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James Robert Granville ExleyJames Robert Granville Exley, Contentment1905
1905
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"Contentment, " Grey Japanese Bantams, by the British painter and printmaker John Robert Granville Exley (usually JR Exley) is more than about poultry. This male/female pair sit in close, almost overlapping proximity to one another. In a species in which the male is known as particularly aggressive, here he his not only beautifully decked out but is the epitome of calm. They are an 'old married couple.'
This print is signed in pencil but also, titled (in exceptional lettering) and signed, within the plate. Exley of course is an accomplished draftsman and he made a speciality of fowls. There are horizontal inked lines above and below the image. Probably these indicate that the artist took the sheet from an accounting journal -- it's lovely paper and every detail shows well. It was issued in a proposed edition of 75, although in my opinion it is unlikely that it was completed. Otherwise it would be much more available.
- Creator:James Robert Granville Exley (1886 - 1955, British)
- Creation Year:1905
- Dimensions:Height: 4.5 in (11.43 cm)Width: 5.25 in (13.34 cm)
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- Condition:There are old hinges near the top edge, on the reverse. It is on paper with horizontal lines in sepia ink suggesting this was a sheet from a ledger or accounting journal (not strictly a condition issue). Remarkably good condition for it's age.
- Gallery Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU141028192972
James Robert Granville Exley
James Robert Granville Exley was a painter, printmaker and teacher, born in Great Horton, Bradford, West Yorkshire on 16th May 1878. He studied at Craven College and the Royal College of Art, graduating in 1907. He then went to work in Paris for a time. He was headmaster of Hull School of Art and Design, 1912–19 and also taught in Cambridge, moving to London in the 1920s. Exley exhibited widely from 1906 and became a member of the Royal Society of Painter- Prin in 1923. Exley was elected ARE in 1905 and RE (Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers) in 1923, exhibiting at the Royal Academy of Arts and Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts. He subsequently lived in Grassington, Yorkshire.
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