Christopher Hughes

Christopher Hughes - Contemporary Watercolour, Chipping Campden

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A sheepdog playfully bounds around cattle as a farmer herds his livestock through the sleepy village of Middleton, Yorkshire. This watercolour has maintained its strong, bright colo...

A fine watercolour by the British artist John Weston Gough, depicting an English town with church spire and rolling hills in the distance. Presented in a distressed gilt frame and cr...

This delightful watercolour by South West artist Simon Hodges depicts a view down Upper Church Street, with the tower of St. Stephens visible above the Ge...

A delicate watercolour study of a street in Chipping Campden by Alfred Henry Hart. Well presented in a wash-line mount and gilt effect frame. Signed to the lower right. On watercolou...

Castle Combe . The Cotswolds. Often thought to be the prettiest village in England. Beautiful Cotswold stone houses, church and bridge in this stunning English village. This 9 in x...

Artist: Ken Burton (English, 1946-) Title: "Broadway, Worcestershire" *Signed by Burton lower left Year: 1988 Medium: Original Watercolor on heavy wove paper Framing: Not framed, but beautifully matted with hand decorated archival French matting Matted size: 21.25" x 26" Image size: 12" x 18" Condition: Never framed, has been professionally stored away for decades. In mint condition Notes: Provenance: acquired directly from the artist Burton himself in the 1980's. Broadway is a large village and civil parish within the Cotswolds, located in the county of Worcestershire, England. Its population was 2,540 in the 2011 census, a small increase on the 2,496 in the 2001 census. Biography: Born in Peterborough in 1946, Ken Burton's interest in art began at school and led him to an initial choice of career in design and engraving, in which he trained with Joseph Hules, in London. He left in 1970 to enter public service (The British...

Title: British Original Watercolor of a Church and Tudor Houses in a Village Setting By Anthony Avery (British 1946-2023) Original watercolor on artists paper, unframed Dimensions: 1...

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) The Old George Inn, South Cerney, Gloucestershire Dated October 1952 to reverse Signed lower left and further signed to reverse Pencil and Watercolour 20x30cm Muncaster's watercolours capture the English countryside feel with great competence. Here, the Old George Inn (which still exists, though in less splendid isolation) is captured charmingly. 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...