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Newlyn School Contemporary Oil - Penzance Foreshore

21st Century

A charming study of Falmouth Harbour of a rainy day. Te artist captures the scene in a impressionist style, bringing movement and depth to the composition through gestural brushwork....

A wonderful mid-century study of boats moored in a harbour. The low tide has revealed much of the old stone walls of the harbour. Wonderfully painted with areas of impasto and thick,...

Signed to the reverse of the board. Inscribed on the back of the frame. Presented in a light wooden frame. On board.

A vivid harbour scene of Lyme Regis with figures and boats resting on the sand. Painted in an expressive light, the artist has let colour do the talking, rendering the scene in a bold palette of sunset hues. The oil has been well-presented in a rustic timber...

To see our other Modern British Art, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the artist you want. John Barnicoat MA ARCA (1924 - 2013) Harbour (1975) Tempera on card 26 x 26 cm Initialled B and dated '75. John Barnicoat was a painter of oils and works on paper using tempera, conté, acrylic, pen, and ink. He was brought up in Cornwall and educated at King’s College, Taunton. He joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves and took part in D-Day, aged 29. He went on to read history at Lincoln College, Oxford, and also studied at the Ruskin School of Drawing. He attended the Royal College of Art in the early 1950s, eventually becoming the Senior Tutor at the RCA Painting School between 1976 and 1980. He was the head of Falmouth School of Art 1972 - 1976 and Head of the Chelsea School of Art 1980 - 1989. He wrote 'Posters: a Concise History' in 1972, and organised and curated exhibitions in the UK and Russia on the art of poster design. From 1989 onwards he produced numerous drawings and oils of the bridges of London, women’s heads, acrylic and conté works on paper, and pen and wash drawings of women dressing...

This captivating British St. Ives School abstract landscape is a striking example of mid-20th-century artistic innovation, seamlessly blending geometric abstraction with the natural ...

This captivating British St. Ives School abstract landscape is a striking example of mid-20th-century artistic innovation, seamlessly blending geometric abstraction with the natural ...

This is an archetypal Stafford painting. Cheery tugs and Cornish fishing boats bobbing about in the harbour as they busy themselves with their days routine and the townsfolk watching...