James Webb (painter) explained

James Webb^[1] (1835–1895) was a British painter specialising in marine views and landscapes.^[2] He lived all his life in Chelsea, London.^[3]

Life

He was born in a family of artists. His father Archibald Webb and his brother Byron Webb were also noted painters. He exhibited in London at the Royal Academy and the British Institute between 1850 and 1888, and many of his works still hang in London in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Tate Gallery. Other works are found in a large number of provincial galleries. Webb was a pupil of Clarkson Frederick Stanfield.^[4]

He died on 9th March 1895^[5] at the City of London Asylum, Dartford.

Works

• 1857: The Lock
• 1859: A Barge in a Norfolk Landscape
• 1864: Fishing off the coast "Oil painting on canvas by James Webb", Richard Redding Antiques, includes one of the most detailed biographies available online
• 1865: On a choppy sea
• 1868: A view of Margate from the Pier (a smaller version of the undated painting owned by Thanet District Council). There are additional figures in the front left group on the pier. Sold by Bonhams 2007, privately owned.https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/14971/lot/52/
• 1869: Mewstone
• 1870: View of Cologne with incomplete dome^[6]
• c.1870: Stricken Vessel off Harbour with Watching Fisherfolk'^[7]
• 1874: River Landscape^[8]
• 1875: Fishing boats and shipping in Rotterdam in an evening calm. Sold to private collector.
• 1875: Seascape - which is held by Hartlepool Museum Service
• 1875: Cartagena
• 1875: Vessels moored at the steps of a Moorish palace^[9]
• 1876: Givet

• 1876: Dinant, Belgium
• 1876-1885: Old Kew Bridge, London – which is held at the Museum of London^[10]
• 1877: Heidelberg^[11]
• 1883: Birkhamstead^[12]
• 1888: Off to the fishing grounds

Undated

• Margate Pier, owned by Thanet District Council, on loan to Turner Contemporary gallery, Margate
• A View on the Rhine
• Shipping at sunset
• The end of the day (attributed)
• Cottages by the cliffs
• Gazing across the loch
• Sunset over Dordrecht Harbour ^[13]
• Brighton in the Season (described in one obituary as his 'most important work')^[14]
• Moonlight near Rotterdam, exhibited at St James's Gallery 1884^[15]

Notes and References

1. http://artist.christies.com/Webb-James-R-1825-1895-50563.aspx "James R Webb"
2. http://www.artnet.com/artists/james-webb/ "James Webb"
3. http://www.burlington.co.uk/artist-biography/james-webb.html "James Webb"
4. "Cheltenham and County Fine Art Society's Exhibition", Cheltenham Looker-On, Sat 03 Mar 1906, accessed at britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk 2011-11-29
5. Web site: 2019 . The National Archives; Kew, London, England; Office of Works and successors: Royal Parks and Pleasure Gardens: Brompton Cemetery Records; Series Number: Work 97; Piece Number: 177 . 21 August 2024 . Ancestry.com.
6. Web site: View of Cologne with incomplete dome.. invaluable.com.
7. Web site: James Webb 1825-1895 'stricken Vessel Off Harbour With Watching Fisherfolk' C1870 - 62670 - Sellingantiques.co.uk. www.sellingantiques.co.uk.
8. http://www.richardtaylorfineart.com/gallery_web/19thcentury/jameswebb.html Richard Taylor Fine Art
9. Web site: James Webb (1825-1895). invaluable.com.
10. Web site: Old Kew Bridge, London by James Webb . . 9 November 2012.
11. http://www.marubeni.com/gallery/painting_f/paint_16.html James Webb "Heidelberg"
12. http://goldenagepaintings.blogspot.com/2008/05/james-webb.html "British Paintings"
13. Micah Christensen, "75th Annual Grosvenor House Art & Antiques Fair", accessed 2011-11-20
14. James Webb (obituary), Nottingham Evening Post, Fri 15 Mar 1895
15. "ST. JAMES'S GALLERY", Morning Post, Mon 24 Nov 1884, accessed at britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk 2011-11-29