Albert Richardson

Prof Sir Albert Richardson PRA Trees and Stumps c.1960 Watercolour

1960s

We acquired a series of paintings from Claude Muncaster's studio. To find more scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this seller." Claude Muncaster (1903-1974) A Farmstead and Trees Dated Sept 1921 Signed on reverse, together with sketches Watercolour 22x28cm For once, in Muncaster's paintings, the focus is not the skies, but instead the trees. Here the feathery green branches are painted in the fashionable way of the 1920s, a style recognisable in the paintings of Paul Nash. Claude Grahame Muncaster, RWS, ROI, RBA, SMA was the son of Oliver Hall RA. At the age of fifteen his career as a landscape painter began, and he soon took to the seas, spending the 1920s and 30s travelling the world with his sketchbook in a series of vessels. With the outbreak of war and he joined the RNVR training as a navigator. Having left school at fifteen his mathematics was very weak and it was a relief for all when his artistic talents meant he was recruited as a camofleur. A master of capturing seascapes he was therefore able to hide huge ships ‘in plain sight’ with clever disguises. After the war he painted for the Royal Family and was a frequent guest at Sandringham. Claude Muncaster was a watercolourist known for his landscapes and maritime scenes. He was born Grahame Hall, the son of the Royal Academician Oliver Hall who taught his son to paint from an early age; Grahame first exhibited his work aged 15 and a few years later was showing at the RA. However, he adopted the name Claude Muncaster in 1922 to dissociate his career from that of his father. Muncaster’s primary choice of subject matter came from a genuine love of the sea. He made several long-distance sea voyages, including one around the Horn...

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Watercolour on toned paper. Elegantly mounted in a pale blue and gilt frame. Signed with initials to the lower right and dated, 1933. On fibrous paper.

Trees is an original watercolor drawing, realized by Jacques Ciry in the 1970s. The state of preservation of the artwork is very good. Sheet dimension: 28 x 38 cm. Included Passep...

Trees is an original watercolor drawing, realized by André Roland Brudieux in 1950s. The state of preservation of the artwork is very good and aged. Sheet dimension: 37.5 x 32.5 cm....

A charmingly expressive watercolour captures a wild landscape of woodland trees. Unsigned. Acquired as part of a studio collection. Presented in a contemporary white frame. On paper.