▲ William Scott RA (1913-1989) 'Grey, Black and White', 1959 signed 'W. Scott' l.r., gouache, watercolour and collage 48 x 66cm, unframed Provenance: With Hanover Gallery, London, 1960; Mr and Mrs P Wakefield; Sotheby's, London, 1 October 1997, lot 265; the property of a private collector. William Scott’s 'Grey, Black and White', 1959, exemplifies his distinct approach to abstraction - balancing restraint with expressive energy. While often associated with simplicity, his late 1950s and 1960s works embraced texture, layering and gestural application. He experimented with contrasts - thick and thin paint, smooth and rough surfaces - allowing imperfections to become part of the composition. In this piece, Scott abandons defining outlines, letting forms emerge organically. Muted tones of black, grey, brown, and off-white create a quiet tension, while his raw, unfinished surface reflects his belief in 'the beauty of the thing done badly'. Paint is pushed, scraped and layered, revealing his process and rejecting a polished aesthetic in favour of something more tactile and immediate. Despite its abstraction, Scott’s work never fully detaches from reality. As he stated, 'I cannot be called non-figurative while I am still interested in the modern magic of space…the things of life'. In 'Grey, Black and White' he captures this ambiguity, hinting at stone walls, landscapes, or familiar objects, while remaining open to interpretation. The artist's paintings from this period focus as much on the act of painting as the final image. His careful yet spontaneous approach invites viewers to engage with space, texture and form in a way that feels both structured and free. Scott's 'Grey, Black and White' stands as a testament to his mastery of abstraction, where surface and tone create an atmosphere of quiet dynamism and subtle depth. Reference: Norbert Lynton, 'William Scott', Thames & Hudson Ltd., London, 2004. Condition ReportMount: 73 x 91cm Presents well overall. A little possible time staining and fading. A faint stain to the right of the black shape in the centre of the top edge.There are some remnants of paper on the front of the work in the centre of the square in the lower right, possibly the remains of previous collage (?). Small bumps/ undulations to the brown collage in the upper right quarter. There is some abrasion to the surface of the paper at the bottom of pale brown collaged rectangle in the upper right quarter. Hinge mounted with two pieces of tape applied to the reverse of the top corners. Please see additional condition images.
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▲ Peter Lanyon (1918-1964) Composition with horse and boat signed and dated 'Peter Lanyon 49' l.l., traced slate monotype, printed in dark blue, with pencil, pen and ink and gouache 64 x 49.5cm Provenance: Bonhams, Knightsbridge, 'Modern Prints and the St Ives School', 25 May 2010, lot 18; the property of a private collector. Lots 9 and 10 are rare and significant works by Peter Lanyon, showcasing his experimental approach to artistic production. We see this in the inclusion of mixed media within the printing process, as well as additions of pencil, ink and gouache. The imagery of the horse in a landscape can be linked to the large linocuts 'Red Horse, Red Boat', 1951, and 'The Returned Seaman', 1949, as well as the painting 'The Yellow Runner', 1946. In our compositions, the eye is led to the horse - a monumental beast embedded against the dramatic Cornish landscape. The prints are abstract in composition with multiple perspectives of the coastal hillside blurring organic and architectural forms as one. An echo perhaps of the impact of the local mining industry. Condition ReportFramed: 75 x 88cm Time staining with spots of foxing starting to emerge in places. Pinholes to corners with brown staining around. Discolouration to left edge. There is a faint brown area in the upper right quarter with a smaller patch of brown at the top of the right edge, please refer to illustration. Both have the appearance of watercolour/ wash with some age, however it is unclear if this was executed by the artist. Not viewed out of glazed frame.
TATE; a mid to late 20th century oil on canvas, portrait of a gentleman, signed lower right, 50 x 39.5cm, in elaborate gilt frame, a coastal watercolour by Mary Gundry, signed lower right, 23 x 35cm, framed and glazed, an Indian watercolour and gilt heightened gouache painting of an elephant on silk, 34 x 50cm, framed and glazed, and a further oil of St Paul's Cathedral (4).
Page of Deal England's Glory back from Goodwin Sands watercolour and gouache, signed and titled lower right verso a pasted label inscribed in ink 'Back from the Goodwins - Plate III - Lugger, England's Glory, Deal, Kent. Crew - Adams, Parker, Thomas, Le Page, Williams, Johns, Ford' and a pencil inscription, 'Smugglers Boat 1873'. 12½ x 20¼ in. (32 x 52 cm) Condition - Some damage around the edges * 'England's Glory' was one of Deal, Walmer and Kingsdown's thirty or so 'Deal luggers', which operated until the beginning of the 20th century. It was one of Britain's most famous of Britain's beach boats because it had a reputation second to none for the saving of life at sea. About 40' long and with a beam of 13', luggers had a forepeak under which it was possible to sleep. They were used for salvage work of all kinds and at a time when Deal boatmen were acknowledged pilots they would also sail down to the West Country to find ships coming up Channel in need of a pilot. Being a crewman was hazardous - between 1860 and 1887 53 local boatmen lost their lives. 'England's Glory' received many awards for services rendered to ships in distress, off the the Goodwin Sands in particular. Crews were interchangeable and it is possible that the Adams listed in the key on the reverse of the painting was Thomas Adams, who was the only survivor of another lugger, the 'Pride of the Sea', which was driven on to rocks near Shanklin in hurricane force winds in the winter of 1887.
AFTER ANTON RAPHAEL MENGS SELF-PORTRAIT Watercolour and bodycolour Bears inscription 'Rafael Mengs / Pittore / Fatto di se stesso' (verso) 13 x 10cm (5 x 3¾ in.) Provenance: James Harris, 1st Earl of Malmesbury Sale, Christie's, London, 13 July 1984, lot 104 Literature: S. Roettgen, The Digital Catalogue Raisonné of Anton Raphael Mengs, 279/WK_05, as a copy After the painting in The Walker Art Gallery, Scotland Condition Report: The sheet has been laid down at the corners to a sheet of metal. The extreme edges with some wear commensurate with age. The left edge with some more substantial wear and small areas of loss. The lower edge with a small tear (approx. 2.5cm). The colours are generally good. There is some discolouration to the grey background area. Also with some spots of surface dirt, again this is mainly to the background areas. Some light craquelure scattered within the red pigment. Country of origin: Scotland (UK)Condition Report Disclaimer
ALFRED CROWDY LOVETT C.B.E (BRITISH 1862-1919): A PAIR OF WATERCOLOUR PAINTINGS ON PAPER DEPICTING PALM AND COCONUT TREES CIRCA 1880'SLargest 35cm x 25cmMounted 46cm x 35cmAlfred Lovett was an army officer commissioned into the Gloucestershire Regiment in 1883, and he was promoted through the ranks to Brigadier General. He was posted to India with his regiment as a lieutenant in 1883, initially in Karachi. He then moved to Poona, Ahmedmagar, Bombay and Narisabad. He commanded the 1st Battalion, the Gloucestershire Regiment with the BEF in 1914. He was appointed Brigade Commander in the First Division and made Companion of the Order of the Bath, and awarded CBE in 1919.While in India, Lovett illustrated an important book written by Major Macmunn, 'Armies of India' published originally in London by A&C Black in 1911.Lovett died from illness aged 57 years old and is buried in Scarborough Manor Road Cemetry, North Yorkshire.He was a very talented artist, painting landscapes, Indian Army uniforms and soldiers and his work is held in the Royal Academy.Provenance: British Private Collection.
ALFRED CROWDY LOVETT C.B.E (BRITISH 1862-1919): A LARGE AND IMPORTANT EARLY SKETCH BOOK CONTAINING A LARGE AMOUNT OF INDIAN DRAWINGS AND WATERCOLOURS OF MILITARY SUBJECTS, ARMY EQUIPMENT, ARMY PERSONNEL, INDIAN UNIFORMS OF DIFFERENT REGIMENTS, INDIAN LANDSCAPES AND PORTRAITS, STILL LIFE DRAWINGS AND A VERY FINE WATERCOLOUR OF AN INDIAN ARMY OFFICER DURING THE BRITISH RAJ CIRCA 1880'SMany signed and inscribed, 48 pages in total.Also ten nude male/female studies, drawings of horses and others. In total around 23 Indian military works.Alfred Lovett was an army officer commissioned into the Gloucestershire Regiment in 1883, and he was promoted through the ranks to Brigadier General. He was posted to India with his regiment as a lieutenant in 1883, initially in Karachi. He then moved to Poona, Ahmedmagar, Bombay and Narisabad. He commanded the 1st Battalion, the Gloucestershire Regiment with the BEF in 1914. He was appointed Brigade Commander in the First Division and made Companion of the Order of the Bath, and awarded CBE in 1919.While in India, Lovett illustrated an important book written by Major Macmunn, 'Armies of India' published originally in London by A&C Black in 1911.Lovett died from illness aged 57 years old and is buried in Scarborough Manor Road Cemetry, North Yorkshire.He was a very talented artist, painting landscapes, Indian Army uniforms and soldiers and his work is held in the Royal Academy.Provenance: British Private Collection.
NIGEL LOVETT (BRITISH B.1900): A WATERCOLOUR PAINTING ON PAPER DEPICTING A GENTLEMAN RIDER NEGOTIATING A JUMP IN FULL FLIGHT28cm x 20cmNigel Lovett was the son of the late Brigadier General Alfred Crowdy Lovett, and was an officer of The Gloucestershire Regiment, as well as a talented painter stationed among other places in Continental Europe, Egypt and Singapore.An Impressionist and Modern painter, he depicted scenes of a sporting nature as well as everyday life, landscapes, portraits and military subjects.He retired from the army in the 1950's and continued his love of painting until the 1980's.
NIGEL LOVETT (BRITISH B.1900): FINE CHALK AND COLOUR DRAWINGS DEPICTING A HISTORICAL COUNTRY SCENE OF HORSES AND RIDERS AT CROWLE, 1930Additionally to verso, watercolour scene in Greece (Cyprus or Crete) that Lovett visited on his way to Egypt with The Gloucestershire Regiment.Inscribed 'Best of Luck Sir. Crowle, 1930'.Crowle is a market town in the Isle of Azholme in Lincornshire (North). The work depicts The Annual Crowle Fair, that was held there, at Market Place, at the same time as the Carnival Gymkhana and Childrens Sports Day. In about 1940 the event moved to the 'Fair Field'.Extract from 'Memories of Crowle' by Bill Goldthorp, from the Crowle Community Forum.36cm x 28cmMounted 46cm x 38cmStamped Dixons, David Cox, drawing paper embossed.Nigel Lovett was the son of the late Brigadier General Alfred Crowdy Lovett, and was an officer of The Gloucestershire Regiment, as well as a talented painter stationed among other places in Continental Europe, Egypt and Singapore.An Impressionist and Modern painter, he depicted scenes of a sporting nature as well as everyday life, landscapes, portraits and military subjects.He retired from the army in the 1950's and continued his love of painting until the 1980's.
ALFRED CROWDY LOVETT C.B.E (BRITISH 1862-1919): A FINE TOPOGRAPHICAL WATERCOLOUR PAINTING ON PAPER DEPICTING A VIEW OF AN INDIAN VILLAGE SCENE BY A RIVER, AND FIGURES BY THE WATER'S EDGE CIRCA 1880'SThe watercolour painting on thick paper, monogranmed.44cm x 30cmMounted 55cm x 39cmAlfred Lovett was an army officer commissioned into the Gloucestershire Regiment in 1883, and he was promoted through the ranks to Brigadier General. He was posted to India with his regiment as a lieutenant in 1883, initially in Karachi. He then moved to Poona, Ahmedmagar, Bombay and Narisabad. He commanded the 1st Battalion, the Gloucestershire Regiment with the BEF in 1914. He was appointed Brigade Commander in the First Division and made Companion of the Order of the Bath, and awarded CBE in 1919.While in India, Lovett illustrated an important book written by Major Macmunn, 'Armies of India' published originally in London by A&C Black in 1911.Lovett died from illness aged 57 years old and is buried in Scarborough Manor Road Cemetry, North Yorkshire.He was a very talented artist, painting landscapes, Indian Army uniforms and soldiers and his work is held in the Royal Academy.Provenance: British Private Collection.
ALFRED CROWDY LOVETT C.B.E (BRITISH 1862-1919): A WATERCOLOUR PAINTING ON PAPER DEPICTING A PORTRAIT OF AN INDIAN GENTLEMAN WITH A TURBANMonogrammed circa 1880's.45cm x 29.5cmMounted 56cm x 39cmAlfred Lovett was an army officer commissioned into the Gloucestershire Regiment in 1883, and he was promoted through the ranks to Brigadier General. He was posted to India with his regiment as a lieutenant in 1883, initially in Karachi. He then moved to Poona, Ahmedmagar, Bombay and Narisabad. He commanded the 1st Battalion, the Gloucestershire Regiment with the BEF in 1914. He was appointed Brigade Commander in the First Division and made Companion of the Order of the Bath, and awarded CBE in 1919.While in India, Lovett illustrated an important book written by Major Macmunn, 'Armies of India' published originally in London by A&C Black in 1911.Lovett died from illness aged 57 years old and is buried in Scarborough Manor Road Cemetry, North Yorkshire.He was a very talented artist, painting landscapes, Indian Army uniforms and soldiers and his work is held in the Royal Academy.Provenance: British Private Collection.
ALFRED CROWDY LOVETT C.B.E (BRITISH 1862-1919): A FINE AND LARGE WATERCOLOUR PAINTING ON PAPER DEPICTING A VIEW OF KANCHENJUNGA MOUNTAIN IN THE HIMALAYAS, POSSILBLY FROM DARJEELING, INDIA WITH THE RIVER MEANDERING THROUGH THE VALLEYS CIRCA 1880'SThe watercolour painting on paper, monogrammed.46cm x 30cmMounted 58cm x 42cmAlfred Lovett was an army officer commissioned into the Gloucestershire Regiment in 1883, and he was promoted through the ranks to Brigadier General. He was posted to India with his regiment as a lieutenant in 1883, initially in Karachi. He then moved to Poona, Ahmedmagar, Bombay and Narisabad. He commanded the 1st Battalion, the Gloucestershire Regiment with the BEF in 1914. He was appointed Brigade Commander in the First Division and made Companion of the Order of the Bath, and awarded CBE in 1919.While in India, Lovett illustrated an important book written by Major Macmunn, 'Armies of India' published originally in London by A&C Black in 1911.Lovett died from illness aged 57 years old and is buried in Scarborough Manor Road Cemetry, North Yorkshire.He was a very talented artist, painting landscapes, Indian Army uniforms and soldiers and his work is held in the Royal Academy.Provenance: British Private Collection.
ALFRED CROWDY LOVETT C.B.E (BRITISH 1862-1919): A WATERCOLOUR PAINTING ON PAPER DEPICTING A PORTRAIT OF AN INDIAN POTTER CIRCA 1880'SThe potter making earthenware pots on a wheel, in watercolour on board, witha. pencil drawing to verso of similar subject.27cm x 18cmMounted 41cm x 28.5cmAlfred Lovett was an army officer commissioned into the Gloucestershire Regiment in 1883, and he was promoted through the ranks to Brigadier General. He was posted to India with his regiment as a lieutenant in 1883, initially in Karachi. He then moved to Poona, Ahmedmagar, Bombay and Narisabad. He commanded the 1st Battalion, the Gloucestershire Regiment with the BEF in 1914. He was appointed Brigade Commander in the First Division and made Companion of the Order of the Bath, and awarded CBE in 1919.While in India, Lovett illustrated an important book written by Major Macmunn, 'Armies of India' published originally in London by A&C Black in 1911.Lovett died from illness aged 57 years old and is buried in Scarborough Manor Road Cemetry, North Yorkshire.He was a very talented artist, painting landscapes, Indian Army uniforms and soldiers and his work is held in the Royal Academy.Provenance: British Private Collection.
ALFRED CROWDY LOVETT C.B.E (BRITISH 1862-1919): A GROUP OF THREE WATERCOLOUR PAINTINGS IN PAPER DEPICTING THREE PORTRAITS OF MILITARY HORSES CIRCA 1880'SThe paintings on old paper, stamped RWS and OWP.38cm x 28cmMounted 48cm x 40cmAlfred Lovett was an army officer commissioned into the Gloucestershire Regiment in 1883, and he was promoted through the ranks to Brigadier General. He was posted to India with his regiment as a lieutenant in 1883, initially in Karachi. He then moved to Poona, Ahmedmagar, Bombay and Narisabad. He commanded the 1st Battalion, the Gloucestershire Regiment with the BEF in 1914. He was appointed Brigade Commander in the First Division and made Companion of the Order of the Bath, and awarded CBE in 1919.While in India, Lovett illustrated an important book written by Major Macmunn, 'Armies of India' published originally in London by A&C Black in 1911.Lovett died from illness aged 57 years old and is buried in Scarborough Manor Road Cemetry, North Yorkshire.He was a very talented artist, painting landscapes, Indian Army uniforms and soldiers and his work is held in the Royal Academy.Provenance: British Private Collection.
ALFRED CROWDY LOVETT C.B.E (BRITISH 1862-1919): A PAIR OF TOPOGRAPHICAL WATERCOLOUR PAINTINGS ON PAPER BOARDS DEPICTING INDIAN VIEWS OF CITY BY THE GANGES RIVERA ND ROCKY TERRAIN BY A SEASCAPE CIRCA 1880'S.The watercolour paintings painted on old boards.Largest 37cm x 27cmMounted 40cm x 29cmAlfred Lovett was an army officer commissioned into the Gloucestershire Regiment in 1883, and he was promoted through the ranks to Brigadier General. He was posted to India with his regiment as a lieutenant in 1883, initially in Karachi. He then moved to Poona, Ahmedmagar, Bombay and Narisabad. He commanded the 1st Battalion, the Gloucestershire Regiment with the BEF in 1914. He was appointed Brigade Commander in the First Division and made Companion of the Order of the Bath, and awarded CBE in 1919.While in India, Lovett illustrated an important book written by Major Macmunn, 'Armies of India' published originally in London by A&C Black in 1911.Lovett died from illness aged 57 years old and is buried in Scarborough Manor Road Cemetry, North Yorkshire.He was a very talented artist, painting landscapes, Indian Army uniforms and soldiers and his work is held in the Royal Academy.Provenance: British Private Collection.
WILLIAM BARNES WOLLEN (BRITISH 1857-1936): A FINE WATERCOLOUR PAINTING ON PAPER OF THE KING EMPEROR GEORGE V INSPECTING HIS TROOPS AND HIS INDIAN CAVALRY CORPS DURING HIS VISIT TO INDIAThe painting in overall good condition, signed.44cm x 37cmMounted 60cm x 46.5cmAnother pencil drawing to verso.Born in Leipzig, Germany, Wollen was educated at University Collega nd at the Slade. He exhibited pictures of historical subjects and events at the R.A, the National Watercolour Society and elsewhere. His first military painting in 1881 was of the storming of the Motee Mahail in Lucknow, India, to a great acclaim. He was elected member of teh Royal Institute of Painters in watercolours in 1888. He covered the South African Boer War and after a highly successful career he died in London aged 79.
NIGEL LOVETT (BRITISH B.1900): A GROUP OF EIGHT MIXED ARAB/EGYPTIAN WATERCOLOUR PAINTINGS AND PENCIL DRAWINGSVarious sizes, largest 40cm x 27cmNigel Lovett was the son of the late Brigadier General Alfred Crowdy Lovett, and was an officer of The Gloucestershire Regiment, as well as a talented painter stationed among other places in Continental Europe, Egypt and Singapore.An Impressionist and Modern painter, he depicted scenes of a sporting nature as well as everyday life, landscapes, portraits and military subjects.He retired from the army in the 1950's and continued his love of painting until the 1980's.
ALFRED CROWDY LOVETT C.B.E (BRITISH 1862-1919): A PAIR OF WATERCOLOUR PAINTINGS ON PAPER DEPICTING AN INDIAN LADY IN RED SHAWL, WITH A LOOK OUT MAN ON BOARD A SHIP TO VERSOThe watercolour painting on paper inscribed and monogrammed, bearing embossed markings of the mill.Largest 25cm x 19cmMounted 38cm x 28.5cmAlfred Lovett was an army officer commissioned into the Gloucestershire Regiment in 1883, and he was promoted through the ranks to Brigadier General. He was posted to India with his regiment as a lieutenant in 1883, initially in Karachi. He then moved to Poona, Ahmedmagar, Bombay and Narisabad. He commanded the 1st Battalion, the Gloucestershire Regiment with the BEF in 1914. He was appointed Brigade Commander in the First Division and made Companion of the Order of the Bath, and awarded CBE in 1919.While in India, Lovett illustrated an important book written by Major Macmunn, 'Armies of India' published originally in London by A&C Black in 1911.Lovett died from illness aged 57 years old and is buried in Scarborough Manor Road Cemetry, North Yorkshire.He was a very talented artist, painting landscapes, Indian Army uniforms and soldiers and his work is held in the Royal Academy.Provenance: British Private Collection.
ALFRED CROWDY LOVETT C.B.E (BRITISH 1862-1919): A WATERCOLOUR PAINTING ON PAPER DEPICTING A PORTRAIT OF KING GEORGE V (1865-1936) WITH HIS INDIAN CAVALRY REGIMENT ON PARADE CIRCA 1880'SThe completed picture was illustrated in 'The Armies of India', published in 1911 by A and C Black, written by Major G.F. Macmunn.This watercolour painting has another image of a military horse to verso.38cm x 27.5cmMounted 50cm x 36.5cmFor similar see the example in the National Army Museum https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1953-02-1-1Alfred Lovett was an army officer commissioned into the Gloucestershire Regiment in 1883, and he was promoted through the ranks to Brigadier General. He was posted to India with his regiment as a lieutenant in 1883, initially in Karachi. He then moved to Poona, Ahmedmagar, Bombay and Narisabad. He commanded the 1st Battalion, the Gloucestershire Regiment with the BEF in 1914. He was appointed Brigade Commander in the First Division and made Companion of the Order of the Bath, and awarded CBE in 1919.While in India, Lovett illustrated an important book written by Major Macmunn, 'Armies of India' published originally in London by A&C Black in 1911.Lovett died from illness aged 57 years old and is buried in Scarborough Manor Road Cemetry, North Yorkshire.He was a very talented artist, painting landscapes, Indian Army uniforms and soldiers and his work is held in the Royal Academy.Provenance: British Private Collection.
ALFRED CROWDY LOVETT C.B.E (BRITISH 1862-1919): A PAIR OF INDIAN WATERCOLOUR DRAWINGS OF TOWN STREETS WITH BUILDINGS INCLUDING MOSQUES AND TEMPLES CIRCA 1880'SThe watercolour painting with pencil drawings to verso. Indistinctly inscribed in pencil to right hand corner.25cm x 21.5cm eachMounted 33cm x 28cm each
NIGEL LOVETT (BRITISH B.1900): A WATERCOLOUR PAINTING ON PAPER DEPICTING A RACECOURSE STABLES, VISITED BEFORE THE RACESMonogrammed and dated 1928.28cm x 19cmMounted 37cm x 31cmNigel Lovett was the son of the late Brigadier General Alfred Crowdy Lovett, and was an officer of The Gloucestershire Regiment, as well as a talented painter stationed among other places in Continental Europe, Egypt and Singapore.An Impressionist and Modern painter, he depicted scenes of a sporting nature as well as everyday life, landscapes, portraits and military subjects.He retired from the army in the 1950's and continued his love of painting until the 1980's.
ALFRED CROWDY LOVETT C.B.E (BRITISH 1862-1919): A FINE WATERCOLOUR PAINTING ON BOARD DEPICTING THE BRITISH ARMIES HORSE STABLES IN INDIA CIRCA 1880'SPossibly the Gloucestershire Regiment Corps.36cm x 18cmMounted 35cm x 25cmAlfred Lovett was an army officer commissioned into the Gloucestershire Regiment in 1883, and he was promoted through the ranks to Brigadier General. He was posted to India with his regiment as a lieutenant in 1883, initially in Karachi. He then moved to Poona, Ahmedmagar, Bombay and Narisabad. He commanded the 1st Battalion, the Gloucestershire Regiment with the BEF in 1914. He was appointed Brigade Commander in the First Division and made Companion of the Order of the Bath, and awarded CBE in 1919.While in India, Lovett illustrated an important book written by Major Macmunn, 'Armies of India' published originally in London by A&C Black in 1911.Lovett died from illness aged 57 years old and is buried in Scarborough Manor Road Cemetry, North Yorkshire.He was a very talented artist, painting landscapes, Indian Army uniforms and soldiers and his work is held in the Royal Academy.Provenance: British Private Collection.
ALFRED CROWDY LOVETT C.B.E (BRITISH 1862-1919): A HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT AND RARE TOPOGRAPHICAL WATERCOLOUR PAINTING ON PAPER DEPICTING A VIEW OF THE BRITISH IN INDIAN FORT GUARD AT THE FORT OF AHMEDNAGAR CIRCA 1880'SThe watercolour painting depictings soldiers of the 61st Gloucestershire Regiment at the entrace of the Fort. The soldiers are at ease, relaxing in various forms. One is reading, another smoking, conversing etc, while on eis on guard by the main gate. The paintings are in watercolour and signed and inscribed to verso in pencil. They are painted circa 1880's, when Lovett himself was stationed in Ahmednagar as a Lieutenant.30cm x 22.5cmMounted 41cm x 30cmThe Ahmednagar fort is located close to Bhinegar Nala in the Mahazashtra State of India. The fort was the headquarters of the Ahmednagar Sultanate. In 1803 it was taken by the British and used as a prison during the Raj. Detainees included Jawahlal Nehru Abdul Kalam Azad, Sardar Patel and nine other members of the Indian National Congress. Nehru wrote his popular book 'The Discovery of India', while he was imprisoned there. Additionally, Maulana Abdul Azad wrote his acclaimed 'Ghubar-e-khatiz' which is considered as the best example of Epistolary Essays in Urdu literature. Hazakrushna Mahatab cimpiled three volumes of 'The History of Odisha in Odia'.In the present day, the Fort is currently administered by the Armoured Corps of the Indian Army.Alfred Lovett was an army officer commissioned into the Gloucestershire Regiment in 1883, and he was promoted through the ranks to Brigadier General. He was posted to India with his regiment as a lieutenant in 1883, initially in Karachi. He then moved to Poona, Ahmedmagar, Bombay and Narisabad. He commanded the 1st Battalion, the Gloucestershire Regiment with the BEF in 1914. He was appointed Brigade Commander in the First Division and made Companion of the Order of the Bath, and awarded CBE in 1919.While in India, Lovett illustrated an important book written by Major Macmunn, 'Armies of India' published originally in London by A&C Black in 1911.Lovett died from illness aged 57 years old and is buried in Scarborough Manor Road Cemetry, North Yorkshire.He was a very talented artist, painting landscapes, Indian Army uniforms and soldiers and his work is held in the Royal Academy.Provenance: British Private Collection.
ALFRED CROWDY LOVETT C.B.E (BRITISH 1862-1919): A WATERCOLOUR PAINTING ON BOARD A PORTRAIT OF A MILITARY INDIAN POST CARRIER WEARING A RED TURBAN HOLDING LETTERS CIRCA 1880'SThe watercolour painting on board, mmonogrammed.39cm x 28cmMounted 45cm x 33cmAlfred Lovett was an army officer commissioned into the Gloucestershire Regiment in 1883, and he was promoted through the ranks to Brigadier General. He was posted to India with his regiment as a lieutenant in 1883, initially in Karachi. He then moved to Poona, Ahmedmagar, Bombay and Narisabad. He commanded the 1st Battalion, the Gloucestershire Regiment with the BEF in 1914. He was appointed Brigade Commander in the First Division and made Companion of the Order of the Bath, and awarded CBE in 1919.While in India, Lovett illustrated an important book written by Major Macmunn, 'Armies of India' published originally in London by A&C Black in 1911.Lovett died from illness aged 57 years old and is buried in Scarborough Manor Road Cemetry, North Yorkshire.He was a very talented artist, painting landscapes, Indian Army uniforms and soldiers and his work is held in the Royal Academy.Provenance: British Private Collection
ALFRED CROWDY LOVETT C.B.E (BRITISH 1862-1919): A PAIR OF FINE WATERCOLOUR PAINTINGS ON PAPER DEPICTING A TEMPLE AND A FORTRESS WALLED TOWN, ON A HILLSIDE CIRCA 1880'S30cm x 23cmMounted 38.5cm x 29.5cmAlfred Lovett was an army officer commissioned into the Gloucestershire Regiment in 1883, and he was promoted through the ranks to Brigadier General. He was posted to India with his regiment as a lieutenant in 1883, initially in Karachi. He then moved to Poona, Ahmedmagar, Bombay and Narisabad. He commanded the 1st Battalion, the Gloucestershire Regiment with the BEF in 1914. He was appointed Brigade Commander in the First Division and made Companion of the Order of the Bath, and awarded CBE in 1919.While in India, Lovett illustrated an important book written by Major Macmunn, 'Armies of India' published originally in London by A&C Black in 1911.Lovett died from illness aged 57 years old and is buried in Scarborough Manor Road Cemetry, North Yorkshire.He was a very talented artist, painting landscapes, Indian Army uniforms and soldiers and his work is held in the Royal Academy.Provenance: British Private Collection.
ALFRED CROWDY LOVETT C.B.E (BRITISH 1862-1919): A WATERCOLOUR PAINTING ON PAPER BOARD DEPICTING A TOPOGRAPHICAL VIEW OF INDIAN TEMPLES AT CHIKHLI BY THE RIVERThe painting in watercolour with pencil, inscribed verso 'View at Sunset Camp of Exercise, Januaruy 1885'.30cm x 22.5cmMounted 37cm x 29cm
ALFRED CROWDY LOVETT C.B.E (BRITISH 1862-1919): A FINE WATERCOLOUR PAINTING ON OLD WHATMANS PAPER DEPICTING A PORTRAIT OF A MILITARY HORSE CIRCA 1880'S55cm x 38cmMounted 66cm x 51cmAlfred Lovett was an army officer commissioned into the Gloucestershire Regiment in 1883, and he was promoted through the ranks to Brigadier General. He was posted to India with his regiment as a lieutenant in 1883, initially in Karachi. He then moved to Poona, Ahmedmagar, Bombay and Narisabad. He commanded the 1st Battalion, the Gloucestershire Regiment with the BEF in 1914. He was appointed Brigade Commander in the First Division and made Companion of the Order of the Bath, and awarded CBE in 1919.While in India, Lovett illustrated an important book written by Major Macmunn, 'Armies of India' published originally in London by A&C Black in 1911.Lovett died from illness aged 57 years old and is buried in Scarborough Manor Road Cemetry, North Yorkshire.He was a very talented artist, painting landscapes, Indian Army uniforms and soldiers and his work is held in the Royal Academy.Provenance: British Private Collection.
ALFRED CROWDY LOVETT C.B.E (BRITISH 1862-1919): A WATERCOLOUR PAINTING ON PAPER DEPICTING AN ARCHED ENTRANCE TO AN INDIAN FORT WITH GREY WALLSThe watercolour painting on paper circa 1880's, monogrammed.35.5cm x 25cmMounted 45.5cm x 38cmAlfred Lovett was an army officer commissioned into the Gloucestershire Regiment in 1883, and he was promoted through the ranks to Brigadier General. He was posted to India with his regiment as a lieutenant in 1883, initially in Karachi. He then moved to Poona, Ahmedmagar, Bombay and Narisabad. He commanded the 1st Battalion, the Gloucestershire Regiment with the BEF in 1914. He was appointed Brigade Commander in the First Division and made Companion of the Order of the Bath, and awarded CBE in 1919.While in India, Lovett illustrated an important book written by Major Macmunn, 'Armies of India' published originally in London by A&C Black in 1911.Lovett died from illness aged 57 years old and is buried in Scarborough Manor Road Cemetry, North Yorkshire.He was a very talented artist, painting landscapes, Indian Army uniforms and soldiers and his work is held in the Royal Academy.Provenance: British Private Collection.
ALFRED CROWDY LOVETT C.B.E (BRITISH 1862-1919): A VERY RARE GROUP OF FOUR TOPOGRAPHICAL WATERCOLOUR PAINTING ON PAPER BOARD DEPICTING A VIEW OF THE FAMOUS GIANT STONE BOULDERS AT CHIKHLI/CHIKLI, ON ARAVALLI MOUNTAIN RANGE SURROUNDING IDAR AT QUJARAT DISTRICT OF INDIA WHERE THE BOULDERS ARE UNIQUELY FOUNDThe four watercolour paintings on paper board are monogrammed, inscribed and dated 20-5-87 in pencil. One painting has a group of Indians in Army Uniform, and a horse in pencil with colour.30cm x 22.5cm each.Mounted 38cm x 29cm each.
ALFRED CROWDY LOVETT C.B.E (BRITISH 1862-1919): A SUPERB AND RARE WATERCOLOUR PAINTING ON PAPER DEPICTING A RATORE RAJPUT SOWAR OF THE BIKANER CAMEL CORPS OF INDIA DURING THE RAJ CIRCA 1908The watercolour painting on paper, signed.57cm x 36.5cmMounted 67cm x 45cmThe Corps was founded in the State of Bikaner by Maharaja Ganga Singh. The Unit served in the Boxer Rebellion circa 1900 in Somaliland, in Egypt and the Middle East during WWII.This watercolour painting was possibly an original illustration for the Armies of India. The National Army Museum in London has a version of the watercolour painting.Alfred Lovett was an army officer commissioned into the Gloucestershire Regiment in 1883, and he was promoted through the ranks to Brigadier General. He was posted to India with his regiment as a lieutenant in 1883, initially in Karachi. He then moved to Poona, Ahmedmagar, Bombay and Narisabad. He commanded the 1st Battalion, the Gloucestershire Regiment with the BEF in 1914. He was appointed Brigade Commander in the First Division and made Companion of the Order of the Bath, and awarded CBE in 1919.While in India, Lovett illustrated an important book written by Major Macmunn, 'Armies of India' published originally in London by A&C Black in 1911.Lovett died from illness aged 57 years old and is buried in Scarborough Manor Road Cemetry, North Yorkshire.He was a very talented artist, painting landscapes, Indian Army uniforms and soldiers and his work is held in the Royal Academy.Provenance: British Private Collection.
ALFRED CROWDY LOVETT C.B.E (BRITISH 1862-1919): A TOPOGRAPHICAL WATERCOLOUR PAINTING ON PAPER DEPICTING AN INDIAN LAKE/RIVER SCENE WITH PALM TREES BY THE WATER'S EDGE, SURROUNDED BY HILLS CIRCA 1880'SIn watercolour on thick paper. Monogrammed.35.5c x 25cmMounted 46cm x 37.5cmAlfred Lovett was an army officer commissioned into the Gloucestershire Regiment in 1883, and he was promoted through the ranks to Brigadier General. He was posted to India with his regiment as a lieutenant in 1883, initially in Karachi. He then moved to Poona, Ahmedmagar, Bombay and Narisabad. He commanded the 1st Battalion, the Gloucestershire Regiment with the BEF in 1914. He was appointed Brigade Commander in the First Division and made Companion of the Order of the Bath, and awarded CBE in 1919.While in India, Lovett illustrated an important book written by Major Macmunn, 'Armies of India' published originally in London by A&C Black in 1911.Lovett died from illness aged 57 years old and is buried in Scarborough Manor Road Cemetry, North Yorkshire.He was a very talented artist, painting landscapes, Indian Army uniforms and soldiers and his work is held in the Royal Academy.Provenance: British Private Collection.
ALFRED CROWDY LOVETT C.B.E (BRITISH 1862-1919): A WATERCOLOUR PAINTING ON PAPER DEPICTING A PAIR OF TOPOGRAPHICAL SCENES OF AN INDIAN TEMPLE BY THE GANGES AND A WALLED ENTRANCE TO AN INDIAN CITY CIRCA 1880'SThe painting in watercolour on fine O.W paper board, with a pencil sketch to verso depicting figures on a bridge.27cm x 19cmMounted 35cm x 25cmAlfred Lovett was an army officer commissioned into the Gloucestershire Regiment in 1883, and he was promoted through the ranks to Brigadier General. He was posted to India with his regiment as a lieutenant in 1883, initially in Karachi. He then moved to Poona, Ahmedmagar, Bombay and Narisabad. He commanded the 1st Battalion, the Gloucestershire Regiment with the BEF in 1914. He was appointed Brigade Commander in the First Division and made Companion of the Order of the Bath, and awarded CBE in 1919.While in India, Lovett illustrated an important book written by Major Macmunn, 'Armies of India' published originally in London by A&C Black in 1911.Lovett died from illness aged 57 years old and is buried in Scarborough Manor Road Cemetry, North Yorkshire.He was a very talented artist, painting landscapes, Indian Army uniforms and soldiers and his work is held in the Royal Academy.Provenance: British Private Collection.
ALFRED CROWDY LOVETT C.B.E (BRITISH 1862-1919): A LARGE AND IMPRESSIVE WATERCOLOUR PAINTING ON PAPER BOARD DEPICTING A MAHARAJA OR HIGH RANKING MILITARY INDIAN COMMANDER HOLDING AN INDIAN SABRE/SWORD AND WEARING A GREEN HEAD TURBAN CIRCA 1880'SPainted in watercolour on old paper board, and signed.We note the painting to be in excellent condition, with full original colour.55cm x 39cmMounted 71cm x 51cmk.This painting is possibly illustrated in ''The Armies of India', by Major G.F. Macmunn.Alfred Lovett was an army officer commissioned into the Gloucestershire Regiment in 1883, and he was promoted through the ranks to Brigadier General. He was posted to India with his regiment as a lieutenant in 1883, initially in Karachi. He then moved to Poona, Ahmedmagar, Bombay and Narisabad. He commanded the 1st Battalion, the Gloucestershire Regiment with the BEF in 1914. He was appointed Brigade Commander in the First Division and made Companion of the Order of the Bath, and awarded CBE in 1919.While in India, Lovett illustrated an important book written by Major Macmunn, 'Armies of India' published originally in London by A&C Black in 1911.Lovett died from illness aged 57 years old and is buried in Scarborough Manor Road Cemetry, North Yorkshire.He was a very talented artist, painting landscapes, Indian Army uniforms and soldiers and his work is held in the Royal Academy.Provenance: British Private Collection.
ALFRED CROWDY LOVETT C.B.E (BRITISH 1862-1919): A FINE TOPOGRAPHICAL WATERCOLOUR PAINTING ON PAPER DEPICTING AN INDIAN RIVER AND MOUNTAIN SCENE WITH PALM TREES BY THE EDGE OF A STREAM CIRCA 1880'S.The painting in watercolour, on thick paper.35.5cm x 25cmMounted 45.5cm x 35cmAlfred Lovett was an army officer commissioned into the Gloucestershire Regiment in 1883, and he was promoted through the ranks to Brigadier General. He was posted to India with his regiment as a lieutenant in 1883, initially in Karachi. He then moved to Poona, Ahmedmagar, Bombay and Narisabad. He commanded the 1st Battalion, the Gloucestershire Regiment with the BEF in 1914. He was appointed Brigade Commander in the First Division and made Companion of the Order of the Bath, and awarded CBE in 1919.While in India, Lovett illustrated an important book written by Major Macmunn, 'Armies of India' published originally in London by A&C Black in 1911.Lovett died from illness aged 57 years old and is buried in Scarborough Manor Road Cemetry, North Yorkshire.He was a very talented artist, painting landscapes, Indian Army uniforms and soldiers and his work is held in the Royal Academy.Provenance: British Private Collection.
ALFRED CROWDY LOVETT C.B.E (BRITISH 1862-1919): A WATERCOLOUR PAINTING WITH PENCIL ON PAPER DEPICTING A PAIR OF PORTRAITS OF INDIAN GURKHA SOLDIERS38cm x 28cmMounted 50cm x 39.5cmAlfred Lovett was an army officer commissioned into the Gloucestershire Regiment in 1883, and he was promoted through the ranks to Brigadier General. He was posted to India with his regiment as a lieutenant in 1883, initially in Karachi. He then moved to Poona, Ahmedmagar, Bombay and Narisabad. He commanded the 1st Battalion, the Gloucestershire Regiment with the BEF in 1914. He was appointed Brigade Commander in the First Division and made Companion of the Order of the Bath, and awarded CBE in 1919.While in India, Lovett illustrated an important book written by Major Macmunn, 'Armies of India' published originally in London by A&C Black in 1911.Lovett died from illness aged 57 years old and is buried in Scarborough Manor Road Cemetry, North Yorkshire.He was a very talented artist, painting landscapes, Indian Army uniforms and soldiers and his work is held in the Royal Academy.Provenance: British Private Collection.
gouache on paper, signed mounted, framed and under glass image size 29cm x 20cm, overall size 53cm x 42cm Note: Lisa Graa Jensen was born in Copenhagen. She attended the Sir John Cass School of Art in Whitechapel (London) and then trained at Camberwell School of Art from 1975-78 gaining a BA (Hons) in Graphic Design. After art college Lisa spent time as an Illustrator with B.L. Kearley Limited working for Hamlyn, MacMillan, Marshall Cavendish and the BBC as well as Puffin Books and Camden Graphics. She then took up a roll as an Art Therapist before becoming a freelance Painter and Illustrator of books and cards in 1983. In 1997 Lisa Graa Jensen was the winner of The RI Kingsmead Award. She also received the Royal Academy of Art, Christmas Design Award (1984, 1985, and 1986) and was runner up Artist of the Year Award 2008. In 1996 she was elected a Member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours. She is also a member of ASGFA (The Society of Graphic Fine Art). Talking about her art work Lisa says: 'I am a painter and illustrator of vibrant colourful figurative landscapes. i.e.: undulating countryside, markets, pubs, cafes, French farming scenes and coastal/beach scenes usually featuring dogs and cats and often farm animals such as sheep, donkeys, cows, hens etc..'. Her work is typically colourful and lively and demonstrates a strong sense of observation. Method of Working- Lisa uses light, fast watercolour and acrylic inks which have good reproduction qualities and designer gouache. She paints on very heavy watercolour paper that doesn’t need stretching. She uses brushes, a sharpened end of paintbrush to scratch out detail, fingers, splatter bristle brush, and salt for colour dispersal. Working on one piece at a time, Lisa works from memory, sketches and photos. The initial idea is very loosely mapped out so that the painting can feel spontaneous, and not like painting by numbers. Lisa's work is exhibited widely including at many annual major public exhibitions and at private galleries around the UK.
oil on board, signed and dated 1973, titled label verso framed image size 77cm x 51cm, overall size 88cm x 63cm Handwritten artist's label verso. Provenance: Exhibited Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition (Edinburgh) 1974 no 138. Note: Johnstone was born in Edinburgh in 1892 and grew up in Napier Road, near the Gothic Mansion, Rockville. Her father, landscape artist George Whitton Johnstone RSA (1849–1901), encouraged her artistic talents, and at the age of 16 she enrolled as a student at the Edinburgh College of Art. She took the Life Class with Ernest Stephen Lumsden where she revealed her talents at informal portraiture, a genre for which she became well known. In 1914 she became a member of staff at the Edinburgh College of Art. From the summer of 1915, she became a regular annual visitor to Kirkcudbright in Galloway, where she would paint with other mainly female artists including Jessie Marion King as part of the Kirkcudbright School. Dorothy Johnstone, with her close friends Cecile Walton and Mary Newbery, was a member of The Edinburgh School, which reformed in 1919, a collective of gifted and progressive artists associated with the Edinburgh College of Art. During 1919 she was living in Kirkcudbright where she had an affair with Vera Holme who would go on to be the 'Pankhursts' chauffeur'. In 1924, at the peak of her artistic career, Johnstone mounted a joint exhibition in Edinburgh with fellow artist Cecile Walton. She married her colleague and fellow group member David MacBeth Sutherland in 1924. They had a son, Sir Iain Sutherland, in 1925, and a daughter in 1928. As a consequence of her husband's appointment in 1933 as Head of Gray's School of Art in Aberdeen (now at Robert Gordon's University) and of the "marriage bar" in place at the time, she gave up her career and her students. She kept her links with Edinburgh by continuing to exhibit her portraits and landscapes at the Royal Scottish Academy to which she was elected an Associate (ARSA) in 1962. Johnstone painted landscapes and portraits, particularly of children, and her style was free and relaxed, whether using oil, watercolour, pencil or chalk. Some of her work is displayed at the National Gallery of Scotland. When she died in 1980, she bequeathed her important early painting 'Marguerites' (painted in 1912) to the Royal Scottish Academy. In 1983 Aberdeen Art Gallery gave her a major memorial show which toured, then in 1987 Bourne Fine Art (now The Fine Art Society) in Edinburgh and London staged a joint exhibition of the works of Dorothy Johnstone and her husband David MacBeth Sutherland.
watercolour on paper, signed, titled label verso mounted, framed and under glass image sie 36cm x 47cm, overall size 61cm x 71cm Artist's label verso. Note: Bill Wright's talent first became evident when he was a boy, drawing endlessly for amusement while bedbound with illness. He went on to study painting at Glasgow School of Art and became an award-winning watercolourist, constantly inspired by was seascape and ever-changing sky on the Kintyre peninsula where he had a second home. Glasgow-born Wright, the son of a shipyard plater, was brought up in Partick and started his schooling at the city’s Dowanhill Primary before being evacuated to Dunoon during the Second World War. After returning home he attended Hyndland Senior Secondary and despite being discouraged by his parents, who would have preferred him to have a “proper job”, in 1949 he began his studies at Glasgow School of Art. They were interrupted by national service – a duty he felt hindered the progression of his art career. He served at Catterick army garrison but was a pacifist who abhorred war and dismissed the opportunity to be promoted to Sergeant as an army career held no interest. His first teaching post was at East Park School in Glasgow’s Maryhill. He then moved in 1965 to St Patrick’s High School in Dumbarton where he spent two years before becoming art adviser for the area at the age of 36. Over the next two decades he fostered the idea of instilling a cultural interest in art among pupils. He formed working groups to reform teaching of first and second-year students, encouraged forward-looking principal teachers and recruited many young teachers. His ethos was that teachers were not just there to create artists but to give all children a good art experience. He also established a residential art course for school children, at the Pirniehall residential educational facility at Croftamie in Dunbartonshire, where youngsters from different backgrounds could investigate the idea of furthering an art career through experiencing a range of different mediums in an art camp environment. And he is said to have been instrumental in encouraging the implementation of Scotland’s Standard Grade art and design qualification. However, he suffered from the chronic arthritic condition ankylosing spondylitis which, by the age of 55, forced him to take early retirement from his post in the education department of Strathclyde Regional Council. Meanwhile, as he had strived to enthuse youngsters with his own passion for art, he had been elected, in 1977, to the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour. A member of the Glasgow Arts Club for many years, he was also an elected member of the Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts and Paisley Art Institute, served as president of the Scottish Artists’ Benevolent Association for 14 years and was a Scottish Arts Council lecturer, touring the country discussing art. But perhaps his own greatest inspiration was the view from a cottage he stumbled upon half a century ago, seven miles from Campbeltown on the Mull of Kintyre. He rented the property at Bellochantuy and set up a studio there where he drew on the vistas stretching 180 degrees, encompassing sea, beach, rocks and sky. He was utterly smitten by the area and was ultimately bequeathed the cottage by the owner who had become a close family friend. Over the years he came to know the area intimately and was fascinated by the constantly changing moods of the sea and light of the sky which formed the majority of his output. One large body of work, "Towards Islay", focused on the view from the back of the cottage. He captured the patterns and waves of the sea, sometimes adding a bird, limpit, mermaid’s purse, rock lines or some seaweed. But at times his works were very abstract and symbolic, concentrating on themes of nature and transience. He was hung in all the major shows in Scotland and in galleries across the country from Aberdeenshire to Edinburgh, Glasgow and south of the border. His work also features in public collections of Stirling and Strathclyde Universities, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh and the Educational Institute of Scotland. And he was recognised with The Laing Prize for Landscape and Seascape and the RSW’s Sir William Gillies Award.
George M Thraves (British 19th/20th century) watercolour, coastal landscape with agricultural workers and hay stooks to foreground, signed and dated 87 lower left, within a washline card mount and later gilt frame, under glass 41cm x 70cm & 67cm x 94cm overall, painting slipped within mount/frame, some slight discolouration showing to upper and right edge.
Early 20th century Continental school, monochromatic study of a boy with scooter talking to two gentlemen, pencil and watercolour, indistinctly signed in pencil lower right, possibly Breil and further inscribed including 'deu rand' (I take a turn), 29 x 33cm, Continental school, monochromatic study of a lady and gentleman before an aeroplane, pencil and watercolour, inscribed in pencil variously lower right, 48 x 43cm, another similar painting, early 20th century Continental school, study of ladies in period dress aboard a ship, pencil and watercolour, 43 x 63cm, indistinctly inscribed in pencil, another similar painting, a German Nivea poster, 81 x 56.5cm and a Monte-Carlo poster, 96 x 62cm, all framed and glazed (7)
East Anglian Art. Gerard Stamp, Watercolour Ely Cathedral (East Side?) Size: Image 52 x 32 cms approx Frame: 77 x 55.5 cms approx. Condition: Excellent, no issues Artists Resale Rights may apply Provenance: Grapevine Gallery, Burnham Market, Norfolk NOTE: One of the country’s finest contemporary watercolourists, Gerard Stamp’s paintings are in the Royal Collection and Norwich Castle as well as a number of private collections, including those of Dame Judi Dench and the Duke of Bedford. Gerard Stamp grew up in Norfolk, going to school in the shadow of Norwich Cathedral. Here he developed a passion for drawing and painting – and in particular Norfolk and mediaeval architecture. After Art College he followed a career in London’s design and advertising industry before focusing full time on painting in 2002. From his first solo exhibition at the Grapevine Gallery in Norwich in 2005, his work quickly attracted national attention and a year later he held his first London exhibition, with Grapevine in Cork Street. Six more solo exhibitions followed, including Marshscape, a series of large studies featuring the Norfolk coast, and Mediaeval, a celebration of church architecture. In 2009 he held an exhibition at Bonhams, New Bond Street, London. Entitled Twelve Churches, it marked The Churches Conservation Trust’s Fortieth Anniversary. In 2010 his life came full circle when he was invited to stage the inaugural exhibition for the Royal opening of the Hostry, a new Exhibition and Visitor Centre at Norwich Cathedral where he was delighted to be asked to present Her Majesty the Queen with a painting to celebrate the occasion. Subsequent exhibitions including Spirits in Stone with Grapevine in London in 2012, Conquest at Norwich Castle Art Gallery. More exhibitions with Grapevine including At the Still Point in Exeter Cathedral in 2014 and Isle of Light in Ely Cathedral, have helped cement Stamp’s reputation.
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