James Connell & Sons (ca. 1906 - 1930s) was an art gallery business and publisher of etchings in Glasgow and London. It was established by James Hodge Connell (born c. 1834)[1] who retired in 1908, leaving the business to his sons James D. Connell (born 1862), Thomas Connell (born 1864), and David Connell (born 1870).[2] Dealing mainly in etchings and works on paper, artists whose work was sold through the gallery included: Andrew Affleck, Eugene Bejot, David Young Cameron, Hester Frood, Gertrude Ellen Hayes, Henry Rushbury, Nathaniel Sparks, Alfred W. Strutt, Edward Millington Synge, William Walker (engraver), Ernest Herbert Whydale and Mary G. W. Wilson.[3]
The gallery held an exhibition of "London as seen by an Italian", featuring paintings by Piero Sansalvadore.[4]
According to The Antique Dealers Blog, "Connell is well known amongst art historians as a ‘Fine Art’ dealer – one who emerged from the picture frame making trades in the middle decades of the 19th century" and continued in business at least until the 1930s.[5] One of their catalogues was also of porcelain.[4] One of their picture frame labels identifies the firn as having been established in 1862.[6] A correspondence with the firm about two pictures is dated 1943.[7] James Connell's death and a blurb about the firm was included in The Annual Register in 1917.[8]
History edit
The business was established selling picture frames. It eventually expanded into art. The firm also dealt occasionally in old furniture.[9] The firm was located at several addresses in Glasgow in a 1910 / 1911 directory they were listed under "carvers and gilders.[10]
In the late 19th century the firm dealt in Hague school and Barbizon school paintings at their Glasgow gallery.[11]
Collections edit
The National Gallery has a correspondence to the firm from 1914.[12] The firm handled a painting by George Lawrence Bulleid.[13]
References edit
- ^ Age 57/67 in Scotland census 1891/1901 at 10 Dalziel Drive, Glasgow.
- ^ "Connell and Sons". learn.bowdoin.edu.
- ^ "Connell & Sons | Artist Biographies". www.artbiogs.co.uk.
- ^ a b "James Connell & Sons [WorldCat Identities]".
- ^ "James Connell & Sons | antiquedealersblog".
- ^ "Picture Frame Labels: James Connell and Sons". 12 December 2012.
- ^ "Maysie Connell, James Connell & Sons, Fine Art Dealers & Publishers., 121 West George Street., Glasgow C.2. | Archives | RA Collection | Royal Academy of Arts". www.royalacademy.org.uk.
- ^ "Annual Register". J. Dodsley. 5 February 1917 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Art Dealers & Antique Dealers – James Connell & Sons, Glasgow". 27 January 2015.
- ^ "James Connell and Sons - Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951". sculpture.gla.ac.uk.
- ^ Museum, Glasgow Art Gallery and; Gallery, Kelvingrove Museum and Art; Hamilton, Vivien; Fowle, Frances; Museums, Glasgow; Arts, American Federation of; Museum, J. B. Speed Art (5 February 2002). Millet to Matisse: Nineteenth- and Twentieth-century French Painting from Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Glasgow. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0300097801 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Letter from James Connell & Sons regarding | Archive | National Gallery, London". www.nationalgallery.org.uk.
- ^ Press, Ivy (5 October 2004). Heritage Galleries and Auctioneers Silver, Art Glass, Paintings and Decorative Arts Auction #608. Heritage Capital Corporation. ISBN 9781932899337 – via Google Books.