Gwilt Joley

GWILT JOLEY (Croydon, United Kingdom, 1859 - 1917).
"In the streets of Capri".
Oil on canvas. Relined.
Signed in the lower left corner.
Measurements: 88 x 34 cm; 101 x 47,5 cm (frame).

Martin Francis was a student of Jules Lefebvre and Benjamin Constant at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1887 to 1916. His work includes landscapes and figure paintings, with views of Cornwall and continental Europe. A member of the Étaples school of painters, he painted several pictures depicting the seaside resort of Paris-Plage, exhibited at the Musée Touquet-Paris-Plage when it opened in 1932. His painting Steam Train at Carbis Bay is one of the many highlights of the exhibition at Penlee House, Penzance, Cornwall: Dawn of a Colony: Lyrical Light (St. Ives 1889-1914), June 14-September 13, 2008.