William Shackleton

Sorting the Catch - Oil on paper by British Symbolist William Shackleton

ROBERT TRAILL ROSE (1863-1942) Primordium Vitae Signed with monogram; signed, inscribed with title and the artist’s address and dated 1899 on a labe...

FREDERICK CAYLEY ROBINSON, ARA, RWS (1862-1927) A Summer Evening Signed l.r.: CAYLEY-ROBINSON; inscribed on the reverse: A Summer Evening/Exhibited at Leicester Galleries Oil on paper 16.5 by 18.5 cm., 6 ½ by 7 ¼ in. (frame size 38.5 by 40 cm., 15 ¼ by 15 ¾ in.) Exhibited: London, Leicester Galleries, Small Paintings and Sketches by the Late F. Cayley Robinson, ARA, RWS, December 1929 Born in Brentford-on-Thames, the son of a stockbroker, Robinson began his artistic training at the St John’s Wood...

ANDRE AMSTUTZ (1925-2015) Blending into the Landscape Signed l.l. Oil on board Framed 29.5 by 23 cm., 11 ½ by 9 in. (frame size 45.5 by 38 cm., 18 by 15 in.) Reproduced: Guinnes...

GEORGE SHERINGHAM (1884-1937) Visit to the Bazaar Signed; inscribed with title on a label on the backboard Watercolour and gold paint on silk 15 by 38 cm., 6 by 15 in. (frame size 34 by 56 cm., 13 ½ by 22 in.) Exhibited: London, Leicester Galleries, Exhibition of Works by George Sheringham, 1916, no.17. Sheringham was born in London and studied at the Slade under Henry Tonks and later in Venice, Brussels, Berlin and Paris where he held his first one-man exhibition in 1905. On his return to London he initially supported himself with poster designs and teaching. His first exhibition of fan designs was held at the Ryder Gallery in 1909 followed by another in the following year. With enthusiastic reviews in Studio he had launched his career as a decorative designer, theatrical designer and illustrator. He illustrated books by Max Beerbohm and Cyrus MacMillan. In 1921 he collaborated with his brother Hugh on a book about fishing, The Book of the Fly Rod. He wrote Drawing in Pen and Pencil (1922), with James Laver, Design in the Theatre (1927) and with Rupert Mason and R Boyd Morrison he edited Robes of Thespis, Costume Designs by Modern Artists (1928). As a decorator, Sheringham designed the music room at 40 Devonshire House...

This minimalist oil painting on paper is part of a series, which references a mantra of Amita Bhatt’s, “life is a circus.” Floating in space, the characte...

This minimalist oil painting on paper is part of a series, which references a mantra of Amita Bhatt’s, “life is a circus.” Floating in space, the characte...

This graphite and acrylic painting on canvas is from a series called "Lovers and Assassins." Here you can see Bhatt playing with the idea of seduction, self-sacrifice, persecution, b...

38"x28" signed by the artist, David Kramer. (oil, acrylic, enamel, pencil on gessoed paper) In this conceptual work on paper, the imagery of a film director is overwritten with the ...