Campbell Archibald Mellon ROI Original Marine Oil Painting GORLESTON NORFOLK

  
Campbell Archibald Mellon ROI RBA "Gorleston Norfolk". DETAIL: A charming original oil painting by the well listed East Anglian artist Campbell Archibald Mellon. Mellon was born in Berkshire on 16 June 1878. He married and settled in Nottingham in 1903 and remained there until he died in Gorleston on 28 August 1955. He only started painting following his move to Nottingham. Mellon studied under Carl Brenner, nephew of Benjamin Williams Leader amongst other artists. After his arrival in Norfolk he studied under Sir John Alfred Arnesby Brown. Although Mellons worked out of doors, his paintings were believed to be largely composed in the studio, as he re-arrange, eliminated detail he didnt see fitting and added design to suit his ideas. He was more interested in composing an image that conjured up the atmospheric qualities of happiness rather than a sober pictorial translation of what he had seen.

Mellons style had developed along simpler lines. After serving in the First World War Mellon moved to the town of Gorleston in Norfolk and he became well known for these seaside scenes with a mass of clearly defined people. He loved to paint the beach at Gorleston whilst looking into the sun and the play of light on the sand fascinated him.

Mellons work can be seen in public galleries in Bristol, Leeds, Sheffield and Great Yarmouth. His first picture to be exhibited at the Royal Academy, in 1924, was a beach scene entitled Yarmouth August Bank Holiday. From 1924 (when he was 46) until 1955, Mellon was a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy and had more than 50 canvasses hung in the Societys prestigious galleries. Campbell Mellon loved to paint the beach at Gorleston while looking into the sun.

The play of light on sand and water fascinated him. His skies are never a matter of perfunctory filling-in and, whether an untroubled blue or heavy with huge cumulus clouds, they are an integral and often dramatic part of the composition. Mellon was elected a Member of the Royal Society of Oil Painters and of the Royal Society of British Artists the following year. He died in Gorleston on August 28th, 1955. Because of the fragile nature of picture frames, all frames are offered free with the painting.

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1. Size: Medium (up to 36in.)
2. Artist: CAMPBELL MELLON
3. Colour: Multi-Colour
4. Style: Impressionism
5. Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
6. Medium: Oil
7. Date of Creation: Modern (1900-1979)
8. Year: 1930
9. Features: Framed
10. Subject: seaside
11. Originality: Original