JOHN VICAT COLE (1903-1975) In the Dale of the Nidd

JOHN VICAT COLE (1903-1975) In the Dale of the Nidd, signed lower right, inscribed with title and artist's name in ink on label verso, oil on canvas, 23" x 29 1/2", unframed (subject to Artists Resale Right) (Est. plus 24% premium inc. VAT) Notes: Though he was born and educated in London, where he was a slightly younger contemporary of painters such as Paul Nash and Staney Spencer, John Cole was closely connected to Yorkshire. His mother grew up at New Hall Farm, Bolton Abbey, where John Cole stayed and painted extensively in the 1920s and 30s. He travelled throughout the Yorkshire Dales, and particularly appreciated the dramatic scenery of Nidderdale. The present work can tentatively be identified as the painting titled In the Vale of the Nidd exhibited at the Royal Society of British Artists in 1929. The twelfth century castle is seen from below, with the plumes of smoke of a mill echoing the dramatic geometry of the trees in the foreground