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: 8.5 x 13.5 inches (21.6 x 34.4 cm) SIGNATURE: Signed 'John Piper' (lower right) MEDIUM: Ink, watercolour, and bodycolour MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 40.2 x 60.2 inches (102 x 153 cm) SIGNATURE: Signed 'Morrison' and dated (lower right) MEDIUM: Oil on board MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 47.6 x 58.1 inches SIGNATURE: Signed 'S.J. Lamorna Birch' (lower left) MEDIUM: Oil on canvas Salcombe Castle or Fort Charles is a ruined fort just off the beach of North Sands in Salcombe, Devon, UK. It is on a rocky outcrop, easily reached on foot at low tide, thought to be constructed in the reign of Henry VIII. MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 19.5 x 13.8 inches (49.5 x 35.1 cm) SIGNATURE: Signed ‘KW’ (lower right) MEDIUM: Ink and wash on paper MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 39.3 x 37.3 inches (99.8 x 94.7 cm) SIGNATURE: Signed 'Suzanne Bechely Beadle' and dated (lower right) MEDIUM: Oil on canvas MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 10.2 x 14.3 inches (25.9 x 36.3 cm) SIGNATURE: Signed 'Laura Knight' (lower right) MEDIUM: Watercolour and pencil on paper Dame Laura Knight's life began in poverty, but she went on to achieve considerable success in her lifetime - and in that time she also befriended people from all walks of life, from well-known authors, actors, and aristocrats to gypsies and circus folk. MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 12 x 10.1 inches (30.5 x 25.7 cm) MEDIUM: Oil on canvas MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 28 x 35.8 inches (71 x 91 cm) SIGNATURE: Signed 'Kinley' (lower right) MEDIUM: Oil on canvas MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
DIMENSIONS: (sight) 6.8 x 11 inches (17.3 x 27.9 cm) SIGNATURE: Signed ‘1985’ (lower left) MEDIUM: Pencil on paper MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
DIMENSIONS: (sight) 7.5 x 9.3 inches (19.1 x 23.6 cm) SIGNATURE: Signed ‘Boonham 4-3-94’ (lower right) MEDIUM: Watercolour on paper MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
DIMENSIONS: (sight) 11.5 x 15 inches (29.2 x 38.1 cm) MEDIUM: Watercolour, chalk and pencil on paper William Scott painted nudes and landscapes but his still life pieces were his trademark, although they are far from naturalistic. MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
DIMENSIONS: (sight) 11 x 15 inches (27.9 x 38.1 cm) SIGNATURE: Signed 'W SCOTT' and dated (lower right) MEDIUM: Pencil, watercolour, gouache William Scott painted nudes and landscapes but his still life pieces were his trademark, although they are far from naturalistic. MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
DIMENSIONS: (sight) 15 x 10.8 inches (38.1 x 27.4 cm) SIGNATURE: Signed 'E J Burra' (lower right) MEDIUM: Watercolour on paper MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas DIMENSIONS:Â (unframed) 24.4 x 29.5 inches (62 x 75 cm) SIGNATURE: Signed 'Littlejohns' and dated (lower right) MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
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 -
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) 30 x 60Â 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 -
MEDIUM: Oil on board DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 13.8 x 17.5 inches (35 x 44.5 cm) SIGNATURE: Signed, inscribed, and dated (lower left); titled (verso) Like with the majority of his oeuvre, in Who Lives in the House on the Hill? Shields has created a very atmospheric work. Using a simple palette of largely grey, white, brown and black the artist has recreated the dull, cold ambient light of a winter’s day and the fogginess of the industrial North. MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 40 x 30 inches (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 x 11 inches (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) 18 x 36 inches. (framed) 26 x 44 inches. Signature: Signed (lower right) Medium:Â Oil on canvas MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
MEDIUM:Â 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 the mountainous landscape of Snowdonia, silhouetted against a yellowing sky. With his highly distinctive technique these monumental landscapes came to assume an iconic status and so too did the man. 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 inches (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 inches (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 x 30 inches (61 x 76.2 cm) SIGNATURE: Signed ‘Fedden’ and dated (lower right) 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: 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) 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) 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 -
Dimensions: (unframed) 84.0 x 142.0 cm/33.1 x 55.9 ins Signature: Signed (upper left) Medium:Â 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:Â Oil on canvas MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 20 x 16 inches (50.8 x 40.6 cm) SIGNATURE: Signed and dated (lower right) MEDIUM:Â 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. MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 5.9 x 9.1 inches (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) 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) 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 x 22 inches (61 x 55.9 cm) SIGNATURE: Signed 'George Henry' (lower left) MEDIUM: Oil on canvas MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 12 x 14 inches (30.5 x 35.6 cm) SIGNATURE: Signed with dedication 'Fred Hall to W.R.W.' (lower right) MEDIUM: Oil on panel MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 9 x 12 inches (22.9 x 30.5 cm) SIGNATURE: Signed 'C A Mellon' (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 inches (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). MAKE AN ENQUIRY