John Weston Gough

John Weston Gough (1929-2019) - Watercolour, An English Country Town

21st Century

A charming watercolour scene depicting two maidens on the cobbled street at the entrance to Leicester Hospital in Warwick. The artist captures the distinctive Tudor buildings in fine...

A charming late 19th century watercolour of a pastoral landscape, with church spire viewable from distance fields. The artist has signed the scene to the ...

We acquired a series of paintings from Claude Muncaster's studio. To find more scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this seller." Claude Muncaster (1903-1974) Landscape Near Shrewsbury Watercolour 26x36cm Signed lower left Claude Grahame Muncaster, RWS, ROI, RBA, SMA was the son of Oliver Hall RA. At the age of fifteen his career as a landscape painter began, and he soon took to the seas, spending the 1920s and 30s travelling the world with his sketchbook in a series of vessels. With the outbreak of war and he joined the RNVR training as a navigator. Having left school at fifteen his mathematics was very weak and it was a relief for all when his artistic talents meant he was recruited as a camofleur. A master of capturing seascapes he was therefore able to hide huge ships ‘in plain sight’ with clever disguises. After the war he painted for the Royal Family and was a frequent guest at Sandringham. Claude Muncaster was a watercolourist known for his landscapes and maritime scenes. He was born Grahame Hall, the son of the Royal Academician Oliver Hall who taught his son to paint from an early age; Grahame first exhibited his work aged 15 and a few years later was showing at the RA. However, he adopted the name Claude Muncaster in 1922 to dissociate his career from that of his father. Muncaster’s primary choice of subject matter came from a genuine love of the sea. He made several long-distance sea voyages, including one around the Horn...

Painswick, Watercolour Over Pencil Painting by Charles March Gere, 1930s circa Additional information: Medium: Watercolour over pencil 15.5 x 29.5 cm 6 1/8 x 11 5/8 in Signed and titled verso Charles March Gere RA RWS was an English painter, illustrator of books, and stained glass and embroidery designer associated with the Arts and Crafts movement. He painted his signal work in 1897 entitled The Lady of Grey Days.The painting was purchased in 1912 and given to Aurora Howard, a descendant of the Earl of Carlisle (of Castle Howard). It was last seen...