Carl Jaycock

Cornish oil painting, British 20th Century abstract by Carl Jaycock

1985

Jean Patricia Taprell Clark (British, 1930 – 1973) Abstracted Landscape Oil on board 18.1/8 x 21.3/4in. (46 x 55.2 cm.) Having refused the opportunity to become a member of the 'Blu...

Jean Patricia Taprell Clark (British, 1930 – 1973) Whirlwind Oil on canvasboard 17.3/4 x 13 in. (45 x 33cm.) (measured to slip edge) Having refused the opportunity to become a membe...

Jean Patricia Taprell Clark (British, 1930 – 1973) Abstracted Figure Oil on canvasboard 24 x 19.5/8 in. (61 x 50cm.) Having refused the opportunity to become a member of the 'Bluebe...

Jean Maurice Lasnier (French, 1922 – 2006) Tempete Industrielle Signed ‘LASNIER’ (lower left) Oil on canvas 25.3/4 x 32 in. (65.4 x 81cm.) Provena...

An original very large British Abstract Expressionist oil on canvas by Trevor Bell, the last of the St Ives modernists. Titled December in Anticoli and painted in 1959 after Mark Rot...

This superb Scottish Abstract oil painting is by noted sixties Edinburgh artist Alexander McNeish. An early work, painted circa 1957 when McNeish was just 25 years old, it demonstrat...

A wonderful abstract composition by the South African artist Cyril Fradan. Here the artist has produced an original composition of organic shapes ...

This very striking exhibited Scottish Abstract oil painting is by influential Scottish artist Jack Knox. Painted in 1964, it is a vivid mix of autumnal colours, textures and brushwork that work perfectly. A brilliant example of his work from the early sixties and which was exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy in 1965. Titled and dated 21.2.64 lower right. Provenance. Exhibited Royal Scottish Academy, Exhibition 1965, Edinburgh. Condition. Oil on canvas, 51 inches by 36 inches unframed and in good condition. Housed in a gilt sixties surround frame, 53 inches by 38 inches framed and in good condition. Jack Knox RSA (1936-2015) was one of the most influential artists to work in Scotland in the second half of the twentieth century. Born John Knox to a family of tailors in Kirkintilloch, Knox studied at the Glasgow School of Art (1953-57) where his drawings were noted for their mature draughtsmanship. After graduating, Knox went to Paris to attend the atelier of Cubist artist, André L’Hȏte. During his time in Europe Knox digested the various art movements of the moment, including Surrealism, Tachisme, Colour Field and Pop Art. Visiting the great museums, he was particularly interested in Analytic Cubism and Georges Braque’s intimation, rather than description, of object. He also went to Brussels to visit the first major show of American Abstract Expressionism in Europe. He returned to Scotland eager to establish his own style, drawing on everything he had seen in Europe. In 1960 the Glasgow Herald presented an exhibition during the Edinburgh Festival of young artists from the west of Scotland. Knox was selected to show alongside George Devlin, Carole Gibbons, Anda Patterson, Douglas Abercrombie and Duncan...