Well painted original watercolour, by the listed artist Harold Wilfred Sayer RE RWS (1913 - 1993), painted circa  1965.

Depicting a distant view of the rooftops and major buildings of the city of Florence in Italy. A fine example of the artist's watercolour work, painted in his strong mid-century, British postimpressionist style combining various media with watercolour.

Signed lower centre.

Watercolour, ink, pencil and felt tip pen on heavy wove paper, in a gilt wood frame with double mount.

Image size 35cm x 47cm; frame size 54.5cm x 67cm.

Watercolour in excellent original condition (see photo). Frame and mount clean (see photos).

Comes with our Certificate of Authenticity - guaranteed authentic and original.

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Delivered ready to hang.

This is one of a small collection of watercolours and etchings by Harold Sayer that I am listing, they cover his career from the mid 1950s to the mid 1980s.

Harold Wilfred Sayer RE RWS 1913 – 1993

British landscape painter and etcher.

Harold Sayer exhibited both his watercolours and etchings widely, first showing at the Royal Academy in 1935, where he continued to be a regular exhibitor up to 1988. He also showed his work at the Royal Society of Painter Etchers and Printmakers, where he was elected an associate (ARE) in 1937, becoming a full member (RE) some years later. Likewise he exhibited with the Royal Watercolour Society, going on to become an elected member. Originally living at Hartham Road, Isleworth, Middlesex, by the 1970s he had moved to the village of Sheepscombe, near Stroud in Gloucestershire.

Examples of his work are held in several public collections, including at the V&A Museum.

Florence (Italian: Firenze) is the capital city of the region of Tuscany in Central Italy.

Florence was a centre of medieval European trade and finance and one of the wealthiest cities of that era. It is considered by many academics to have been the birthplace of the Renaissance, becoming a major artistic, cultural, commercial, political, economic and financial center. During this time, Florence rose to a position of enormous influence in Italy, Europe, and beyond. Its turbulent political history includes periods of rule by the powerful Medici family and numerous religious and republican revolutions. From 1865 to 1871 the city served as the capital of the Kingdom of Italy.