Franco Matania

Franco Matania (1922-2006) - Signed 20th Century Chalk Drawing, The Art Students

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Subtle conte is used in a sculptural manner to render a delicate study of a child. The artwork has been completed on a piece of pale rose wove, which perfectly complements the rich t...

A very fine pastel study of a young boy by the Italian artist Franco Matania . He is captured wearing a sun hat and polka dot handkerchief around his neck. Well presented in a blue c...

Anthony Fry (British, 1927-2016) View Through a Window, 1984 Chalk on paper Sight: 18 1/4 x 14 3/4 in. Framed: 25 3/4 x 22 1/4 x 1 1/4 in. Provenance: Private New York Collection Purchased from the below gallery by Reader's Digest, 1984 Browse & Darby, London The Artist Anthony Fry was born on 6 June 1927 in Theydon Bois, Essex, to Dr Lewis Salisbury Fry (1898–1968) and Margaret Mary Fry (1898–1986). Dr Fry was a descendant of the Quaker founders of the Bristol-based chocolate business J.S. Fry & Sons. Fry attended The Downs School, where he was taught English by the poet W.H. Auden and painting by the artist Maurice Feild. He completed his secondary education at Bryanston where he was taught sculpture by Donald Potter and painting by Elizabeth Muntz. Fry went on to study painting at Edinburgh College of Art and Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts under William Coldstream, Victor Pasmore and Lawrence Gowing. In 1950 Fry won the Prix de Rome for his painting The Betrayal, and with the award a two-year scholarship at the British School at Rome. The school's Director of Fine Art Derek Hill...

Sketches of an Artist is an Original Pencil Drawing realized by an Unknown artist in mid-20th Century. Good condition on a yellowed paper. No signature.