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) 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
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Dimensions: (unframed) 17.75 x 29.5 inches. Signature: Signed (lower right) Medium:Â 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
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DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 23.0 x 32.3 ins/ 58.4 x 82 cm SIGNATURE: Signed and dated '1974' (lower right) MEDIUM: Mixed media on paper 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
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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:Â 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
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DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 31.5 x 35.5 inches (80 x 90.2 cm) SIGNATURE: Signed and dated (lower left) MEDIUM: Oil on canvas Mary Fedden very much developed her own individual style of still life painting, as this work beautifully exemplifies. In an article in 'The Artist' magazine, Fedden wrote: 'I really float from influence to influence. I found the early Ben Nicholson's fascinating as were the paintings of his wife Winifred. I also admire the Scottish artist Anne Redpath and the French painter Henri Hayden.' MAKE AN ENQUIRY
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MEDIUM: Watercolour DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 10.6 x 15 inches (27 x 39 cm) (framed) 19 x 22.5 inches (48.3 x 57.1 cm) This watercolour work by the artist Edward Seago focuses on a Roman fountain, with water spraying from the arms of a stone figure reclining. Behind there are the hints of colour and stonework characteristic of the historic architecture of Rome, as well as Mediterranean poplar trees. MAKE AN ENQUIRY
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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
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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
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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
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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
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DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 19.7 x 13.8 inches (50 x 35 cm) 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
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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
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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
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DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 4.8 x 4.0 inches/ 12.2 x 10.2 cms SIGNATURE:  Signed and inscribed "for Pat and David Xmas 81 Nicholson 81" on the reverse MEDIUM: Ink, wash and gouache on paper This striking work by Ben Nicholson was a gift to Barbara Hepworth’s assistant, David Lewis, for the Christmas of 1981. MAKE AN ENQUIRY