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| Title | Near Arundel | |
| Alternative Title | Near Arundel, Sussex | |
| Collection | Atkinson Art Gallery, Southport | |
| Artist | Weiss, José (French painter, 1859-1919) | |
| Date Earliest | about 1870 | |
| Date Latest | 1919 | |
| Signed | yes | |
| Description | Joseph Vincent Nicholas Francis Weiss was a Paris-born landscape painter who settled in England in the 1890s and became naturalized British in 1899. His British home was at Houghton House in the village of Houghton, Arundel, Sussex. He was a prolific painter of English landscapes in the style of the Barbizon School, employing loose impressionistic brushwork. Much of his work depicted the Sussex countryside. He exhibited at the Royal Academy and sold his paintings to a wide group of admirers, particularly in the United States. He was, however, perhaps better known as a great pioneer of aviation. | |
| Current Accession Number | 1932.639 | |
| Inscription | front lr 'Jose Weiss' | |
| Subject | landscape; place (near Arundel, Sussex) | |
| Measurements | 58 x 37 cm (estimate) | |
| Material | oil on canvas | |
| Acquisition Details | Bequeathed by C. E. Ashworth 1932. | |
| Rights Owner | Atkinson Art Gallery, Southport, Sefton M.B.C. Leisure Services | |
| Author | Lisa Howard | |