John Scarland

John Scarland (b.1947) - 1991 Gouache, Dancer Standing

1991

Well presented in a gilt effect frame. Signed and inscribed. On paper.

A charmingly characterful portrait of a smart gentleman in a red tie. The artist has used an unusual dry brush technique to give the gouache a textured, scrubbed effect. The lack of ...

Gouache and charcoal on paper, 53cm x 37cm (74cm x 55cm framed). Provenance: the Artist’s estate (stamped verso). Stonehouse had an extraordinary life. As a young art student studying fashion illustration, he joined the Royal Artillery at the beginning of WWII but soon became a part of the Special Operations Executive (SOE). He was sent to France as a radio operator but three and a half months later was caught by the Gestapo, tortured, given a death sentence and then selected for slave labour. He spent the subsequent war years in three French prisons and five concentration and labour camps, including Dachau. He still managed to continue to draw in some of the camps. Following the war, Stonehouse went to the US and continued his career as a fashion artist painting for magazines...

This original Post-war illustration-drawing hand-painted with gouache on Arches Velum paper is by French artist C. Villars (France, 20th Century). The poster project features a woman...