2000s English Sport Oil Painting of Golf Players at 18th Green Hole in Royal Birkdale Southport, Framed

Description

1 Impressive Exciting English Sporting Work of Art Oil Painting Golf Players At The 18th Green Hole Royal Birkdale.
Subject … more 1 Impressive Exciting English Sporting Work of Art Oil Painting Golf Players At The 18th Green Hole Royal Birkdale.
Subject sporting golf scene of golf playing at the world famous Royal Birkdale golf course in Southport.
Title Royal Birkdale 18th Green.
Your focus is drawn to the golfer in the foreground who has just driven his shot towards to the flag hole, to the left another golfer carrying his clubs walking on the green. In the distance to the right you can see 2 other golfers further back. In the background is the beautiful view of the Art Deco clubhouse building, overhead blue sky with clouds above.
Oil on board.
Signed in the bottom corner by the English artist Ken Mountain.
A fine example of his work.
About the artist.
Ken Mountain was born in Hoylake and is a self-taught artist. During his working years his time for painting was limited. However, in 1995 he took early retirement, attended Nigel Morris's art class in the Community Centre in Hoylake and began to work in oils. His paintings vary but are usually figurative or landscape works.
They include paintings of Hilbre Island, the Royal Liverpool Golf Links, the Lady of Hilbre lifeboat at sea and the Dee Estuary.
Royal Birkdale Golf Club is a golf course in the United Kingdom in North West England, located in Southport, Merseyside. It is one of the clubs in the rotation for both the Open Championship and Women's British Open and has hosted the Open Championship ten times from 1954 through 2017. Winners of the Open at the course include Pádraig Harrington, Mark O'Meara, Ian Baker-Finch, Tom Watson, Johnny Miller, Lee Trevino, Arnold Palmer, Peter Thomson (twice) and Jordan Spieth.
Founded 133 years ago as Birkdale Golf Club in 1889, the club was awarded "Royal" status in 1951. Birkdale Golf Club moved to a new site in Birkdale Hills in 1894,[2] and built a new distinctive art deco clubhouse in 1935.
During the 1960s, the club hosted the Ryder Cup twice, in 1965 and in 1969.
Set in a traditional stylish gilt frame.
Circa early 21st century.
Provenance purchased from a fine art aucton label verso.
Such a delightful scene to the eye.


Dimensions in centimetres of the frame approximate

High (57.5cm)
Wide (72.5cm)
Depth thickness of frame (4cm) less