Antique Continental Italianate Framed Watercolour on Board Possibly Venice Italy

Stunning Continental View possibly Venice, Italy. Watercolour on Artists board, first quarter of the Twentieth Century. Allthough not signed this beautiful Watercolour is firmly attributed to the work of English Artist Harold Hitchcock, who did not always add signature. Depicting Mountainous and Landscape views with three ladies beside a large tree with a central lake and an Architectural study of a Palace building on the left. This exquisite Italianate Watercolor is beautifully framed within a wide dark grey mount on a slim giltwood frame. Condition: Good condition, nice unfaded fresh colours, light wear to gilt frame which is fully glazed. No signature visible. Height: (entire including frame) 12” (30.5cm). Width: (entire including frame) 15" (38cm). Depth: (entire) 2.5” (6.5cm). Location: Dublin City, Ireland. Affordable fixed charge Worldwide Store to door shipping offered in-house. Harold Hitchcock (1914-2009) Born in Camden Town, London, a descendant of British artist George Stubbs, Harold Hitchcock (1914-2009) painted his first portrait at age 14. With only minimal formal training, he is basically a self-taught artist. In his late teens he took evening classes at the Ruskin Art College. He also studied the Old Masters. In order to earn a living, he began doing commercial artwork. Over the years his work has evolved from realism to surrealistic landscapes with the presence of human forms that are sometimes merely suggested. About painting Hitchcock said: "It's an instinctive thing" "It's an interpretation of an inner vision." Hitchcock's paintings are in the permanent collections of London's Victoria and Albert Museum, the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow, and the Yale Center for British Arts, to name a few.