Code: 11574
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Frank Saltfleet (1860-1937) was born in Sheffield and was known as a painter of landscapes and marine pictures. He was a protégé of John Ruskin, exhibiting in London at the FAS in 1900. Saltfleet went on to study at the Antwerp Academy of Art and afterwards travelled around Europe painting the landscape as he went. He taught Harry Epworth Allen and was a member of and President of the Sheffield Society of Artists. After returning to Sheffield he was elected member of the Sheffield Society of Artists and was made President 1894-95. Museums and public Galleries have examples of his work.
"The Cottage" is a watercolour measuring 5" x 7". It is unsigned. Framed size 13"x 15". On the back is the original inscription "Frank Saltfleet, St Georges Museum, Sheffield".
