Jean-Francis Laglenne

Portrait - Original Pencil Drawing by Jean-Francis Laglenne - 1950s

1950s

Portrait is a drawing in pencil on paper realized by Pierre Guastalla (1891-1968) With the monogram of the artist on the lower right. The state of preservation is very good. Inclu...

Portrait is an original sketch pencil drawing realized by Serge Fontinsky (1887-1971) in the half of the 20th Century. Good conditions, minor cosmetic wear. Hand-signed on the low...

Mid Century French Portrait by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) Medium: Pencil on artists paper, double sided Size: 9.5 height) x 7 (width) Stamped Verso Condition: Good Provenanc...

James Stroudley 1906 -1985 Portrait of a Lady Graphite on paper Image size: 24 x 15 inches James Stroudley was born in London on 17 June 1906, the son of James Stroudley, showcard and ticket writer. He studied at Clapham School of Art (1923-27) and then at the Royal College of Art (1927-30), where his teachers included Alan Gwynne-Jones and William Rothenstein. As a recipient of the first Abbey Scholarship he was able to spend three years in Italy from 1930, where he absorbed the influences of Giotto and Piero della Francesca, and produced one of the last wholly satisfying decorative cycles by a Rome Scholar of the period. From 1934, he exhibited at the Royal Society of British Artists, and was elected to its membership in the following year. From the Second World War – in which he worked with the Camouflage Unit – Stroudley taught at St Martin’s School of Art and was a visiting lecturer at the Royal Academy Schools. Though he continued to live in London, his later work, exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1955, indicated regular painting trips to Kent and Sussex coasts. However, much of his later work was abstract. In 1971, his former student, Peter Coker...