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Mid 20th Century Oil - Reclining Nude

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A wonderful mid 20th century oil depicting a nude lady. The artist has sensitively recorded the subject using a muted palette and soft yet gestural brushstrokes, evoking a sense of q...

A striking study depicting a reclining male model with his hands behind his head. The artist captures the scene in warm tones with soft reds and pinks making up the man's lean body. ...

James Stroudley 1906 -1985 Reclining Nude Oil on canvas, signed lower left Image size: 17 x 25 inches Original frame James Stroudley was born in London on 17 June 1906, the son of James Stroudley, showcard and ticket writer. He studied at Clapham School of Art (1923-27) and then at the Royal College of Art (1927-30), where his teachers included Alan Gwynne-Jones and William Rothenstein. As a recipient of the first Abbey Scholarship he was able to spend three years in Italy from 1930, where he absorbed the influences of Giotto and Piero della Francesca, and produced one of the last wholly satisfying decorative cycles by a Rome Scholar of the period. From 1934, he exhibited at the Royal Society of British Artists, and was elected to its membership in the following year. From the Second World War – in which he worked with the Camouflage Unit – Stroudley taught at St Martin’s School of Art and was a visiting lecturer at the Royal Academy Schools. Though he continued to live in London, his later work, exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1955, indicated regular painting trips to Kent and Sussex coasts. However, much of his later work was abstract. In 1971, his former student, Peter Coker...

Reclining Nude, early 20th Century by Harry Barr (1896-1987) Large Early 20th Century reclining nude, oil on canvas Harry Barr. Good qua...