Sir Frank Brangwyn, RA (British, 1867-1956)


Lemon gatherers oil on board63 x 76cm (24 13/16 x 29 15/16in).
|ProvenanceAnon. sale, Sotheby's, London, 14 December 2006, lot 204.Private collection, UK. Robert Hawthorn Kitson was a close friend, patron and admirer of Brangwyn's work. Kitson, originally from Leeds, moved to Taormina in 1899, where he designed and built a villa called Casa Cuseni. Brangwyn would often visit Kitson in Sicily and in 1910 he commissioned Brangwyn to decorate the dining room with a series of murals. The present lot was possibly painted in Taormina on one of these visits circa 1909-1910. We are grateful to Dr Libby Horner for her assistance in cataloguing this lot.