M.T. Thomas

M.T. Thomas - c.1882 Watercolour, Lake Windermere

Unknown

Tempera and watercolor on paper realized by Michelangelo Cupisti in 1990s. Hand signed. Very good condition, it includes a contemporary wooden frame.

Chen Chi (Chinese/American, 1912-2005), New York City Street Scene, Watercolor on Paper, inscribed "Ji" in Mandarin, signed, and with chop seal mark lower left, silvered wood frame. ...

George Scarth French. English ( b.1859 - d.1946 ). Tate Hill Pier, Whitby, 1930. Watercolor. Signed & Dated Lower Left. Image size 15 inches x 21.5 inches ( 38cm x 54.5cm ). Frame ...

Henry Charles Fox. English ( b.1855 - d.1929 ). Driving Sheep. Plaisters Lane, Sutton Poyntz, Weymouth, Dorset 1918. Watercolor On Paper. Signed & Dated 1918. Image size 18.9 inche...

Frederick Lee Bridell. English ( b.1831 – d.1863 ). Portland Roads And Sandsfoot Castle From Weymouth, 1856. Watercolor, Bodycolor, Pen & Ink On Paper. S...

John Bedloe Goddard. English ( b.1838 – d.1896 ). Kimmeridge Bay & The Clavell Tower, The Purbecks, Dorset, 1876. Watercolor On Paper. Signed & Dated Lower Right. Image size 12.4 inc...

Stanley Horace Gardiner. English ( b.1887 - d.1952 ). The Road To Cliff, Nr Fowey, Cornwall 1926. Watercolor. Signed & Dated 1926 Lower Left. Image size 13.4 inches x 11.4 inches ( 3...

Maurice Raoul Melissent. French ( b.1911 - d.1988 ). The Maritime District, Rotterdam. Watercolor On Paper. Signed Lower Right. Image size 10.6 inches x 16.3 inches ( 27cm x 41.5cm...

John Bedloe Goddard. English ( b.1838 – d.1896 ). Man O’ War Cove, The Purbecks, Dorset, 1875. Watercolor On Paper. Signed & Dated Lower Right. Image size 15.2 inches x 27.4 inches (...

Ronald Maddox. English ( b.1930 - d.2018 ). Landscape Pattern, Glen Lyon, Scotland, 1980. Watercolor. Signed Lower Right. Image size 13.6 inches x 23.6 inches ( 34.5cm x 60cm ). Frame size 20.3 inches x 30.3 inches ( 51.5cm x 77cm ). Available for sale; this original painting is by the former long-standing President of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, Ronald Maddox, and dates from 1980. The watercolor is presented and supplied in a sympathetic and contrasting contemporary frame to suit the subject coloration (which is shown in these photographs) and behind non-reflective Tru Vue UltraVue® UV70 glass. This vintage piece is in superb condition. It wants for nothing and is supplied ready to hang and display. The watercolor is signed lower right. Provenance: The painting was exhibited at the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours at The Mall Galleries at 17 Carlton Terrace, SW.1, London in 1980. The exhibition label from the previous backboard of the painting has been retained and affixed to the rear of the new backboard. Ronald Maddox was an accomplished and successful British artist, designer and illustrator. He was born in Purley, Surrey and studied at St. Albans School of Art from 1945 to 1948. He then served with the Air Ministry Design Service, during which time he attended Regent Street Polytechnic in London from 1949-51, before completing his studies at the London College of Printing. His tutors included Henry Trevick, Raymond Sheppard, and Christopher Saunders. From 1953 to 1962 Maddox worked as an art director for advertising agencies in London. He then worked as a freelance artist illustrator and graphic designer. Between 1972 and 1989 Maddox worked extensively for the Post Office and the Royal Mail, and the Isle of Man postal authority. He designed stamps, stamp book covers, first day presentation packs, posters and charts. His stamps typically feature British architecture, rural life and the countryside. He also produced posters for British Rail and painted pictures that were used as carriage panel prints, and illustrated several books. Maddox’s talents were well recognised and respected in the professional art and design communities. He was elected a member of the Society of Industrial Artists & Designers in 1956 and of the Royal Institute in 1959, in 1989 becoming its president. He was a Fellow of the Chartered Society of Designers and a Fellow of the Society of Architectural Illustrators. Maddox received many awards for his work as an artist and designer, including the Winsor & Newton /RI 150th Anniversary Award in 1981 and the Members’ Award in 1991. He was a Hunting Group Finalist several times and won the Design Council Award in 1973 and the Rowland Hilder Award for the Most Outstanding Landscape in 1990. Maddox excelled at architectural work, reproducing the textures and patterns of buildings, but he is perhaps best known for his topographical art...