Llewelyn Lloyd (1879 - 1950) Italian Watercolor on Paper. Measue 13 1/4"in H x 10 1/4"in W and 22"in H x 18"in W with frame. Known for: Marine, coastal and landscape painting Born into a well-off family of Welsh origin, Llewelyn Lloyd started studying commerce but soon abandoned his studies. From 1894 to 1899 he studied in Leghorn in the studio of Guglielmo Micheli, a pupil of Fattori, alongside Modigliani, Romiti, Martinelli and Ghiglia. What he learned from Fattori and perfected in Florence where Lloyd moved to continue painting under the master, was to continue to influence his work, as was continuous comparison with contemporary Italian and European developments. In 1914 he exhibited at the Rome Secession with the "Giovine Etruria" group that advocated reviving Tuscan art that had deteriorated into repeating late Macchiaioli canons. In this period he started to work incessantly, taking part at the most important Italian and foreign exhibitions where he showed the works produced on the island of Elba where he stayed regularly for a few months each year. In 1922 in Florence he showed at the "Fiorentina Primaverile" and in 1923, with Soffici, Primo Conti, Baccio Maria Bacci, Ottone Rosai and Ghiglia at the "Mostra della Corporazione delle Arti Decorative" that a little later became the "Sindacato delle Belle Arti". In 1929 he was commissioned to paint the warships of the national navy and, with Giulio Aristide Sartorio and Alessandro Pomi, he sailed on the "Quarto", going to Spain, Portugal and Tripolitania, where he produced works that were successful at the "III Mostra d Arte Marinara" in Rome.