JOHN ELDER MOULTRAY ANTIQUE OIL ON BOARD PAINTING OF A STEAMSHIP CRUISING UP AN INLET.

SIGNED LOWER LEFT CORNER

"When J. Elder Moultray arrived in Dunedin with his family from Scotland in 1883, his father James Douglas Moultray had a reputation as a landscape artist that had preceded their arrival. This opened numerous exhibition opportunities for John Elder and his elder brother Henry, who was also an artist.

J. Elder Moultray built a notable public profile from both exhibitions andnewspapers, which both he and his father exploited through reviews and advertising to help create an eager art market. Like other contemporary artists they contributed towards exhibitions by the Otago Art Society, Canterbury Society of Arts, New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts in Wellington, Auckland Society of Arts, international industrial exhibitions in Dunedin, Auckland and Melbourne, and had works published in the newspaper."

THIS IS AN ANTIQUE PAINTING BY A WELL REGARDED ARTIST - THERE ARE AREAS OF CRAQUELURE AND SO SOME RESTORATION IS NEEDED BUT STILL LOOKS STUNNING FROM A VIEWING DISTANCE. FRAME IS IN GOOD SOLID CONDITION.

MEASUREMENTS: PAINTING 44.5 X 25CM FRAME 51.5 X 35.8CM