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Watercolour on paper, mounted on cardboard England, around 1900 Hector Caffieri (1847-1932) - English watercolourist Signed lower right 'H. Caffieri' Dimensions: 72.4 x 45.8 cm Good condition Provenance: German private collection A very beautiful watercolour by the English painter whose oeuvre is defined by coastal scenes of this kind; similar works fetch over 13,000 euros at auction This fine watercolour by Hector Caffieri shows a charming motif characteristic of the English artist's oeuvre. It depicts a young girl on the beach. In her hands she holds a letter in a bottle, which she inspects with a critical eye. All his life Caffieri was fascinated by the coast and created numerous works with fishing and harbour scenes. The fine manner of painting is determined by the academic style of the 19th Century, yet Caffieri has managed to capture the free, natural charm of the scene in a technique he mastered to perfection. The watercolour by Hector Caffieri is in good condition with old traces of mounting, thus there are two holes left and right in the centre as well as along the lower border. There are light marginal blemishes and traces of glue along the upper margin. It is signed lower right 'H. Caffieri'. The cardboard measures 72.4 x 45.8 cm. Hector Caffieri (1847-1932) Hector Caffieri was born in Gloucestershire in 1847. He was trained in Paris by the academic genre painters Léon Bonnat and Jules-Joseph Lefebvre. From 1880 onwards Caffieri lived and worked in London, where he exhibited regularly at the Academy, then in Berkshire, and later on the North coast of France, where many of his famous coastal pictures were created. In 1892 his works were shown at the Salon in Paris. Hector Caffieri is considered a master of watercolour, who primarily devoted himself to fishing and harbour scenes.