Haughton Forrest (1826-1925) Britain Australia
Lot 16
New Zealand Coast
Oil on board
30.5 x 46cm (board) 42 x 57cm (fr)
Condition Excellent
Inscribed artists hand verso 'To Lottie Xmas Box'
Provenance Private Collection Tasmania, Colville Auctions 7/6/21 Cat#14
SOLD
Haughton Forrest, (1826 -0 1925), arrived Tasmania in 1876 and for many years worked as an artist, establishing a considerable reputation as a painter of seascapes, shipwrecks and mountain, river and lake landscapes.
After his wife’s death in 1893, Forrest continued to reside at ‘Heathville’, Cascades where he had his studio. He employed a housekeeper, Miss Lottie Weare, to look after him and for many years presented her with a painting on the occasion of her birthday. Lottie subsequently married and ceased to work for Forrest but the birthday gifts continued until at least 1916.
Lottie was survived by her sister, Theresa (later Mrs Kohl, of Goulburn Street), and the accumulation of inherited and purchased artworks hung in the sitting and dinning rooms in her home in Goulburn Street and remained there until late 1994 when she died and the residence sold. The sale of contents of paintings and furniture was conducted by Sotheby’s Australia in 1995.