V. Ward

Rifleman, 20th Century English Artist, Watercolour and Ink, War Theme

1918

V Ward American Soldier Watercolour Signed and dated 1918, lower left Image size: 12 x 10½ inches

James Stroudley 1906 -1985 Portrait of a Hunter Graphite on paper Image size: 24 x 15 inches James Stroudley was born in London on 17 June 1906, the son of James Stroudley, showcard and ticket writer. He studied at Clapham School of Art (1923-27) and then at the Royal College of Art (1927-30), where his teachers included Alan Gwynne-Jones and William Rothenstein. As a recipient of the first Abbey Scholarship he was able to spend three years in Italy from 1930, where he absorbed the influences of Giotto and Piero della Francesca, and produced one of the last wholly satisfying decorative cycles by a Rome Scholar of the period. From 1934, he exhibited at the Royal Society of British Artists, and was elected to its membership in the following year. From the Second World War – in which he worked with the Camouflage Unit – Stroudley taught at St Martin’s School of Art and was a visiting lecturer at the Royal Academy Schools. Though he continued to live in London, his later work, exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1955, indicated regular painting trips to Kent and Sussex coasts. However, much of his later work was abstract. In 1971, his former student, Peter Coker...

Soldier is a modern artwork realized by Isidore Pils in the Mid-19th Century. Pencil drawing. Good conditions.

Image dimensions: 32.5 x25 cm. Soldier is a beautiful original pencil drawing on ivory-colored paper, realized by a French artist, Jacques Hirtz (1905-1988). Signed in pencil on t...