The European Art Sale
The European Art Sale
Property from the Estate of Marcel Lindenbaum
Thomas Blinks
The Sanctuary
Lot Closed
October 25, 02:39 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Estate of Marcel Lindenbaum
Thomas Blinks
British
1860 - 1912
The Sanctuary
signed T BLINKS. (lower left)
oil on canvas
canvas: 44⅞ by 66⅛ in.; 114 by 168 cm
framed: 58 by 78 in.; 147 by 198 cm
Sale: Sotheby's, London, 15 June, 1988, lot 138, illustrated
Hyde Park Antiques, New York
Acquired from the above circa 1989
Hyde Park Antiques, New York
Acquired from the above circa 1989
Born in northwest London, Thomas Blinks overcame his parent's objections to his pursuit of a career in art, as well as a fruitless apprenticeship with a tailor, to become one of the foremost painters of sporting and hunting pictures. He committed to his art, despite no formal training, and gleaned much from his time spent at Tattersalls, the largest auctioneer of race horses in the United Kingdom.
Blinks first exhibited at the Dudley Gallery in 1881, the Royal Society of British Artists in 1882, and then regularly at the Royal Academy from 1883 to 1910. He was celebrated for his scenes of hunting hounds, like The Sanctuary, which combined the artist's accuracy of observation with freedom of brushwork and a polished finish. Blinks' work is represented in the collection of Her Majesty the Queen; Leicester Museum and Art Gallery, and Preston Manor, Brighton.
Blinks first exhibited at the Dudley Gallery in 1881, the Royal Society of British Artists in 1882, and then regularly at the Royal Academy from 1883 to 1910. He was celebrated for his scenes of hunting hounds, like The Sanctuary, which combined the artist's accuracy of observation with freedom of brushwork and a polished finish. Blinks' work is represented in the collection of Her Majesty the Queen; Leicester Museum and Art Gallery, and Preston Manor, Brighton.