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Item Ships From: England
" All the Names Of God And His Angels", Ink On 19th Century Paper
By Wayne Summers
Located in Brecon, Powys
Ink on 19th Century Paper
If painting, like any other language, can be considered an abstract system of signs, there must be a pictorial vocabulary and syntactical rules which commu...
Category
2010s Contemporary England - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink, Archival Paper
Abstract Monochrome Painting, Cubism, Mixed Medium British Artist, Signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Monochrome Painting,Cubism, Mixed Medium, British Artist, Signed
By British artist George Holt, late 20th Century
Signed and dated '1999' verso
Watercolour on board, unframe...
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Late 20th Century Abstract England - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Provence Abstract mid 20th Century Painting
By Louis Bellon
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Provence Abstract
by Louis Bellon (French 1908-1998)
Initialled lower right
gouache painting on paper, unframed
measurements: 9.5 x 14 inches (overall sheet measures 12.5 x 17.5 inc...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract England - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Emergence. Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract painting
By Kate McKennan
Located in Brecon, Powys
Intricate and lively work
Watercolour, Acrylic paint and Ink. On paper framed
Category
1990s Abstract Geometric England - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Watercolor
Pink Red
Orange Abstract Expressionist Painting by Contemporary British Artist
By Angela Wakefield
Located in Preston, GB
Abstract Expressionist Painting by Contemporary British Artist, Angela Wakefield, using rich pink, red, orange and black.
Art measures 24 x 24 inches
Frame measures 29 x 29 inches
...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist England - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Busollow Trehyllys, Contemporary Welsh Abstract Painting
By Wayne Summers
Located in Brecon, Powys
Wayne Summers uses traditional materials and marries them with contemporary motifs in his abstract pieces. This unique approach to creating modern works of art places Summers among ...
Category
2010s Abstract England - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Charcoal
Abstract Red Pink Wild Flowers on Orange Design by British Contemporary Artist
By Angela Wakefield
Located in Preston, GB
Painting of Abstract Red, Pink, Yellow & White Wild Flowers on an Orange Background by British Contemporary Artist, Angela Wakefield. From the 'Spring Burst' Interior Design Series. ...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Impressionist England - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor
Surrealist Painting Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ Women artist Chicken Love
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative take...
Category
2010s Surrealist England - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen
Watercolour squared abstract by Modern British artist Adrian Heath
By Adrian Heath, 1920-1992
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Adrian Heath (British, 1920 – 1992)
Squared abstract
Pencil, pastel, gouache and watercolour
Signed with Initials and dated `AH 78` (lower right)
8.3/4 x 7.3/4 in. (22 x 19.5 cm)
Ad...
Category
20th Century Abstract Expressionist England - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
Laser Beams from Star Cities Felt Tip Pen Drawing on Canvas by British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
"Laser Beams from Star Cities" Felt Tip Pen Drawing on Canvas by Contemporary British Artist. This unique original depicts an imagined abstract interpretation of a distant planet in ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary England - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Felt Pen, Permanent Marker, Pen
$11,006 Sale Price
20% Off
Original Dora Maar, (Picasso
s muse) fine ink drawing of abstract forms, 1998
By Dora Maar
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
This is a beautiful and fine avant-garde finished drawing of abstract forms by the French female artist, Dora Maar. Dora Maar was a distinctive artist in her own right marked by str...
Category
20th Century Surrealist England - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Erwin Steinhauser (1939-2023) - 20th Century Pastel, Abstract Composition
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed with a monogram and titled in graphite. Presented in a slim white frame. On paper.
Category
20th Century England - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Female #5
By Ant Pearce
Located in Brecon, Powys
Another baboon face work from the very talented ant Pearce. Clever stuff. Ink on paper
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist England - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper
Abstract White Daisy Flowers on Turquoise Background by Contemporary Artist
By Angela Wakefield
Located in Preston, GB
Abstract White Daisy Flowers on Turquoise Background by British Contemporary Artist, Angela Wakefield. This original is from the 'Spring Burst' In...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist England - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor
Abstract Painting with Yellow Orange Red
Pink by Contemporary British Artist
By Angela Wakefield
Located in Preston, GB
Abstract Painting with Yellow Orange Red
Pink by Contemporary British Artist, Angela Wakefield. This is the one of the earliest works from her Abstract Interior Design Series. ...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract England - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor, Oil
Early Abstract Painting Red Yellow Orange on White Background by British Artist
By Angela Wakefield
Located in Preston, GB
A rare early career experimental abstract artwork using Red, Yellow & Orange on a White Background, by leading Contemporary British Artist, Angela Wakefie...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist England - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Watercolor, Cotton, Wood, Cotton Canvas
"Psephomancy" . Ink On 19th Century Paper
By Wayne Summers
Located in Brecon, Powys
Ink on 19th Century Paper
If painting, like any other language, can be considered an abstract system of signs, there must be a pictorial vocabulary and syntactical rules which commu...
Category
2010s Contemporary England - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink, Archival Paper
Pareidolia II . Ink On 19th Century Paper
By Wayne Summers
Located in Brecon, Powys
Ink on 19th Century Paper
If painting, like any other language, can be considered an abstract system of signs, there must be a pictorial vocabulary and syntactical rules which commu...
Category
2010s Contemporary England - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink, Archival Paper
"Cleromancy I" . Ink On 19th Century Paper
By Wayne Summers
Located in Brecon, Powys
Ink on 19th Century Paper
If painting, like any other language, can be considered an abstract system of signs, there must be a pictorial vocabulary and syntactical rules which commu...
Category
2010s Contemporary England - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink, Archival Paper
Pareidolia I . Ink On 19th Century Paper
By Wayne Summers
Located in Brecon, Powys
Ink on 19th Century Paper
If painting, like any other language, can be considered an abstract system of signs, there must be a pictorial vocabulary and syntactical rules which commu...
Category
2010s Contemporary England - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink, Archival Paper
Early Abstract Art Purple Orange
Yellow on White Background by British Artist
By Angela Wakefield
Located in Preston, GB
A rare early career experimental abstract artwork using Purple, Orange & Yellow on a White Background, by leading Contemporary British Artist, Angela Wakefield.
Art measures 20 x 18 inches
Frame measures 24 x 22 inches
An original painting. Acrylic on canvas. This can be hung in any orientation, portrait or landscape
Angela Wakefield has twice been on the front cover of ‘Art of England’ and featured in ARTnews, attracting international attention and critical acclaim with her urban landscape paintings of New York & London. The style of painting has been described as ‘contemporary realism’, and is often favourably compared with Edward Hopper by collectors and art critics. Angela’s work is held in private collections in Europe and the USA, including the British Royal Family. Her admirers include leading figures in international business, filmmaking and the media.
PROVENANCE: Ascot Studios...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist England - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Watercolor, Cotton, Wood, Cotton Canvas
Tectonic V
By Caro Woods
Located in Brecon, Powys
Part of the Tectonics Series from Cornwall based artist Caro Woods. This mixed media work is available individually or as part of a set of four.
Image 6" x 6". Behind glass
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract England - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media
Brigitte #1 #5b
By Ant Pearce
Located in Brecon, Powys
One of a set of 3 images of Brigitte Bardot, numbered 5A, 5b, 5c. Can be sold as a triptych, listed individually.
Exploration of the image of 1960's screen Godess Brigitte Bardot
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary England - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper
Composition by Georges Mathieu - Abstract and Modern artwork, Work on paper
By Georges Mathieu
Located in London, GB
*PLEASE NOTE UK BUYERS WILL ONLY PAY 5% VAT ON THIS PURCHASE. Once an order is placed we will arrange the VAT of 20% to be reduced to 5%
Composition by Georges Mathieu (1921-2012)
W...
Category
1950s Modern England - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Vibrant abstract picture of jar and flowers by Modern British artist Ewart Johns
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A beautiful and peaceful abstract still life painting done in pastel. Vibrant colours such as red, yellow, blue and green burst through the picture to create a living and loving peac...
Category
20th Century Abstract England - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
An original British 20th Century drawing by British illustrator Heath Robinson
By William Heath Robinson
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
William Heath Robinson (British, 1872-1944)
'The Friendly Dog'
Signed 'W. Heath Robinson.' (lower right)
Pen and ink on paper
11 X 8.1/2in. (28 X 21.7cm.) (excluding frame)
46 x 38cm. (18.1/4 x 15in. (including frame)
Literature: 'Old Time Stories', Constable and Co. 1921, P. 143
William Heath Robinson was an artist and illustrator mainly associated with his gloriously complicated inventions for simple objectives. The name Heath Robinson has become commonplace in the English language as a result to describe anything mechanical that is eccentric, ridiculously complex and ingenious at the same time .
Interestingly one of the automatic analysis machines built for Bletchley Park...
Category
Early 20th Century England - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
Composition by Georges Mathieu - Abstract, Modern, Contemporary Art, Colour
By Georges Mathieu
Located in London, GB
*PLEASE NOTE UK BUYERS WILL ONLY PAY 5% VAT ON THIS PURCHASE. Once an order is placed we will arrange the VAT of 20% to be reduced to 5%
Composition by Georges Mathieu (1921-2012)
G...
Category
1950s Abstract England - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache
Pink Blue Purple Modern Abstract Atomic Cosmic Fluid Art Painting Swedish Artist
By Emma Lindström
Located in Preston, GB
Pink, Blue & Purple Modern Abstract Atomic Cosmic Fluid Art Painting by Swedish Artist. Emma Lindström was born in 1989 in Gothenburg, Sweden. She has h...
Category
2010s Abstract England - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Kiiahlo 3 Lilac Purple Modern Abstract Painting by Swedish Contemporary Artist
By Emma Lindström
Located in Preston, GB
Emma Lindström was born in 1989 in Gothenburg, Sweden. She has had great success internationally with her colourful, energetic work, and has exhibited i...
Category
2010s Abstract England - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Ueleiini 4 Blue Turquoise Abstract Painting by Swedish Contemporary Artist
By Emma Lindström
Located in Preston, GB
Emma Lindström was born in 1989 in Gothenburg, Sweden. She has had great success internationally with her colourful, energetic work, and has exhibited i...
Category
2010s Abstract England - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
$2,586 Sale Price
20% Off
Chateau de Fourcés by Libby Bothway
Located in Coltishall, GB
Libby Bothway's drawing of Chateau de Fourcés in Gascony, France, uses meticulously detailed pen and ink. The Chateau, with its textured stonework and varying shades, exudes an aura ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary England - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Scottie Wilson, British outsider art, Ducks paradise
By Scottie Wilson
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Scottie Wilson (Scottish, 1888 – 1972, born Louis Freeman)
Ducks paradise
Signed ‘Scottie’ (lower right), further signed and inscribed with title on th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Outsider Art England - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache
Colourful Abstract Flowers using Pinks
Yellows by Contemporary British Artist
By Angela Wakefield
Located in Preston, GB
Colourful Abstract Flowers using Pinks & Yellows by Contemporary British Artist, Angela Wakefield. This original is from the 'Spring Burst' Interior Design Series.
Art measures 10 x...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Impressionist England - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor
Sphere, Cube, Pyramid by David Nash - Work on paper, Abstraction
By David Nash
Located in London, GB
*PLEASE NOTE UK BUYERS WILL ONLY PAY 5% VAT ON THIS PURCHASE. Once an order is placed we will arrange the VAT of 20% to be reduced to 5%
Sphere, Cube, Pyramid by David Nash (b. 1945...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract England - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Pastel
Abstract 36 Red Orange Yellow Green Colourful Painting from British Artist
By Margaret Francis
Located in Preston, GB
Colourful Abstract Painting by British Artist
Art measures 33 x 24 inches
Frame measures 40 x 31 inches
Gold frame behind glass
Margaret Francis received her Degree in Fine Art from Winchester Art...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract England - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Untitled (ID 1276)
By Fieroza Doorsen
Located in London, GB
Oil and pastel on paper - Unframed
In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies that emerge when structure meets intui...
Category
2010s Abstract England - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Oil
Modern British drawing of abstract figures by Arthur Berridge, 1950
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Arthur Berridge (British, 1902-1957)
Abstracted figures #2 1950
Blue crayon
14.1/2 x 21.1/2 in. (36.8 x 54.7 cm.)
Provenance: David Lay, Penzance
Born in Leicester in 1902, Ber...
Category
20th Century Abstract England - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Untitled, 2014 (Id. 383) (Abstract Drawing)
By Richard Caldicott
Located in London, GB
Untitled, 2014 (Id. 383) (Abstract Drawing)
Ballpoint pen and inkjet on paper. Unframed.
Caldicott has always had a habit of working serially; his works on paper are rapidly produc...
Category
2010s Minimalist England - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ballpoint Pen, Inkjet
Ophelia Redpath ( b.1965) - 20th Century Watercolour, Cat and Seals
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful abstract study in wax and watercolour depicting a cat and seals in delicate pastel colours. Signed to the lower right. Presented in a wooden frame and double card mount....
Category
20th Century England - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$317 Sale Price
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Simon Lewty, Visions of a non-resident
Located in Harkstead, GB
An extraordinary work from an extraordinary mind expressed through unique imagery, poetry and calligraphy.
Simon Lewty (1941-2021)
Visions of a non-resident
Signed and dated 1988 an...
Category
20th Century Abstract England - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Ink, Acrylic, Tissue Paper
Original 1970
s French
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Claude Lagouche (French 1943-2020)
Claude Lagouche was born January 2, 1943 in Naves, died January 16, 2020.
He quickly gained recognition for his talent and his work, exh...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract England - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Color Pencil
A. Crewick - Contemporary Gouache, Sunshine Street
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking scene depicting a sunlit Continental street. The artist captures the scene in strong abstract forms and a vivid colour palette, creating an fun, colourful composition. Sig...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary England - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
$579 Sale Price
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Graham Sutherland pencil on paper drawing of a thorn cross
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Graham Vivian Sutherland (British, 1903 – 1980)
‘Thorn cross’
Pencil on paper
6.1/2 x 5.1/2 in. (16.5 x 14 cm)
Category
20th Century Abstract Expressionist England - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Amalfi
Italy. Coastline
original mixed media , signed , c2005
Located in Frome, Somerset
Fine piece by Gradwell on his exenstive tour of Italy.
'Amalfi Caostline' c 2005 signed original painting
mixed media on paper 49cmx 50cm
Glazed frame 68cm x 83cm
Considered one of...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist England - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media
Hokusai Ocean Blue III, 2024 - Abstract Mixed Media Painting on Vintage Book
By Jane Skingley
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Jane Skingley b. 1963
Hokusai Ocean Blue III, 2024
mixed media on vintage book pages laid onto canvas
50 x 50 cm
19 3/4 x 19 3/4 in
signed and titled verso
Jane Skingley paints seas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary England - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media
Piercing Shafts
. Botanical nature tropical green blue leaf sky abstract
By Sophia Milligan
Located in Penzance, GB
'Piercing Shafts'
Original artwork, framed ready to hang
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Yucca leaves: lances and swords, flashing shafts of sunlight through the piercing forms, a dance of loyalt...
Category
2010s Contemporary England - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paint, Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Pencil, Photogram
Modern British, 1971 abstract ink on paper by Edmond Kapp, caricaturist, reds
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Edmond Xavier Kapp (British, 1890 – 1978)
No Question!
Ink on paper
Signed and dated ‘Kapp ‘71’ (lower left), titled on the reverse
14.3/4 x 11.7/8 in. (37.5 x 30.3 cm.)
Edmond Kapp was born in Islington, London, on 5 November 1890, of American and German Jewish parentage. He gave himself the middle initial ‘X’ – sometimes said to stand for Xavier – to distinguish himself from his father Emil Kapp, who was a wine merchant. However, his parents called him ‘Eddie’ while his wife and friends knew him as ‘Peter’.
During his early years, Kapp was continually ill and, while convalescing, entertained himself by drawing at home. As his health improved, he attended Dame Alice Owen’s School, Islington (1903-10), with periods at Berlin University (1909) and L’Institut Français pour les Etrangers, Paris (1909). He then read Languages at Christ’s College, Cambridge (1910-13), though spent most of his time writing and drawing.
Kapp took a studio in London, and worked intensively until the outbreak of the First World War, contributing to the Daily News, the Onlooker and other periodicals. During the war, he served as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Sussex Regiment on the Western Front, and then in Intelligence, rising to the position of Staff Captain on Haig’s Staff. Finally, he founded and directed the Neutral Press Counter-propaganda Section.
In 1919, Kapp returned to London and, after abortive periods at three art schools, worked alone. In that year, he made his name with an exhibition of caricatures, held at Furst’s Gallery, London, and accompanied by a catalogue introduced by Max Beerbohm. This soon led to contracts with three London periodicals and a book of caricatures, Personalities, published by Martin Secker. Through the 1920s and 30s, his drawings of musicians...
Category
20th Century Abstract England - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Ewart Johns (1923-2013) - 1979 Pastel, Red Car Roof
Located in Corsham, GB
Well presented in a simple wood frame. Signed and inscribed to the reverse. With a label from the Ewart Johns Retrospective exhibition fixed to the reverse. On board.
Category
Mid-20th Century England - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
$354 Sale Price
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August, Welcomed
. Botanical roses flowers abstract yellow blue brown modern
By Sophia Milligan
Located in Penzance, GB
SOPHIA MILLIGAN
'August Remembered'
Original Artwork. Unframed
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The eucalyptus is swaying softly this morning, dancing with it's shad...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist England - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Photogram
Modern British drawing of abstract figures by Arthur Berridge, 1950
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Arthur Berridge (British, 1902-1957)
Abstracted figures #1 1950
Charcoal
14.1/2 x 21.1/2 in. (36.8 x 54.7 cm.)
Provenance: David Lay, Penzance
Born in Leicester in 1902, Berrid...
Category
20th Century Abstract England - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
2002 Watercolour - Abstracted Figure in Yellow
Located in Corsham, GB
With charcoal details. Signed illegibly and dated '02' to the lower right-hand corner. Presented in a card mount and in a light wooden frame. On watercolour paper.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary England - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$312 Sale Price
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Pollen and Swallows
. Mixed Media Painting on board, Framed
By Sophia Milligan
Located in Penzance, GB
SOPHIA MILLIGAN
'Pollen and Swallows'
Original Artwork
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Capturing the essence of the thick heat of a June afternoon, when the ...
Category
2010s Contemporary England - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paint, Ink, Mixed Media, Board, Photogram
Kenneth Rowntree:
Abstract Australian Landscape
watercolour Modern British Art
By Kenneth Rowntree
Located in London, GB
Kenneth Rowntree
Abstract Australian Landscape
Watercolour
27.5 x 33cm
Signed (top left) and dated ‘Kenneth Rowntree ’85’
Provenance: Anderson & Garland Studio sale of Kenneth Rowntree lot 263 Tuesday 8 September 2009
For biographical details and other works by Rowntree click here.
Rowntree visited Australia in 1984/85. In this painting he picks up various vignettes from the Australian landscape in six separate blocks. Two relate to the sky, with almost-unbroken blue skies stretching from horizon to horizon, three relate to desert areas, with a whole array of different textures, and one is a luscious green. In one of the desert scenes he has picked out two road signs, in typical Rowntree fashion, reducing them to their simplest form. In her essay Kenneth Rowntree: A Strange Simplicity (published in Kenneth Rowntree A Centenary Exhibition Published by Moore-Gwyn Fine Art and Liss Llewellyn Fine Art, on behalf of the artist’s estate, on the occasion of the centenary of Kenneth Rowntree’s birth) Alexandra Harris makes reference to this painting noting:
"Later, in 1986, just when the young David Hockney was collaging the signs and road-markings of Route 138 in Pearblossom Highway, Rowntree was in Australia painting yellow diamond-shaped road-signs as bright icons in open country. Wherever he went, Rowntree captured both the unfamiliarity of places and their relationship to things he knew. Heading into the Australian outback, he painted a road-sign as he would paint a rail signal at Clare in Suffolk or nautical markers at Swansea."
Hockney’s 1986 Pearblossom Highway may be seen in the Getty and it is worth noting that Rowntree was in fact painting the yellow sign in 1985, so a year before Hockney.
Kenneth Rowntree (1915-1997)
Rowntree was born in Scarborough and educated in York where his father managed the local department store. Young Kenneth’s work was displayed there and his first major commission arose from an advertisement at the store. After the Ruskin School of Drawing in Oxford he studied at the Slade School, meeting Eric Ravilious and Edward Bawden and then moving to north Essex to work with them as members of the group of Great Bardfield Artists.
Between 1940 and 1943 he was one of the team of over 60 artists engaged by the War Artists Advisory Committee for the ‘Recording Britain’ project, to record the face of England and Wales before wartime action – or development – changed it for ever. Rowntree’s keen sense of design, and fascination with the quirky and the vernacular made him an ideal candidate to interpret our built heritage’s more unusual aspects.
In 1951 he painted murals in the Lion and Unicorn pavilion for the Festival of Britain, he decorated the route of the Queen’s Coronation procession (some of the works being acquired by Her Majesty).
During a teaching job at the Ruskin School of Drawing in Oxford he was driven, perhaps by his experiences recording Britain, to record the decorated barges that belonged to the Oxford Colleges. These wooden Victorian ceremonial barges had belonged to the London livery companies, but were acquired in their later life by the Colleges to be used as changing rooms and clubhouses for the College boat clubs – depending on the size of the barge rowing eights were stored on board too. Part way through painting one of them Rowntree thought his drawing incorrect until he realised that it was the boat that was moving. It was in fact sinking. These days the Colleges have modern (but unromantic) boat houses; a handful of the barges remain – restored – in private hands.
In 1959 he was appointed Professor of Fine Art at King’s College, Newcastle (latterly part of the University), which as British art schools went was one of the most progressive. The Master of Painting was the abstract constructionist Victor Passmore...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract England - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
French Impressionist Watercolour Landscape - Urban landscape with tower
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: "Urban Landscape with Tower"
Artist: Maurice Mazeilie (French)
Medium: Watercolour on paper, unframed
Size: 7.5 x 9.4 inches (Height x Width)
Signed: Yes, bottom right
S...
Category
20th Century Abstract Impressionist England - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Untitled SF74-863
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
In the 1970s, the beginning of a new phase in Francis’ career was defined by the emergence of the ‘color blotches’. These spots of gritty, shimmering color were made through glazes, ...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist England - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic
$75,000
Walkers on Kilve Beach, landscape watercolour, diptych, Lisa Takahashi
By Lisa Takahashi
Located in Deddington, GB
‘Walkers on Kilve Beach’ is a watercolour diptych on 2 sheets of Arches watercolour paper. It was painted ‘en plein air’ – out of doors, in front of the subject.
The artist Lisa Takahashi...
Category
2010s Contemporary England - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Abstract Expressionist British Original Watercolor Painting Shapes Patterns
By Robert Somerton
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Composition (c.2022)
by Robert Somerton, British, born 1972.
ink/ watercolor on art paper, unframed
size: 9.5 x 12.5 inches
condition: excellent
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist England - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Abstract Expressionist British Original Watercolor Painting Shapes Patterns
By Robert Somerton
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Composition (c.2022)
by Robert Somerton, British, born 1972.
ink/ watercolor on art paper, unframed
size: 9.5 x 12.5 inches
condition: excellent
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist England - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Untitled 2302 (Abstract Drawing)
By Fieroza Doorsen
Located in London, GB
Untitled 2302 (Abstract Drawing)
Oil and paper on paper - Unframed.
In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies that...
Category
2010s Abstract England - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil
Untitled 2305 (Abstract Drawing)
By Fieroza Doorsen
Located in London, GB
Untitled 2305 (Abstract Drawing)
Gouache and paper on paper - Unframed.
In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies ...
Category
2010s Abstract England - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
