ALBERT HAMMONDS

Albert Hammonds RBSA (1930-1994) ENGLISH oil painting INDUSTRIAL STEELWORKS

1980

ARTIST: Guy Roddon (1919-2006) British TITLE: "French Cafe Street Scene" SIGNED: lower left MEDIUM: oil on board SIZE: 80cm x 70cm inc frame CONDITION: excellent DETAIL: Painter and teacher, born in London. After Bryanston School he studied at Goldsmiths’ College School of Art with James Bateman and Clive Gardiner, 1937–9, then at the Byam Shaw School of Drawing and Painting, 1939–40, with Ernest Jackson, and drawing at La Grande Chaumière, Paris. During World War II he served in Royal Engineers before transferring to the Camouflage Unit, which included Frederick Gore, Oliver Messel, Roland Penrose and Claude Rogers. Roddon spent part of the war stationed in the Old Assembly Rooms, Norwich, as a camouflage instructor alongside Messel and Penrose. From 1948–50, he taught at Goldsmiths’; from 1960–1 was commissioned to paint The Stations of the Cross and Resurrrection for St Thomas More, Patcham; from 1960–3 moved to Paris; rented Edwin John’s studio in Tite Street for 10 years; and began a series of portraits, sitters including the novelist L P Hartley, composer John Ireland...

ARTIST: Frank Johnson (1917-1998) British TITLE: “Female Nude In Bathroom Interior" MEDIUM: oil on canvas SIZE: 70cm x 59cm inc frame CONDITION: very goo...

ARTIST: James Noble (1919-1989) English TITLE: "Still Life Of Freesias" MEDIUM: oil on canvas SIZE: 54cm x 44cm incl. frame CONDITION: excellent NOTES: Born in Middlesex he went t...

ARTIST: Unsigned (early / mid 20th Century) English School TITLE: "Self Portrait In A Round Mirror" SIGNED: appears unsigned MEDIUM: oil on canvas SIZE: 73cm x 62cm inc frame CONDIT...

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"Campanula" is a stunning exploration of depth and delicacy, featuring three graceful bluebell stalks in crisp focus against a lush, blurred meadow. The vibrant blue petals are the f...

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Nikolay paints winter paintings very seldom. But if there is the opportunity he tries to do his best to go painting in winter. Nikolay especially likes winter sunny days. He's always...