England in the early 1900s. The Thames at Maidenhead. Light on water doing what light on water always does — making you forget everything else.
The Path by the River is Lavery at his most serene. A sun-dappled afternoon walk along the Thames, where the path dissolves into soft impressionist brushwork and the world narrows to the sound of water and the warmth of the afternoon. Painted during his London years, when he moved between grand society portraits and these quieter observations of the everyday, this work shows the range that made Lavery exceptional.
He could paint a king and a riverbank with equal conviction. Here, the riverbank wins.
Sir John Lavery (1856–1941) was born in Belfast, trained in Glasgow and Paris, and became one of the most celebrated painters of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. His work is held in the National Gallery of Ireland, the Tate, and major collections worldwide.
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