John Sergeant

Waterloo Crescent, Dover - 20th Century British chalk drawing by John Sergeant

circa 1970

NICO JUNGMAN (1872-1935) The Toy Boat Signed l.r.; Nico W Jungman Watercolour and bodycolour over traces of pencil Framed 44 by 32 cm., 17 ¼ by 12 ½ in...

HELEN ALLINGHAM, RWS (1848-1926) The Woodland Path Signed Watercolour 27 by 20 cm., 10 ¾ by 8 in. (frame size 47 by 42 cm., 18 ½ by 16 ½ in.) Helen...

GEORGE SHERINGHAM (1884-1937) The War Birds Signed and inscribed with title on a label on the backboard Watercolour and gold paint on silk, semi circle shape, in artist’s decorated mount Framed 24 by 47.5 cm., 9 ½ by 18 ¾ in. (frame size 46 by 71 cm., 18 by 28 in.) Exhibited: London, Leicester Galleries. Sheringham was born in London and studied at the Slade under Henry Tonks and later in Venice, Brussels, Berlin and Paris where he held his first one-man exhibition in 1905. On his return to London he initially supported himself with poster designs and teaching. His first exhibition of fan designs was held at the Ryder Gallery in 1909 followed by another in the following year. With enthusiastic reviews in Studio he had launched his career as a decorative designer, theatrical designer and illustrator. He illustrated books by Max Beerbohm and Cyrus MacMillan. In 1921 he collaborated with his brother Hugh on a book about fishing, The Book of the Fly Rod. He wrote Drawing in Pen and Pencil (1922), with James Laver, Design in the Theatre (1927) and with Rupert Mason and R Boyd Morrison he edited Robes of Thespis, Costume Designs by Modern Artists (1928). As a decorator, Sheringham designed the music room at 40 Devonshire House...

JAMES KERR-LAWSON (1864-1939) The Piazza Signed l.l.: J Kerr Lawson Watercolour over traces of pencil Unframed, in conservation mount only 13.5 by 20 cm....

SIR PHILIP BURNE-JONES, Bt (1861-1926) Rottingdean Church Indistinctly inscribed and dated l.l.: 1917; Inscribed with title on a label on the backboard Watercolour 16 by 17.5 cm., 6 ¼ by 7 in. (frame size 34.5 by 35 cm., 13 ½ by 13 ¾ in.) Philip Burne-Jones was born in the London, the son of the Pre-Raphaelite artist Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones. He was educated at Marlborough College and Oxford. He exhibited at the Royal Academy, Grosvenor Gallery and the Paris Salon. His portrait of his father is in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London. The church of St Margaret of Antioch was near North End House, the Burne-Jones’s holiday home in the Sussex Downs...

Attributed to BENJAMIN SHIPHAM (1806-1872) A Country House in an Extensive Landscape Signed with initials l.r.: BS Watercolour Framed 17 by 27 cm., 6 ¾ by 10 ½ in. (frame size 33...

This 17.5 x 35 inches black and white chalk drawing on paper represents a Greek landscape. Two olive trees are in the foreground, with the countryside extending behind in the distant horizon. Tzannes is an American painter of Greek origins. In his twenties, he visited Kythera, the Greek island of his father's birth. Since then, the island has become the primary reference of his creativity. Using black and white to represent this landscape gives the mighty hundred-year-old olive trees a monumental presence. The viewer is drawn into the timeless, spiritual quality of the Greek landscape. Despite the absence of color, Tzannes' mastery of drawing creates a tangible effect of the Greek light...

George Tzannes's Landscape with Olive Tree is a 22 x 24 inches black and white chalk painting on canvas representing a Greek landscape. Olive trees populate the landscape. Tzannes is an American painter of Greek origins. In his twenties he visited Kythera, the Greek island of his father's birth. Since that time, the island has become the major reference of his creativity. The choice of using black and white to represent this landscape gives the mighty hundred-years old olive trees a monumental presence. The viewer is drawn into the timeless, spiritual quality of the Greek landscape. Despite the absence of color, Tzannes' mastery of drawing creates a tangible effect of the Greek light...

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"1940 - New Mexico Farmers" is an original mixed media on board by Tom Perkinson. His use of saturated violets, vivid yellows, and resplendent oranges pushes color to almost-otherwor...