Miranda McArthur

Olive Grove and Poppies, Contemporary Impressionist Pastel on Paper.

2022

Early 1960s work on paper of a group of trees at Buckfast Abbey in Devon, England, by Alban Atkins. Signed bottom left, titled and dated to the reverse. There is also a collection or accession number to the backboard. Atkins has captured the sculptural nature of the tree trunks as they have grown in the landscape giving the work a feeling of living, writhing things as well as an abstract feel in the composition. Atkins was one of the group of important artists chosen and commissioned by Sir Kenneth Clark...

A mid century, pastel on card, Fauvist landscape by Marguerite Allar. Signed bottom left, annotated and titled to the back board and presented in plain wood frame. A colourful view ...

An English watercolour on paper coastal scene signed with initials 'RS' bottom right. Presented in its original gilt wood frame under glass with trade label to the backboard from Deighton’s Strand Gallery. This gallery was well-known during the 1930s as fine art dealers and frame makers – it was located off Trafalgar square. Though he often signed with his full name Ruskin Spear's work on paper 'Hammersmith Grove' is signed in the same initials as our work and hence the attribution. This work is also stylistically similar to his other drawings of seascapes and coastal landscapes. This is a charming and fresh view of a coastal landscape probably the Jurassic coast of Dorset or his beloved Cornwall. The vertiginous composition gives it an angular almost abstract form highlighted by the contrast between the colour of the rockface, the vegetation and the blue sea. The work is in nice condition and wonderful to have the original framing. Initially influenced by Walter Sickert, the Camden Town Group...

Watercolour on paper of a Cornish beach scene by Oliver Bedford. Signed bottom right. Titled and located on a trade label for The Rowley Gallery, Kensington, London. Presented in cus...

A watercolour on paper view of a canal in Venice by French artist Paule Soulé. The pain ting is signed bottom right and presented in a gilt and painted wood frame under glass. A cha...

French Impressionist watercolour on paper view of a colourful forest and mountain landscape by Henri Clamen. The painting is signed bottom right. A charming view of a colourful moun...

Into The Great Wide Open, Original Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Painting 8" x 10" (HxW) Pastel on Paper Hand-signed by the artist. This peaceful nature scene by artist Dina Gardner...

Crash Course, Original Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Painting 8" x 8" (HxW) Pastel on Paper Hand-signed by the artist. This modern impressionist seascape features a square co...

Italian Sunshine, Original Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Painting 8" x 8" (HxW) Pastel on Paper Hand-signed by the artist. A golden field of grain shines brightly in the foreground of this square pastel work by artist Dina Gardner...

Dream Catchers, Original Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Painting, 2020 8" x 8" (HxW) Pastel on Paper Hand-signed by the artist. An impressionist, almost abstract, landscape pa...

Sunday Drive, Original Impressionist Landscape Painting 8" x 10" (HxW) Pastel on Paper Hand-signed by the artist. Journey down a desolate road amongst a beautiful green landscape of...

Sweet Seasons, Original Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Pastel Painting, 2020 10" x 10" (HxW) Pastel on Paper Hand-signed by the artist. An estuary depicted in a lovely light b...