Robert Kemm (British, 1837-1895)
Robert Kemm (British, 1837-1895)
The Matador's Sweetheart
Oil on Panel
- Signed lower left. Signed again and inscribed with the title, artist's address and the original price of £40 on its original label verso.
- Similar listed to €30,000.00 Euros at auction.
- Painting - 46cm x 34cm
- Frame - 71cm x 61cm
Notes
A very fine oil painting on panel by Robert Kemm depicting a matador before the fight with his sweetheart sobbing and the crowd visible through the doorway beyond. Signed lower left. Signed again and inscribed with the title, artist's address and the original price of £40 on its original label verso.
Condition
In very fine condition. The panel not warped, split or repaired. Clean, most attractive, well framed and ready to hang.
Artist Information
Robert Kemm was the son of the carver and gilder William Kemm, his love of painting must have awakened very early, as he was only fourteen years old when he was registered in the census as an artist. During his early years Kemm produced two series of 256 watercolors of Wiltshire churches. Following his contemporaries J. Phillip, J. Bagnold Burgess and E. Long, Kemm made a trip to Spain in the years between 1946 and 1946. Long, he made a trip to Spain between 1861 and 1864, visiting Seville and Granada in particular. In the years preceding his first exhibition, Kemm devoted himself mainly to portraiture. His first exhibition at the Royal Society of British Artists took place in 1874. In this first exhibition Kemm already showed all the typical elements of his style, with works on Spanish themes. It is worth mentioning the presentation of several works by Kemm in the exhibition "English Romantic Painters in 19th Century Spain", organized in Zamora by Caja Duero in 1999, from a private Spanish collection. Robert Kemm is represented in the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, the Salisbury Museum, the Wiltshire Archaeological Society, the Sunderland Museum and the Museum of Sheffield.