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Joseph Arthur Powell - Shipley Windmill, Sussex - Early 20th Century British
Located in London, GB
JOSEPH ARTHUR POWELL (1876-1961) King’s Mill, Shipley, Sussex Watercolour Unframed 36.5 by 53.5 cm., 14 ¼ by 21 in. (mount size 54 by 70 cm., 21 ¼ by 27 ½ in.) Born in London he ...
Category

Early 20th Century Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

BARBARA DOYLE (B.1917) 1970 s MODERN BRITISH OIL PAINTING
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Barbara Doyle, British b. 1917, signed and dated 1982 Barbara Doyle (British b
Category

20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Figure, 1972 - Roger Hilton (Oil on canvas) Modern British Painting
By Roger Hilton
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas 36 x 30 inches Provenance: Private Collection, London The Art Centre, London The Harriman Judd Collection, Los Angeles
Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

The English Lake District, Large Original British Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Arthur Blamires (b.1930, British). Title: ScaFell Pike from Calf Close Bay
Category

20th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Contemporary British Painting Lady on Garden Steps, Terracotta Pinks Greens
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
, unframed Painting : 20 x 16 inches Provenance: all the paintings we have by this artist have come from a
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Late 20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Contemporary British Oil Painting Gold Castle On Top Of Red Mountains
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Landscape by Geza Somerset-Paddon (British 20th century) gouache painting on board, unframed size
Category

20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Contemporary British Oil Painting Red Sun Peering Through Purple Tree Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Landscape by Geza Somerset-Paddon (British 20th century) gouache painting on board, unframed size
Category

20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Gouache

France and Great Britain - Original China Ink by B. Bécan - Mid 20th Century
By Bernard Bécan
Located in Roma, IT
France and Great Britain is an original drawing in China ink realized in the mid-20th Century by
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Large British Impressionist Oil Painting Country Cottage Flower Garden Ducks
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Country Cottage by Norman Coker (British contemporary), signed lower corner oil painting on
Category

Late 20th Century Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Albert Rutherston - British early 20th Century pen and ink illustration
Located in London, GB
Emily Hesslein, both accumulated major modern British and French art collections and his nephew Sir John
Category

Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

British Estuary Ferry Shed and Distant Harbour with Figures Watercolour Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: British Estuary Ferry Shed and Distant Harbour with Figures Watercolour Painting By Tony
Category

20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

The Clock Tower, English Town, signed original British watercolour painting
By Ronald Birch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
handling of watercolour, the traditional form of British landscape painting, captures the British landscape
Category

Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

The Menai Straits Wales by William Alison Martin oil painting Modern British Art
Located in London, GB
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Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Nude Lady Standing in Room Furniture Modern British Slightly Abstract Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Interior Scene by Helen Greenfield (British 20th century) oil painting on thin board, unframed
Category

20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings

Materials

Oil

Contemplation - British 1950 s art female portrait oil painting female artist
By Alice Mary Burton
Located in Hagley, England
of an early 20th century portrait painting. Signed verso on overlap. Provenance. Midlands estate
Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Modern British abstract oil painting by female artist Jean Clark
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Jean Patricia Taprell Clark (British, 1930 – 1973) Abstracted Figure Oil on canvasboard 24 x 19.5/8
Category

20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Modern British abstract oil painting by female artist Jean Clark
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Jean Patricia Taprell Clark (British, 1930 – 1973) Abstracted Landscape Oil on board 18.1/8 x 21.3
Category

20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Modern British abstract oil painting by female artist Jean Clark
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Jean Patricia Taprell Clark (British, 1930 – 1973) Abstracted form Oil on canvasboard 20 x 24 in
Category

20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Antique British Impressionist Signed Oil Painting, Figure Walking Continental LS
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: George Robert Rushton (British 1869-1948), signed lower left Title: Figure Walking
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Bright Sunset Orange Red Color Abstract Contemporary British Oil Painting canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Landscape by Geza Somerset-Paddon (British 20th century) oil painting on board, unframed size: 8.25
Category

20th Century Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Puritan Preacher Fine Antique English Oil Painting Portrait of Puritan Gent
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Puritan Preacher by Gladys Marguerite Baker (British, 1889-1959 oil painting on canvas, framed
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Purple Fields Covered In White Snow Contemporary British Modernist Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Landscape by Geza Somerset-Paddon (British 20th century) dated 2000 signed oil painting on board
Category

20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Large Grey Cloud Over Green Hill Landscape Contemporary British Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Landscape signed by Geza Somerset-Paddon (British 20th century) dated 02' oil painting on board
Category

20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Purple Sky Landscape House In Autumn Contemporary British Oil Painting canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Landscape signed by Geza Somerset-Paddon (British 20th century) dated 15' oil painting on canvas
Category

20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Large British Oil Painting Wild Horses in Dartmoor Forest Landscape, signed
By Brian Horswell
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Wild Horses in Dartmoor Forest by Brian Horswell, British b. 1939 signed oil on canvas, framed
Category

Late 20th Century English School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Lady in pink - British Edwardian art Impressionist portrait oil painting girl
By Thomas Edwin Mostyn
Located in Hagley, England
A lovely portrait oil painting by British listed artist Tom Mostyn ROI. Painted circa 1910 it
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

1970 s British Oil Painting Portrait of Lady in White Collar
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady by Geza Somerset-Paddon (British 20th century) inscribed and dated verso (1978
Category

20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Wash Day - Modern British Figurative Hanging Washing in Garden Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful Modern British oil on board by Ruth Farrelly which depicts a lady putting her washing
Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

The Barrister Fine Antique English Huge Oil Painting Portrait of Lawyer Gent
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
(British, 1889-1959) signed oil painting on canvas, framed framed: 146cm x 101cm canvas: 118cm x 73cm
Category

Early 20th Century English School Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Blitz, World War Two Landscape, 20th Century, British Watercolour
Located in London, GB
liner was something of a floating ambassador and showcased the talents of many of Britain’s leading
Category

20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Art Deco British symbolist painting Triune by Robert Arthur Wilson
By Robert Arthur Wilson
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
This artwork is a captivating representation of The Trinity, created by the British artist Robert
Category

20th Century Symbolist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Tempera, Panel

Nude Man Half Length Portrait Modern British Contemporary Painting Very Large
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Male Nude (half length) by Helen Greenfield (British 20th century) oil painting on artist
Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Stonehenge - Mid 20th Century Modern British Landscape Charcoal Drawing
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful charcoal drawing on paper depicting Stonehenge, by modern British artist Vivian Bewick
Category

1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal

Couple Walking Along The Frozen Lake in Forest British Modernist Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Frozen Forest by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) oil painting on artist paper, unframed painting
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Fine Antique British Sporting Art Oil Painting Mother Foal Horse in Stable
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mother and Foal in a Stable Interior by Kingsley S. Chalon (British, early 20th century) unsigned
Category

Early 20th Century Victorian Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

1980 s British Modernist Oil Painting Nude Lady Reclining in Chair
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Nude Model by Helen Greenfield (British 20th century) oil painting on board, unframed
Category

20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings

Materials

Oil

Huge Traditional British Oil Painting Fishing in the Highlands Autumnal Loch
By Andrew Grant Kurtis
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Highland Loch by Andrew Grant Kurtis, British 20th century signed to the lower front and
Category

20th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Portrait of Lord Nelson Fine British Oil Painting on Canvas, signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Vice-Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson by John Edwards (British. 1940 - 2020) signed oil on canvas with
Category

20th Century English School Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Ladder, 20th Century British Artist, Handmade White Gold Frame
By Gordon Scott
Located in London, GB
lessons in drawing architecture. Despite a lifelong, dedicated application to painting, Scott was
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Interior Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Graphite

Frank Dobson - Nude with Blue - 20th Century British Drawing
By Frank Dobson
Located in London, GB
on paper Framed 51 by 35.5 cm., 20 by 14 in. (frame size 71 by 55 cm., 28 by 21 ½ in. Provenance
Category

1920s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil, Paper

Large 1960 s British Original Oil Painting, Lady Sat Among Green Plants
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Beryl Darton (British circa 1960's) Period: mid 20th century/ 1960's Medium: oil painting
Category

Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

1960 s British Original Oil Painting, Portrait of a Lady in Pink
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Beryl Darton (British circa 1960's) Period: mid 20th century/ 1960's Medium: oil painting
Category

Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Signed Large 1960 s British Original Oil Painting, Chic Lady On Chair
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Beryl Darton (British circa 1960's) Period: mid 20th century/ 1960's Medium: oil painting
Category

Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Large 1960 s British Portrait of Abstract Male Figure Original Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Beryl Darton (British circa 1960's). Period: mid 20th century/ 1960's. Medium: oil
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Joseph Powell - Early 20th Century British landscape watercolour of Camber
Located in London, GB
JOSEPH ARTHUR POWELL (1876-1961) The Road to the Sea - Camber Signed l.l. Watercolour Unframed 37.5 by 54 cm., 14 ¾ by 21 ¼ in. (mount size 54 by 70 cm., 21 ¼ by 27 ½ in.) Born i...
Category

Early 20th Century Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Christopher Wood original drawing, British 20th Century, Arrival of the funfair
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Christopher Wood was a pivotal figure in early 20th-century British art, celebrated for his poetic, naïve
Category

20th Century Expressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pencil

Fine British Maritime Signed Oil Painting 18th C. Warship Anchored Coastline
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Warship Anchored off the Coastline by Hedley John Le Noury (British, b.1941) signed oil on canvas
Category

Late 20th Century English School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

British square abstract oil painting Abstracted landscape by Roy Bizley
By Roy Bizley
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Roy Bizley (British, 1930-1999) Abstracted landscape Oil on board 24 x 24 in. (61 x 61cm
Category

20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

1960 s British Modernist Oil Painting European City Town View Ancient Buildings
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Old City by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) oil painting on card stuck on artist paper, unframed
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Large British Oil Painting Ponies on Dartmoor Heathland Hillside Stream Heather
By Brian Horswell
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
, framed framed: 26 x 30 inches canvas: 20 x 30 inches Provenance: private collection, England Condition
Category

Late 20th Century English School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of a Gentleman - British oil painting interior seated suited man
By Harry Rutherford
Located in Hagley, England
fine example of a Modern, early 20th century British portrait. In excellent, untouched condition, it is
Category

20th Century Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Original British Signed Oil Painting Jack Russell Terrier and Companion Dog
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Good Friends" British artist, late 20th century signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 17.5 x 17.5
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

British 20th Century St. Ives artist Sven Berlin Stag drawing
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Sven Berlin (British, 1911 - 1999) Stag on alert Pen and ink Signed and dated 'SVEN 95' (lower edge
Category

20th Century Romantic Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Pen

Fine Antique British Watercolour Painting Rocks Path To Buffalo River Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
(British late 19th/ early 20th century) Title: Rock Path Medium: watercolour drawing on paper Size: 10
Category

Early 20th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Blair Hughes-Stanton Reclining Nude abstract oil painting British Surrealism
By Blair Hughes-Stanton
Located in London, GB
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Category

Early 20th Century Modern Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Tempera

Huntsman on Horseback with Hounds, Fine British Sporting Art Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Michael Wood, British 20th century, signed Title: A huntsman mounted with four
Category

Mid-20th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Scottish Highlands Loch Scene Angler in Boat Vintage British Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Highland Loch British School, early 20th century signed with initials lower left corner oil on
Category

20th Century English School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

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