James Stroudley

Florentine Gent, 20th Century Graphite on Paper

1931

Graphite on paper Image size: 11 ¾ x 8 ½ inches (30 x 21.5 cm) Original frame This superbly-drawn portrait highlights the artist’s undeniable skill as a portrait artist, particularl...

Graphite on paper, signed bottom left Image size: 7 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches (19 x 25cm) Contemporary frame A characterful portrait of a woman in profile. The artist has captured much of ...

Graphite on paper, signed on reverse Image size: 11 x 9 1/2 inches (28 x 24 cm) Mounted and framed Ernest Proctor Born in Tynemouth, Northumberland, the son of a scientist, Ernest was educated at Bootham Friends' School in York and then came to Newlyn in 1907 to study with Stanhope Forbes. He quickly become recognized as the best student of the School. He acted as Assistant to Stanhope Forbes and Elizabeth Forbes...

Graphite on paper, signed and dated Image size: 18 x 12 1/2 inches (46 x 32 cm) Mounted and framed The sitter for this portrait, Alfred Hardiman, was an English sculptor. Hardiman and Lyon were friends and met when they both attended the British School at Rome in the early 1920s. Hardiman won a London County Council Scholarship to the Royal College of Art in 1912, and three years later joined the Royal Academy School. After a period as an engineer's draughtsman in the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War, Hardiman resumed his studies and in 1920 was awarded the British Prix de Rome scholarship, spending two years at the British School at Rome. There he developed his style, a blend of naturalism and classicism influenced by Roman and Etruscan art and early fifth century Greek sculpture. Hardiman's best-known (but also most controversial) work is the Earl Haig Memorial on Whitehall in London. More universally admired are the heraldic lions flanking the main entrance to the City Hall, Norwich, a work which fully epitomises his style. He was appointed consultant sculptor to the building, having worked with one of the architects, Stephen Rowland Pierce, on the Haig Memorial. Hardiman also carved three large stone figures for the outside of the council chamber, and worked with other sculptors on the project including James Woodford and Eric Aumonier. Hardiman was elected Associate of the Royal Academy in 1936 and a full Academician in 1944. He became a fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors in 1938 and the following year received their silver medal for his statue of Haig. In 1946 he won a gold medal for his bronze fountain figure for the New Council House, College Green, Bristol, which however was never erected. In 1918 he married Violet, daughter of Herbert Clifton White, of London, and had two daughters. He died at Stoke Poges on 17th April 1949. Robert Lyon...

Linda Stein, Profile Notation 418.010 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Ink and Graphite on Paper Drawing Profile Notation 418.010 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages ...

Linda Stein, Profile Notation 418.012 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Ink and Graphite on Paper Drawing Profile Notation 418.012 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages ...

Linda Stein, Profile Notation 418.009 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Ink and Graphite on Paper Drawing Profile Notation 418.009 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages ...

Linda Stein, Profile Flying 446.156 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Graphite on Paper Drawing Profile Flying 446.156 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages and paintin...