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Guy Roddon
GUY RODDON (1919-2006) French Cafe Street Scene ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING signed

1985

About the Item

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 and curator Sir Roy Strong.He lectured in art history at Cobham Hall, Kent, 1975–89; lived in Menton, France, 1992–7; and in 1998 returned to London. Mixed shows included RA, LG, SEA and AIA. Later solo exhibitions included a retrospective at the Piers Feetham Gallery in 1998, with further show at Portland Gallery, 2000. Roddon was a Chelsea Arts Club member.
  • Creator:
    Guy Roddon (1919 - 2006, English, British)
  • Creation Year:
    1985
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 27.56 in (70 cm)Width: 31.5 in (80 cm)Depth: 1.97 in (5 cm)
  • Medium:
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  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Cirencester, GB
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU2325215915652

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