Theodore Howard Somervell (1890-1975) | View of Kanchenjunga, oil on canvas, framed

Theodore Howard Somervell (1890-1975)

View of Kanchenjunga

oil on canvas (39.5 x 60cm.), signed with initials and dated 'THS 1943' (lower left), titled in ink on the reverse of the canvas "The Himalayas / Howard Somervell", framed

Howard Somervell OBE, FRCS (1890-1975) was an English surgeon, mountaineer, painter and missionary who was a member of two expeditions to Mount Everest in the 1920s, and then spent nearly 40 years working as a doctor in India. In 1924 he was awarded an Olympic Gold Medal by Pierre de Coubertin for his achievements in mountaineering.

Kangchenjunga is the third highest mountain in the world with an elevation of 8586 m. (28,169 ft). A slightly smaller oil on board sketch of this view by Somervell titled "Kangchenjanga above the clouds" was sold at Christies, 27 September 2007, lot 291.