George Allen

St. Paul's - Large London Skyline Acrylic on Board City Landscape Painting

1994

A lovely mid 20th century Danish oil on canvas depicting a busy coastal shipping scene with numerous vessels. The work is signed lower right and again on the reverse. Presented in ...

A beautiful 1950's Modern British oil on canvas depicting a gardener with a ramshackle shed. The work is very similar in style and execution to the paintings of Cedric Morris from ...

A beautiful 1930's French impressionist oil on board depicting a village water well by Jeanne Lauvernay-Pettitjean, the wife of Edmond Marie Pettitjean. The work is very atmospheric...

A fine c.1935 oil on board by Rex Vicat Cole which depicts a pre-war view down Cloth Fair, close to West Smithfield and St. Bartholomews Hospital, in the City of London. John George Glover's engraving shop is on the corner with New Court, and the tower of Holy Sepulchre Church is visible in the distance. Rex Vicat Cole created a number of paintings of London streets for his one man exhibition ''London Old and New'' in 1935. These works now form an important record of London before the Second World War. Signed lower centre and with Christie's provenance. Artist: Rex Vicat Cole (British, 1870-1940) Title: Cloth Fair Medium: Oil on board Picture size: 16 x 12 inches (40 x 30 cm) Frame size: 20 x 16 inches (51 x 41 cm) Provenance: Christie's London, 29th July 1988, Lot # 51 Artist information Reginald (Rex) Vicat Cole was the son of the artist George Vicat Cole. He began to exhibit in London in the 1890s and was elected a member of the Royal Society of British Artists in 1900. He taught at King's College London with Byam Shaw and together they opened their own establishment, the Byam Shaw and Vicat Cole School of Art in Camden Street, Kensington in 1910. At the outbreak of the First World War Vicat Cole and Byam Shaw enlisted in the Artists Rifles...

George Ward Tjungurrayi was born near Kiwirrkura. It was only in his teenage years that he first encountered Europeans, when a commonwealth wel...

Serene Confidence was created from a collection of sketches drawn in situ whilst in Priory Bay, Isle of White. A beautifully dramatic, calm evening with a hint of pink. It is importa...

Scott Naismith’s painting Moulded by Water is an original painting that has been created using oil and spray paint on linen canvas. Scott Naismith usually paints bright and vibrant a...

Artist words and inspiration: I stumbled upon the most beautiful little cottage and garden whilst walking in the New Forest. A lady was gardening and stopped to talk - when she saw ...