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Anthony Vandyke Copley Fielding (British 1787- 1855)

Fielding was born on November 22, 1787 in Sowerby, his childhood was spent in London and Cumbria. He settled in London in 1809 and became a pupil of John Varley (whose wife's sister he married). He was a highly productive landscape painter exhibiting at the Royal Academy, London 1811-42 and the British Institution, London 1812-55, and showing 1748 works at the Old Water-Colour Society, London 1813-55 of which he as President 1832-55. He was a gold medallist at the Paris Salon in 1824. He died in Worthing on March 3, 1855.

Attrib. Anthony Vandyke Copley Fielding (British, 1787-1855)

September 2006 Fine Arts and Antiques Auction
Lot 10. A pair of Lake Country landscapes. Oil on canvas, no signature found, each framed in an ornately detailed gilt frame, canvas size approx. 14" x 17", with framing overall 20-1/2" x 23-1/2". Each has a sticker on the dust cover from J.J. Gillespie Company, Pittsburgh, PA. A typed copy of the artist's biography in an envelope dated 1984 accompanies the lot. A pair of beautifully painted examples of this prolific artist's work; these have been held by the same owner for approx. 30 years.
2000.00/4000.00 Sold $2,127.50