred East, C. 1888”

PROVENANCE
Gardiner Houlgate

Condition - Excellent

The Fly Fisherman - Sir Alfred East (1844 - 1913)

REF: 5013 - SOLD
Medium - Oil on canvas
Size - 40" x 60" (102cm x 153cm)
Recto - Signed

PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s as “Fishing a quiet stretch of the river”
Christie’s

Condition - Excellent

Sheep in a Water Meadow - Sir Alfred East (1844 - 1913)

REF: 5017 - SOLD
Medium - Oil on canvas
Size - 33" x 44" (84cm x 112cm)
Recto - Signed and dated 1906

Verso – Further Signed “Alfred East ARA”

PROVENANCE
Bonhams
Christie’s

Condition - Excellent

A Scottish Loch Scene in Winter - Sir Alfred East (1844 - 1913)

REF: 5016 - SOLD
Medium - Oil on canvas
Size - 11" x 17" (28cm x 43cm)
Recto - Signed

PROVENANCE
Shapes Auction Rooms

Condition - Excellent

A Shady Pool - Sir Alfred East (1844 - 1913)

REF: 5014 - SOLD
Medium - Oil on canvas
Size - 16" x 21½" (41cm x 55cm)
Recto - Signed

PROVENANCE
Gillespie Fine Art Gallery, Pittsburgh
Christie’s
Shannon’s Auction Rooms

Condition - Excellent

Loading Barges - Sir Alfred East (1844 - 1913)

REF: 5015
Medium - Watercolour on paper
Size - 9½" x 13" (24cm x 33cm)
Recto – Signed and inscribed “Loading Barges”

PROVENANCE
From a private house collection in Chobham, Surrey. A number of quality paintings were in the collection including paintings by Alfred de Breanski Snr and other paintings by Sir Alfred East. Some of which included dedications from East to relatives of the previous owners.

Condition – Excellent

Ben Lomond from above Aberfoyle - Sir Alfred East (1844 - 1913)

REF: 5023 - SOLD
Medium – Watercolour on paper
Size - 9½" x 13” (24cm x 33cm)
Recto - Signed and inscribed “To Miss H Keir with Alfred East’s compliments Oct 1885” “Ben Lomond from above Aberfoyle”

PROVENANCE
From a private house collection in Chobham, Surrey. A number of quality paintings were in the collection including paintings by Alfred de Breanski Snr and other paintings by Sir Alfred East. The dedication Recto is from East to a relative of the previous owner.

Condition - Excellent

The Carnival - Sir Alfred East (1844 - 1913)

REF: 5067
Medium – Watercolour on paper
Size - 21" x 27" (53cm x 68cm)
Recto - Signed

PROVENANCE
From a private collection. The previous owner’s Grandmother was a personal friend of Lady East and she had gifted the painting and one other (The Memorial) to her.

Condition – Excellent

The Memorial - Sir Alfred East (1844 - 1913)

REF: 5068
Medium – Watercolour on paper
Size - 21" x 27" (53cm x 68cm)
Recto - Signed

PROVENANCE
From a private collection. The previous owner’s Grandmother was a personal friend of Lady East and she had gifted the painting and one other (The Carnival) to her.

Condition – Excellent

Scottish Loch and Mountain in Winter - Sir Alfred East (1844 - 1913)

REF: 5069
Medium – Watercolour on paper
Size - 13½" x 20½" (35cm x 52cm)
Recto - Signed

PROVENANCE
Bonhams. Sold as “Landscape with mountain and lake”

Condition – Excellent

The Mill - Sir Alfred East (1844 - 1913)

REF: 5037
Medium - Watercolour on paper
Size - 9½" x 13" (24cm x 33cm)

PROVENANCE
From a private collection in Chobham, Surrey. A number of quality paintings were in the collection including paintings by Alfred de Breanski Snr and other paintings by Sir Alfred East. Some of which included dedications from East to relatives of the previous owners.

Condition - Excellent

The Boys Festival, Yokohama - Sir Alfred East (1844 - 1913)

REF: 5070 - SOLD
Medium – Watercolour on paper
Size - 10" x 14" (25cm x 36cm)

Recto – Signed and stamped with a red Japanese Hanko. Sir Alfred East only added the Hanko stamp to what he considered were his most successful Japanese artworks. The streamers (flags) on the poles in the picture are of Carp fish, representing strength and longevity in Japanese culture. In celebration of The Boys Festival it was customary for families with male children to erect a pole on their homes and for it to be topped by one or more carp streamers.

Verso – An old Gallery label that reads “Atkinson Art Gallery, Southport Centenary Exhibition 1967. Title: Boys Festival, Yokohama. W/C Sir Alfred East”.

PROVENANCE
Atkinson Art Gallery
Abbott & Holder

The Boys Festival, Yokohama is possibly one of the 104 Japanese pictures by Sir Alfred East that was included in The Fine Art Society exhibition of 1890. No: 17 within the catalogue is listed as “The Fuji-San – Seen from a street of Yokohama… in which the “Feast of Flags”, the boys’ festival is going to be celebrated.”

Condition - Excellent