Modernism first began in Britain just after the First World War, with artists developing increasingly abstract work. Following from this in the post 1935 period artist such as Ben Nicholson settled in St Ives, Cornwall which became a centre of progressive painting and sculpture.
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DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 36.6 x 28.3 inches (93 x 72 cm) MEDIUM: Oil on canvas SIGNATURE: Signed ‘E. A. Hornel’ and dated (lower right) MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 20 x 24 inches (50.8 x 61 cm); (framed) 26 x 30 inches (66 x 76.2 cm) SIGNATURE: Signed (lower right) MEDIUM: Oil on canvas MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 14.2 x 21.3 inches (36 x 54 cm) SIGNATURE: Signed lower left MEDIUM: Watercolour `Pagentry and music, palatial magnificence and the stench of squalor: gaiety, leisure, wealth and poverty -these things belong to Venice' Seago wrote in his diary. MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 20.3 x 30.1 inches (51.5 x 76.5 cm); (framed) 23.4 x 33.5 inches (59.5 x 85 cm) SIGNATURE: Signed 'J Steven Dews' (lower left) MEDIUM: Oil on canvas MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 30 x 60 inches (76.2 x 152.4 cm) SIGNATURE: Signed 'J Steven Dews' (lower left) MEDIUM: Oil on canvas The painting captures an English J Boat race at the top of the Solent, just below the Royal Yacht Squadron Castle, Cowes. In the lead, the Royal racing yacht "Brittania," K1, flies the Prince of Wales' Royal racing standard, signified by the feathers in the centre. MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
DIMENSIONS: (sight) 9.3 x 11 inches (23.5 x 28 cm) (framed) 13 x 15 inches (33 x 38.1 cm) SIGNATURE: Signed and dated (lower right) Signed and titled on label (verso) MEDIUM: Watercolour and gouache Mary Fedden was a great lover of the opera and, in her later period, she designed programme and book covers for the Glyndebourne Festival and exhibited her work several times at the East Sussex manor house. This particular piece depicts a performance of Ermione at Glyndebourne. MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
MEDIUM: Pencil on paper DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 26 x 18 inches (66 x 45.7 cm) SIGNATURE: Signed ‘Fedden’ and dated (lower right) MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
Dimensions: (unframed) 6 x 6 inches. Medium: Oil on canvas Internationally recognized as the world’s finest wildlife artist. David Shepherd has at all times felt that he had a duty in the form of conservation towards the world and the animals that inhabit our planet. In his lifetime, David Shepherd has painted and drawn many pictures, and was able to share his tales and experiences with people internationally. MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
Dimensions: (unframed) 17.75 x 29.5 inches. Signature: Signed (lower right) Medium: Oil on canvas Internationally recognized as the world's finest wildlife artist. David Shepherd has at all times felt that he had a duty in the form of conservation towards the world and the animals that inhabit our planet. In his lifetime, David Shepherd has painted and drawn many pictures, and was able to share his tales and experiences with people internationally. MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
MEDIUM: Etching and aquatint in colours on wove paper DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 23.75 x 35.75 inches SIGNATURE: Edition 229 of 250; Signed and dated (lower left) Hockney has long been acknowledged to be one of the most influential artists working today, having been featured in retrospectives at almost every major international museum. Hockney constantly experiments with paint as a means of expression as well as continually challenging his intentions as an artist by working with different mediums and notably his works of swimming pools are some of his most iconic images. MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 40 x 30 in./ 101.6 x 76.2 cm MEDIUM: Oil on canvas This work is in Heath's signature medium of oils and is the epitome of his abstract work. MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
MEDIUM: Watercolour and chalk DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 6.0 x 11.0 in. / 15.24 x 27.94 cm SIGNATURE: Signed and dated 'Moore. 80' (lower left) For the most part Moore favoured drawing from monumental, thickly-set figures which were always presented as contemplative and self-possessed. MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 17.7 x 24.4 ins/ 45.0 x 62.0 cm SIGNATURE: Signed 'John Piper' (lower right); titled and dated (lower left) MEDIUM: Watercolour and gouache on paper Famous for his romantic landscapes, views of ruined churches, stately homes and castles, John Piper is considered to be one of the most significant British artists of the 20th Century. This wonderful watercolour by John Piper depicts an atmospheric landscape in the English village Quainton in Buckinghamshire. MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 9.8 x 10.8 in. / 24.9 x 27.4 cm SIGNATURE: Signed and dated lower right MEDIUM: Pencil on paper A pencil on paper drawing by LS Lowry. Figures crowd around the gates of a workplace as they enter for their shift. Lowry captures the energy and emotion of a scene at a moment in time, drawing on random scraps of paper as he records the goings on of local people through his eyes. MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
Dimensions: (unframed) 18 x 36 inches. (framed) 26 x 44 inches. Signature: Signed (lower right) Medium: Oil on canvas MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 36.0 x 36.0 ins/ 91.4 x 91.4 cm SIGNATURE: Initialled (lower right) Williams had a passion for the rugged landscape of North Wales, which we see in this piece depicting a the mountainous landscape of Snowdonia, silhouetted against a yellowing sky. Once determined on an artistic course, Williams’ work was all-consuming and there was never any question as to subject matter, with the landscape before him demanding to be drawn or painted. With his highly distinctive technique these monumental landscapes came to assume an iconic status and so too did the man. MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 27 x 21.8 ins/ 68.6 x 55.4 cm (framed) 36 x 30.5 ins/ 91.4 x 77.5 cm SIGNATURE: Signed 'William Russell Flint' (lower right) MEDIUM: Oil on canvas MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
MEDIUM: Oil on board DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 16.0 x 36.0 ins SIGNATURE: Initialled and dated (lower left) MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 17.7 x 14.6 inches (45.0 x 37.1 cm) SIGNATURE: Signed ‘Dorothea Sharp’ (lower right) Dorothea Sharp believed colour to be as important as form in the creation of a work and painted quickly with a heavily loaded brush. These ideas and techniques were learnt in Paris where she became influenced by the Impressionists, particularly by Monet. She was well known for her paintings of women and children, like with this intimate scene of a mother and child which would be a lovely addition to any collection. MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 36 x 50 in./ 91.4 x 127 cm (framed) 43.5 x 56.5 in./ 110.5 x 143.5 cm SIGNATURE: Signed 'A. Talmage' and dated '1922' (lower right) MEDIUM: Oil on canvas MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 22 x 30.5 inches (55.9 x 77.5 cm) (framed) 29.5 x 37 inches (74.9 x 94 cm) SIGNATURE: Signed ‘W.K. Blacklock’ (lower left) MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
MEDIUM: Chalk on paper DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 23.5 x 25.3 ins/ 59.6 x 64.2 cm This study by David Bomberg was drawn from the artist’s bedroom window in Ronda, a town in the Spanish province of Málaga. Here, Bomberg uses sharp, expressive lines in chalk and a creeping sense of darkness to convey a sense of evening shadows, which encourages the viewer to explore the most ancient part of a city which had captivated the artist as soon as he arrived. MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
MEDIUM: Watercolour and pastel on paper DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 8.5 x 6 in. / 21.6 x 15.2 cm SIGNATURE: Signed ‘Fedden' and dated (lower left) This small watercolour by Mary Fedden is actually a remake of an earlier work painted by the artist in 1980. In both she depicts her partner, Julian Trevelyan, standing in a street of white stone buildings reaching out toward a disembodied hand. In this iteration she has chosen to paint two cats rather than the dog featured in the 1980 version. This is an example of Fedden’s characteristic collaging together of imagery to form her compositions – she would make many sketches and pull from them to do this. MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 24.0 x 30.0 in. / 61.0 x 76.2 cm SIGNATURE: Signed ‘Fedden’ and dated (lower right) Mary Fedden is renowned for her unique perspective and great talent for finding beauty in the everyday. She worked with bold palettes and simplified shapes, carefully orchestrating her still life compositions to draw out the extraordinary from ordinary objects. This delightful work Masque at Strawberry Hill held a particular significance to the artist at a time in her life. Mary’s husband, acclaimed artist Julian Trevelyan, had been commissioned by a collector and friend, John Iddon, to paint a picture of Strawberry Hill for him. Shortly after its completion Julian sadly died and Mary couldn’t part with the painting. Therefore, she painted two herself, one she sold to John and the other is the painting we have for sale. MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 29.9 x 29.9 inches (75.9 x 75.9 cm) SIGNATURE: Initialled (lower right) MEDIUM: Oil on canvas Kyffin Williams had a passion for the rugged landscape of North Wales, which we see in this piece depicting a part of the rural village in Llangwyfan, Denbighshire covered in snow. Once determined on an artistic course, Williams’ work was all-consuming and there was never any question as to subject matter, with the landscape before him demanding to be drawn or painted. With his highly distinctive technique these monumental landscapes came to assume an iconic status and so too did the man. -
MEDIUM: Watercolour on paper DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 7.5 x 10.5 in. / 19.1 x 26.7 cm SIGNATURE: Signed ‘Fedden’ (lower left); inscribed ‘Oleg Polunin’ and dated (verso) MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
MEDIUM: Pencil on paper DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 8.3 x 7.0 ins/ 21.1 x 17.8 cm Stanley Spencer made portrait drawings of his friends and patrons for much of his life, often head and shoulder views, as if they were seated before him. He enjoyed this activity, he said, because of his 'exquisite appreciation of heads'. This work, Portrait of J. Louis Behrend, is a prime example of his keen attention to detail, as he focuses on his face, with his torso fading into the paper. Also, his gaze directly confronts the viewer, yet is soft. Spencer’s light use of pencil captures his subject’s gentle demeanour. MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
MEDIUM: Mixed media DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 22.8 x 15.4 ins/ 58.0 x 39.0 cm SIGNATURE: Signed ‘Gear’ and dated (lower right) William Gear was a Scottish painter known for his abstract compositions and as one of the most international in spirit among British artists of his generation and one of the relatively few to make a reputation outside Britain. Gear is recognised for his fondness for heavy black line as a division of colour, predominately reds, yellows and oranges. He regarded the structure and architecture, like the building of his painting to be the most essential basis of a work. MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
MEDIUM: Acrylic DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 31.1 x 16.1 ins/ 79.0 x 41.0 cm SIGNATURE: Signed ‘Gear’ and dated (lower right) William Gear was a Scottish painter known for his abstract compositions and as one of the most international in spirit among British artists of his generation and one of the relatively few to make a reputation outside Britain. Gear is recognised for his fondness for heavy black line as a division of colour, predominately reds, yellows and oranges. He regarded the structure and architecture, like the building of his painting to be the most essential basis of a work. MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
MEDIUM: Acrylic DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 20.1 x 28.3 ins/ 51.0 x 72.0 cm SIGNATURE: Signed ‘Gear’ and dated (lower right) This striking work, Fairground Flight, was painted towards the end of Gear’s career in 1979 when he had developed a distinctive style after his time at Birmingham University. In this period, Gear painted dynamic, diagonal black armatures against vibrant detonations of colour, perfecting a new, thrilling evocation of light pulsing through foliage MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 16 x 24 in. / 40.6 x 61 cm SIGNATURE: Signed 'Edward Seago' (lower left); titled (verso) MEDIUM: Oil on board MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 14.0 x 10.0 ins/ 35.6 x 25.4 cm SIGNATURE: Signed 'G. Brockhurst' (lower right) MEDIUM: Watercolour and pastel This is a portrait of the son of Oliver St. John Gogarty (1878-1957), an Irish poet, author, surgeon, athlete, politician, and well-known conversationalist. He was a onetime friend of James Joyce and served as the inspiration for Buck Mulligan in Joyce's novel Ulysses. MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 23.0 x 30.8 ins/ 58.4 x 78.2 cm SIGNATURE: Signed 'Gear' and dated (lower right) MEDIUM: Mixed media on paper Painted in 1966, Tortured Landscape transports the viewer to a fantastical countryside scene with the dynamic black shapes and juxtaposition of colour creating a sense of depth and movement. MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 5.9 x 8.3 inches (15 x 21 cm) SIGNATURE: Signed ‘Fedden’ and dated (lower left) MEDIUM: Gouache MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
Dimensions: (unframed) 50.0 x 35.0 cm/19.7 x 13.8 ins Signature: Signed ‘Laura Knight’ (lower right) Medium: Pencil on paper This lovely drawing is from a period in Knight’s career when she was fully established as an artist. As ever, she was engrossed with the art of performance, in particular with ballet and the theatre. Knight would spend her time sketching either in London’s many parks and gardens, or backstage at the Royal Opera House, favouring performances and rehearsals of the Bolshoi Ballet. MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
Dimensions: (unframed) 84.0 x 142.0 cm/33.1 x 55.9 ins Signature: Signed (upper left) Medium: Oil on canvas Kuhfeld is the only child of a German prisoner of war and an English classical pianist. Between 1972 and 1976 he studied at Leicester School of Art. He worked from 1976 to 1978 at Rugby School of Art, where he gave lessons in drawing and painting, before securing a place at the prestigious Royal Academy School of Art. During 1977-80 Kuhfeld studied under the painter Peter Greenham CBE, RA. In 1978 he was created a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Painters. While at the Royal Academy Schools Kuhfeld won various notable scholarships and prizes: 1978-79 David Murray Landscape Prize; 1979 Royal Academy of Art Silver Medal for Drawing, Royal College of Surgeons Dooley Prize for Anatomical Drawing; 1980 Elizabeth Greenshield Foundation Scholarship and Richard Ford Scholarship for study in Spain. MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 45.7 x 61.0 cm/18.0 x 24.0 ins SIGNATURE: Signed and inscribed 'Rome 5am' (lower right) MEDIUM: Oil on canvas MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 20 x 16 in. / 50.8 x 40.6 cm SIGNATURE: Signed and dated (lower right) MEDIUM: Oil on canvas This is a still life painted by Mary Fedden in a more academic style than her later works, evidencing her technical talent for depth and tonality. The composition is of a vase filled with flowers and foliage, painted over a background of various hues of natural blues and greens. Born in Bristol in 1915, Mary Fedden is renowned for her unique perspective and great talent for finding beauty in the everyday. She worked with bold palettes and simplified shapes, carefully orchestrating her still life compositions to draw out the extraordinary from ordinary objects. In fact, it was her constant progression and development throughout her career that makes her overall body of work so interesting; from her earlier pieces playing with colour, perspective, and patterns to her later work experimenting with light, texture, and crisper, cleaner lines. MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 5.9 x 9.1 in. / 15 x 23 cm SIGNATURE: Signed and dated (lower right) MEDIUM: Gouache on paper Mary Fedden has here painted in gouache a small jay against a distant landscape. The piece is full of colour and character, ranging from blurred swatches of colour to crisp lines of detail to show the delicacy of the bird's feet. Fedden was an artist whose exquisitely executed paintings often take the form of a hybrid between a still life and a landscape. In these, a group of objects fruit, glasses, bottles, even cats – are depicted in fine detail in front of a striking background scene. These intriguing combinations illustrate the depth of vision, both in a figurative and literal sense, which Fedden portrayed in her work. MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 11.5 x 13.5 ins/ 29.2 x 34.3 cm SIGNATURE: Signed lower left MEDIUM: Oil on canvas Lee-Hankey won a gold medal at the Barcelone International Exhibition in a bronze medal in Chicago. His work is represented in collections both in England and abroad. Exhibitions include: the Royal Academy; the Old Watercolour Society; the New Watercolour Society; the Royal Institute of Painters in Oil Colours. In 1936 he became a member of the Royal Society of Painters in Watercolours, and was elected president in 1947. MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 3.5 x 4.7 in. / 9 x 12 cm SIGNATURE: Signed 'Herbert Gunn' and dated (lower centre) MEDIUM: Oil on board In this striking view of Pont Mirabeau in Paris, the physical location plays second fiddle to the technical structure of the composition, with only a brief visual reference to Le Trocadero on the horizon. We have to remember that although we are now quite used to seeing pictorial arrangements like this in the 21st Century, when this oil on board was executed in 1913, his work was incredibly avant-garde, challenging much of the sentimental landscapes that were still being reproduced by the bulk of commercial Edwardian artists in Britain. MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 49.5 x 59.7 cm/19.5 x 23.5 ins (framed) 71.1 x 81.3 cm/ 28 x 32 ins SIGNATURE: Signed MEDIUM: Oil on canvas William Lee-Hankey was born in Chester, England in 1869. Hankey is notable for his paintings of French harbour scenes, figurative subjects and English country life. This painting is a wonderful example of this, as Hankey depicts the small, fishing-port town of Dieppe in France, reflecting the beauty he sees in everyday life. MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 30.5 x 39.4 cm/12.0 x 15.5 ins SIGNATURE: Monogrammed MEDIUM: Oil on panel Nicholson primarily produced still-life, landscapes and portraits. His delicate landscapes look back, recalling the tradition of romantic British landscape, realised in soft, hazy hues. Portraiture constituted his main source of income: his early sitters were mainly children but during his career he painted numerous aristocratic ladies, businessmen, politicians, military leaders and academics. These genres are, however, united by Nicholson's continual interest in the effects of light produced by oils - utilising the transparency of oils, Nicholson creates stunning yet subtle effects of darkness, shadow, reflection and illumination. MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 34.0 x 25.0 cm/13.4 x 9.8 ins SIGNATURE: Studio stamp verso MEDIUM: Ink and wash Robert Bevan drew inspiration for subjects for painting from the countryside. He formed the habit of spending the summer on a painting trip in various rural locations such as a cottage called St Ives in Kingston near Lewes, Sussex), or in Russian Poland with his wife’s family. His work at this time reflected his first-hand experience with recent French art during his travels on the continent. Oil paintings and watercolours of agricultural scenes of the South Downs or Poland provided motifs with which to explore his concerns with the effects of light and the use of colour. Philip Hendy (later Director of the National Gallery) claimed that Bevan was the first Englishman to use pure colour in the twentieth century and was the ‘real pioneer’ of the modern English school. MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 9.0 x 12.0 in./22.9 x 30.5 cm SIGNATURE:Signed lower left: W Russell Flint, signed again, titled and inscribed verso: Loch Nan Uamh (Western Highlands) MEDIUM: Watercolour Sir William Russell Flint, one of the most celebrated British painters of the 20th century, has enjoyed almost constant popularity since the 1920s. His best work reflects a genuine greatness in watercolour technique . The Times’ obituary paid tribute to his exceptional mastery of the watercolour medium: ‘Sir William Russell Flint, RA, who has died at the age of 89, will be chiefly remembered as a watercolourist of remarkable technical skill. Though he painted also in oils and tempera and produced a considerable number of etchings and dry-points, his most characteristic works were watercolour landscapes and figure compositions, elaborately carried out and displaying great virtuosity, in the gradations of a wash and a special manner of enriching its effect by taking advantage of a grained surface paper’. MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 24.0 x 22.0 in./61.0 x 55.9 cm SIGNATURE: Signed 'George Henry' (lower left) MEDIUM: Oil on canvas This painting, from leading member of the Glasgow Boys, George Henry, depicts an elegant woman standing at a sundial in a stylistically painted garden. She stands opposite a Japanese lady in traditional clothing, who looks down at the two dogs in the foreground. The painting is representative of the elements that Henry learned throughout his career as a painter. The loose, expressive brushstrokes indicate the influence of the Impressionists upon Henry’s style. Similarly, the naturalistic use of colour and the idyllic subject matter demonstrate the departure from the saccharine Victorian style of painting, from which Henry and his group sought to remove themselves. MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 12 x 14 in./30.5 x 35.6 cm SIGNATURE: dedicated lower right: Fred Hall to W.R.W., label on verso: Vose Galleries signed on back Thulin 1917 296 MEDIUM: Oil on panel Fred Hall interpreted his surroundings with a light touch and a realistic approach. He spent a considerable amount of time in Newlyn painting 'en plein air'. Newlyn had a number of things guaranteed to attract artists: fantastic light, cheap living, and the availability of inexpensive models. The artists were fascinated by the fishermen’s working life at sea and the everyday life in the harbour and nearby villages.
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DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 9.0 x 12.0 in./22.9 x 30.5 cm SIGNATURE: Signed lower right MEDIUM: Oil on panel This work is a refreshing change from Mellon’s paintings of Gorleston and would be a unique addition to a discerning collection. MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed)13.5 x 9.76 in./ 34. 3 x 24.8 cm SIGNATURE: Monogrammed ‘PN’ and signed ‘Nash’ lower right MEDIUM: Watercolour and pencil
Here, Nash has depicted the gardens of his parents’ home Wood Lane House at Iver Heath in Buckinghamshire. The property had been specially built for the family in 1901 and included a plot of about an acre and a half, bordered by great elm trees and carefully planted with maturing shrubbery. The morning room, which Nash used as a studio, looked over what became known as the 'Bird Garden' and has been described by Roger Cardinal as 'where it all began' (R. Cardinal, The Landscape Vision of Paul Nash, London, 1989, p.63).
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DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 24.0 x 30.0 inches (61.0 x 76.2 cms) MEDIUM: Oil on canvas SIGNATURE: Signed and dated (verso) In Phantoms from Knossos II, Terry Frost has used his signature circles and luminous colours to capture the atmosphere of the ancient city in Crete. Direct reference to the site are elicited through the mythological figures in the circles, reminiscent of medallion coins, that revolve around the bright, overpowering sun. Additionally the vibrant blues, yellows and reds conjure up the feeling of the warm Cretan sky and sun. MAKE AN ENQUIRY