Paul Anthony Waplington

Lads Playing St Ann’s, Nottingham.Original Painting.Mod British.Mid-20th Century.

Donald McIntyre. English ( b.1923 - d.2009 ). Girl and Chapel, North Wales. Oil on card. Signed with monogram twice lower left. Image size 12 inches x 15.6 inches ( 30.5cm x 39.5cm ...

Alfred Henri Pailhès French ( b.1902 - d.1991 ). Rendez-Vous des Havrais Pour Leur Promenade Dominicale Oil on Panel. Signed lower left. Image size 12.4 inches x 15.6 inches ( 31.5cm...

Alfred Henri Pailhès French ( b.1902 - d.1991 ). Rendez-Vous des Havrais Pour Leur Promenade Dominicale Oil on Panel. Signed lower left. Image size 12.4 inches x 15.6 inches ( 31.5cm...

Joan Gillchrest. English ( b.1918 - d.2008 ). Cornish Fishing Boats at First Light. Oil on Paper Mounted on Board. Signed with Monogram. Image size 26.2 inches x 22 inches ( 66.5cm x 56cm ). Frame size 35.8 inches x 31.3 inches ( 91cm x 79.5cm ). Available for sale; this original oil painting is by the Cornish artist Joan Gillchrest and dates from around the late 1980s. The oil painting is presented and supplied in a sympathetic new replacement frame (which is shown in these photographs) that suits the artwork’s color palette and behind non-reflective Tru Vue UltraVue® UV70 glass. This painting is in excellent condition and presents superbly. It wants for nothing and is ready to hang and display. The painting is signed with a monogram lower right. Joan Gillchrest is one of Mousehole’s and Cornwall’s most recognised and celebrated artists. Her vibrant art sits firmly alongside other great artists of the St. Ives School from the 1960s. She was born Joan Scott in London in 1918 into a wealthy and illustrious family. She was the third of four children. Her father was a pioneer of radiology – and a skilful caricaturist - and her Australian mother was an accomplished pianist. Sir George Gilbert Scott was her great grandfather, who designed the imposing Midland Grand Hotel at St. Pancras as well as countless parish churches. Grandfather, George Gilbert Scott Jnr, is remembered for three Cambridge colleges, Christ’s, Pembroke and Peterhouse. Her uncle Giles, (Giles Gilbert Scott) to whom Joan was close, is best known for his magnificent Anglican Liverpool Cathedral, Battersea Power Station and the iconic and ubiquitous red telephone box. Coming from such a long line of eminent architects it is not surprising that Joan always loved architecture and the churches and chapels of the Penwith peninsula feature prominently in her work. She said that buildings were “in her blood”. Her early childhood was spent at the family home in Buckinghamshire, but she was a difficult child – the family hired one nanny for her and one for the other three children- and at one point she was sent to Upper Chine School in the Isle of Wright to give her family some peace! She was however the apple of her father’s eye and he encouraged her obvious artistic talent. In 1934, aged only 15 but encouraged by her parents, she went to Paris to study art and learn the language. There she met Gwen John and studied in various studios, sometimes working as a model. In 1936 she enrolled at the Grosvenor School of Art and subsequently studied there under Iain McNab, whom she described as a marvelous teacher. Her early artistic career was very promising; she first exhibited at the Royal Academy when she was just 18 and showed works at the New England Art Club in 1937 and the London Group in 1938. When the Second World War broke out Joan was 21. She took a crash course in nursing and first aid and volunteered as an ambulance driver for Westminster Hospital. She later drove a mobile rescue unit. She was not able to paint much during the war but kept in touch with McNab; when the area around St Paul’s was blitzed, leaving the cathedral relatively unscathed, McNab got Joan and a few others to paint the scene. Her work, created with a thick paint and a palette knife, hung in the art school for many years. Joan’s painting career stalled in the 1940s. In 1942 she married a barrister and Coldstream Guards officer Samuel Gillchrest, and they soon had a son, then a daughter. With a young family, she had little time to paint, and had to hide the work she did produce as her husband thought that work as an artist was beneath them. Sadly, the marriage broke down and in 1953 they divorced. In leaving a difficult marriage at this time, she forfeited money, security and her previous place in society. Despite the huge changes in her life, her overwhelming desire to paint remained constant. She ignored the disapproval of her friends and family and started to explore new ways of expressing herself on canvas. She moved to a studio in Chelsea, an area much favored by the artistic community. To support herself, her children and her painting she also found regular work as an artist’s model. She was tall, strikingly good looking and combined elegance with bohemianism. She also carried an air of mystery from her rich and privileged past, and so she became sought after as a fashion model. In the flat below hers lived an artist who had enjoyed some professional acclaim, Adrian Ryan...

Anthony Morris. English ( b.1938 ). Llangynidr Bridge over the River Usk in Winter. Oil on Board. Signed. Image size 6.7 inches x 8.7 inches ( 17cm x 22cm ). Frame size 10.4 inches ...

Arthur Spooner. English ( b.1873 - d.1962 ). Rural Derbyshire. Oil on Card. Signed. Image size 6.7 inches x 9.1 inches ( 17cm x 23cm ). Frame size 10.2 inches x 12.6 inches ( 26cm x...

Late Summer and Hideaway by Sophie Berger [2022] original and hand signed by the artist Mixed Media on Board Image size: H:40 cm x W:60 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:40 cm x ...

Priests Cove I By Adele Riley [2021] original and hand signed by the artist Mixed media, acrylic and acrylic inks. Image size: H:26 cm x W:26 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:26 ...

Cornish Blue by Mary Scott Hand signed by the artist Original Semi Abstract Painting Acrylic Paint on Board Board size H 30 cm x W 30 cm x D 0.5 cm Frame...

Female Figure in New York City in Fall by British Contemporary Landscape Artist. Art measures 24 x 18 inches Frame measure 29 x 23 inches Wakefield's work is a unique blend of a...

This highly innovated Bob Peak Race Track painting is a perfect synthesis of art and commerce. Designed with a radical composition where two-thirds of the picture plane is an alm...

Empire State Building Sunset in Manhattan New York City by British Urban Artist, Angela Wakefield. This is a rare early work from her New York Series. Featured in international front cover article in 2011. Art measures 24 x 47 inches Unframed - highest quality Pintura Italian Box Canvas Wakefield's work is a unique blend of abstraction and realism, with a strong emphasis on colour. Her paintings are known for their bold, expressive brushstrokes and vibrant hues, which capture the energy and diversity of New York City. From the towering skyscrapers of Manhattan to the gritty streets of Brooklyn, Wakefield's art reflects the city's many moods and personalities. Whether she is depicting the frenzied pace of Times Square or the quiet beauty of Central Park, Wakefield's paintings are a testament to the enduring allure of New York. Angela Wakefield has twice been on the front cover of ‘Art of England’ and featured in ARTnews, attracting international attention and critical acclaim with her urban landscape paintings of New York, London & the North of England. The style of painting has been described as ‘contemporary realism’, and is often favourably compared with Edward Hopper by collectors and art critics. Angela’s work is held in private collections in Europe and the USA, including the British Royal Family. Her admirers include leading figures in international business...