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Gwyneth Johnstone: 'The Railway Bridge' Modern British Art watercolour

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To see our other Modern British Art, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the artist you want. Gwyneth Johnstone (1915 - 2010) The Railway Bridge Mixed media 64 x 83 cm Signed lower left in paint, and monogrammed lower left in pencil. Provenance: the estate of the artist. Johnstone explores the possibilities of abstraction in this semi-delirious depiction of a railway bridge. Painted in tones of burnt umber, orange, grey, and black, the picture is populated by warped railings, bending trees, and staring onlookers, all of which centre around a railway line and bridge. Tanya Harrod described Johnstone's painting style a 'a hallucinogenic, haunting pastoral', and that is immensely evident in this picture. Johnstone was an English painter who worked mostly in oils and often depicted poignant modern landscapes. Her parents were the musician Nora Brownsford and the artist Augustus John. She studied at the Slade School of Fine Art, where she established lifelong friendships with fellow artists Mary Fedden and Virginia Parsons. After the Slade, Johnstone was taught academicised cubism by the painter André Lhote at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris. For a brief period in the early 1950s she took life classes with the surrealist artist Cecil Collins at the Central School of Arts and Crafts.
  • Creator:
    Gwyneth Johnstone (1915 - 2010, British)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 25.2 in (64 cm)Width: 32.68 in (83 cm)
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  • Condition:
    Generally very good, the odd gentle crease owing to the huge size for a work on paper. Glass will be removed for international shipping and Highlands / Islands / Cornwall.
  • Gallery Location:
    London, GB
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU795310840402

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