Bidspirit auction | ALFRED EAST ( Kettering 1849

ALFRED EAST ( Kettering 1849 - 1913 London ) - Promenade etching/paper 30,5 x 37,8 cm signed Alfred East monogrammed in plate AE, insrcribed The Avenue SCHÄTZPREIS / ESTIMATE °€ 30 - 60 STARTPREIS / STARTING PRICE °€ 30 Sir Alfred East was a British artist. He studied at the Glasgow School of Art. He then went to France to further his education with Tony Robert-Fleury and William Adolphe Bouguereau at the renowned École des Beaux-Arts. His romantic landscapes show an influence of the Barbizon school. In 1906 Alfred East was elected President of the Royal Academy of Arts. On July 7, 1910, East was created a Knight Bachelor by King Edward VII. PLEASE NOTE: The purchase price consists of the highest bid plus the buyer's premium, sales tax and, if applicable, the fee of artists resale rights. In the case of normal taxation (marked ° at the estimate), a premium of 24% is added to the highest bid. The mandatory sales tax is added to the sum of the highest bid and the buyer's premium. This amounts to 13% for paintings, drawings, graphic works and sculptures and 20% for photographs and all other items. The buyer's premium amounts to 28% in case of differential taxation. The sales tax is included in the differential taxation.