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William John Bertram Newcombe
Lonistum 1961 - Canadian British Abstract art oil painting

1961

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An original large abstract oil on canvas by British Canadian artist William John Bertram Newcombe. This stunning abstract expressionist oil in blues and greys is a bold, adventurous and confident abstract expressionist Canadian work and dates to 1961. A very vibrant painting entitled Lonistum 1961 verso. Provenance. Private purchase. Condition. Oil and mixed media on canvas, image size 30 inches by 26 inches and in good gallery condition. Housed in a white surround frame, 32 inches by 28 inches. William John Bertram Newcombe (1907-1969). A painter and commercial artist, Newcombe was born in Victoria, British Columbia and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia. He lived in Toronto, Ontario (1936 – 1955) and London, England (1955 – 1969), where he died. His mediums included oil, watercolor, gouache, pen & ink, collage and mixed mediums. His subjects included, faces, figures, landscapes, street scenes, country roads, coastal views, and as an abstractionist – shape, color and texture. His styles included Abstract Expressionism, Color Field Painting, Constructivism, Fauvism and Cubism; AskART has some good illustrations of his work. He’s considered self taught, however most sources note that he did take some private lessons in Vancouver with Group of Seven icon Frederick Varley. Newcombe was a member of the Canadian Society of Graphic Art (c. 1950) and its president and a member of the Cali­fornia Water Color Society (1947). In addition to the above organizations, he exhibited with the Art Association of Montreal [now Montreal Museum of Fine Arts] (1933), the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (1938, 1947 and 1953), the Ontario Society of Artists (1941), and the American Water Color Society (1947 and 1948). His works were also included in a Canadian Women’s Art Association exhibition, Vancouver Art Gallery (1946); “Canadians Abroad”, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto (1958); “Irish Exhibition of Living Art”, Brown Thomas Gallery, Dublin (1958); “Canadian Abstract Art: A Centennial Exhibition”, Commonwealth Institute Art Gallery, London, England (1967); and “The 1950s”, Laurentian University Museum and Arts Centre, Sudbury, Ontario and touring (1988). He’s had solo exhibitions at Stadtisches Museum Wuppertal, Germany (1957); Manchester City Art Gallery, England (1961); Manor House Museum, Ilkley, England (1962); the Arts Council, Karachi, Pakistan (1964); and the County Town Gallery, Lewes, England (1964). Newcombe has also been the subject of one man shows at numerous prominent commercial galleries such as Ferargil Galleries, New York City (1946); Obelisk Gallery, London (1956 and 1988); Galerie El Corsario, Ibiza, Spain (1956); Galerie Iris Clert, Paris (1957); New Vision Gallery, London (1958, 1959, 1962, 1964 and 1965); Portal Gallery, London (1961); Grosvenor Gallery, London (1961); Jerrold Morris Art Gallery, Toronto, Ontario (1962); Reid Gallery, London (1962); Stone Gallery, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England (1962); Heal’s Art Gallery, London (1964); and Nicholas Treadwell Gallery, London (1965). According to the Canadian Heritage Information Network and individual museum websites, Newcombe’s works are in the permanent collections of the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (B.C.), the Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), the Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, Massachusetts), Whitworth Art Gallery (Manchester, England), and the Government Art Collection (Great Britain).
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