Herbert Grey - Lot 314

Herbert Grey Mountain landscape Watercolor on paper, signed lower left Herbert Grey Dimensions: 29 x 50 cm (framed 45.5× 65 cm) This delicate watercolor by Herbert Grey depicts a mountain landscape bathed in soft, diffused light. In the distance, the misty silhouettes of the peaks stand out in a monochrome of browns, blues and grays, lending the scene a peaceful, contemplative atmosphere. contemplative atmosphere. A winding road cuts through the landscape, guiding the eye to a small group of figures and animals that add a human scale to this vast, majestic nature. The artist's mastery of transparencies and atmospheric gradations illustrates a technical know-how typical of British and European landscape painters of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.