Sir Arthur Trevethin Nowell (1862 - 1940) "Lady with Her Cat" (1900)

This charming painting of a Lady with Her Cat was painted and signed in 1900 by the famous English / Welsh painter Arthur Trevethin Nowell (1862-1940) It is a museum-quality piece with a beautiful frame. It is somewhat small, measuring about 10 inches high and 14 inches wide. It is framed by an ornate frame that makes the measurement of the entire piece about 14 inches high and low and 18 inches wide.

We are grateful to Christopher Mosley for the following information, which has been copied from his Nowell web site "A. T. Nowell Painter of Classical subjects, Portraits and Landscapes." Nowell exhibited at The Royal Academy between 1882 -1939, The Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours, The Royal Society of Portrait Painters, The New Gallery and other London and provincial Galleries in Britain also in Europe and America, especially New York City.

Arthur Nowell was born Garndiffaith, Trevethin in Wales. His father was a Wesleyan Minister who moved every two or three years arriving in Lancashire in 1873. Hereabouts his father was to remain, allowing Arthur to attend the Manchester School of Art. In 1893 he entered The RA Schools leaving in 1898 following the dual and unique awards of The Gold Medal and The Turner Prize.

With the accompanying bursary he studied in Paris and toured Europe. His large Biblical canvas (Walker A.G. Liverpool) brought him wider recognition being the painting of the year when first hung at The New Gallery in 1897. By now he had been commissioned to paint a number of portraits both in Manchester and London. These early connections proved pivotal and led not only to marriage but his commissions to paint the portraits of King George V and Queen Mary of which there are a number in The Royal Collection and elsewhere.

He had a seasonal studio in The Singer Skyscraper in New York City during the 1920's. As public interest in — and his initial enthusiasm for portraiture lessened, he focused more on his beloved watercolours. He painted many watercolors as he travelled in Europe and especially Scotland.