Arthur Hacker A Wet Night At Piccadilly Circus in Old London Painting Postcard

ABIZRA110  This is a beautiful undated but modern published official postcard from Londons Royal Academy Of Arts for this great 1910 work by Athur Hacker of A Wet Night At Piccadilly Circus with artist details, dates, dimensions etc & Royal Academy Of Arts logo on reverse being the official souvenir from when exhibited unused and mint. 

This atmospheric 1910 cityscape stands as a surprisingly impressionistic masterpiece from an artist otherwise celebrated for his traditional society portraits and classical allegories. Submitted as his official Diploma Work upon election to full membership at the Royal Academy of Arts, the composition brilliantly shifts focus away from topographical details to instead map the transient effects of light, rain, and shadow. By dissolving Edwardian pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages into soft silhouettes beneath an all-encompassing, luminous yellow mist, the painting perfectly captures the frantic energy, modern electricity, and nocturnal mood of London at the turn of the century