Charles Leslie, Welsh Landscape 1886 Oil on Canvas

Very nice Victorian Welsh landscape Snowdonia by Charles Leslie. This was one of his last works. 

Frame 21 inches X 33 inches    Canvas 24 inches X12 inches

Painting is in very good condition for it's age with no repairs or cracks. Many of these paintings are in poor conditon

Charles Leslie (1839–1886) was an English landscape painter during the Victorian era, and a member of the Williams family of painters.

Charles Leslie was born Charles Edward John Leslie on 27 November 1839 in the Pentonville Road area of the Islington borough of London. He was the son of Emily Ann Williams and Charles Leslie, senior. His grandfather Edward Williams (1781–1855) was a well-known landscape painter, and the father of six sons, all artists, who collectively are referred to as the Williams family of painters. The younger Charles learned to paint from his uncles, especially George Augustus Williams, whom he lived with in 1856 and 1857 at 32 Castelnau Villas in Barnes at a time when Leslie was already exhibiting works at the Royal Academy.

Leslie is not to be confused with the much better-known painter Charles Robert Leslie, RA, the father of George Dunlop Leslie, RA. The lesser-known Charles Leslie was one of the first Victorian landscape artists to portray scenes of the Scottish and Welsh moorlands, and became one of the better-known painters of these themes. His landscapes often feature stark mountains in the background towering over still waters with open skies above.

Leslie exhibited at the Royal Academy (5 works), the British Institution (3 works), the Suffolk Street Gallery of the Society of British Artists (16 works), and exhibited in many lesser-known Victorian art venues as well.[3] He died of liver disease at the age of 46 on 9 September 1886 at Mitcham Road Tooting near Wandsworth, Surrey.British museums with examples of his work include the National Library of Wales, the Royal Holloway Museum at the University of London and the Victoria Museum and Gallery in Liverpool. One of his landscapes is also on view at the Museum Geelvinck Hinlopen Huisin Amsterdam in the Netherlands

Leslie was considered a member of the Williams family of painters The Williams family of painters, also known as the Barnes School, is a family of prominent 19th-century Victorian landscape artists known for their paintings of the British countryside, coasts and mountains. They are represented by the artist Edward Williams (1781–1855), his six sons, and several grandchildren.

His works were widely collected during the Victorian period. Leslie’s subjects often include Cader Idris, Snowdonia, and the lakes and bridges of North Wales, making this pair a classic example of his output.