ARTIST: Frederick Richard Lee (United Kingdom, 1798 - 1879)
TITLE: River Landscape with Bathers
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
CONDITION: Relined. Few small scratches/paint losses. Some craquelure. Some scattered inpaintings. Normal wear along edges.
ART SIZE: 18 x 18 inches / 45 x 45 cm
FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available)
SIGNATURE: lower middle
LOCATION: This lot is located at our Mamaroneck, NY office.
NAME VARIANTS: Frank Richard Lee
CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online
AD: ART WANTED: Consign, Trade In, Cash Offer
SKU#: 135620
US SHIPPING: $60 + insurance.

BIOGRAPHY:
Frederick Richard Lee RA (10 June 1798 in Barnstaple, Devon - 5 June 1879 in Vleesch Bank, South Africa) was an English artist. He was the son of Thomas Lee of Barnstaple in north Devon and brother of Thomas Lee (Jnr), an architect.Frederick enrolled as a student at the Royal Academy on 16 January 1818, aged nineteen. Although no dated paintings are recorded from this time, by the time of his election as an Associate of the Royal Academy (A.R.A.) on 3 November 1834, at least six dated paintings existed. One of F.R. Lee's paintings from this time is Bringing in the Stag, an oil, measuring 38 cm x 51 cm (1830) at the Tate Gallery in London).