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'Still Life with Fruit', Berlin School

circa 1960s

'Still Life on Black Background, oil on canvas (circa 1960s), by Edgar Stoëbel (1909-2001). In his inimitable style, artist Stoëbel's abstract still life with black background is a lively and colourful modernist work. This artwork has a powerful intensity of tone and colour which speaks to Stoëbel's very distinctive style but remains completely approachable and appealing. This is part of the post-war concrete abstract movement, or Constructive Art...

'Still Life with White Pitcher and Fruit', oil on board, by Anna Costa (circa 1960s). In addition to her many landscapes, Costa painted many still lifes, mostly bouquets of flowers a...

Wonderful expressionist painting of abstracted flowers in vase by Robert Henry Hurdle, RWA (English, b. 1918), 1970. Signed and dated lower right corner. Presented in rustic frame: Condition: Very good; painting had been glued into frame which is now restored. Image size: 16"H x 12"W. Framed size: 18.50"H x 22.50"W. Robert Henry Hurdle, Royal West of England Academy (RWA) was born in London on 9th August 1918. He first trained at the Richmond School of Art and then after distinguished war service during World War 2 he studied painting at Camberwell School of Art under Sir William Coldstream and was later senior lecturer at the West of England College of Art ( later called Bristol Polytechnic ). He has exhibited widely across the British lsles and most notably in Hong Kong and the South of France. His most recent solo show was at the Art Room at Topsham, Devon in 2013. His work is featured in many public and private collections including Bristol City Art Gallery and the Royal West of England Academy. Selected One Man Exhibits: 1969 Faculty of Fine Art, University College, Swansea. 1977 'Land and Water' City Art Gallery, Bristol 1978 'Land and Water' Pao Sui Loong Galleries, Hong Kong Arts Centre. 1981 'Reflections on Bristol 1950-81' King Street Gallery, Bristol. 1983 Farnham Maltings, Kiln Gallery, Farnham. 1987 Peter Sands Gallery, Bristol. 1989 Clevedon Bridge Gallery, Bath 1995 'Retrospective' Royal West of England Academy, 1998 'Robert Hurdle at 80' Fedden Gallery, Royal West of England Academy 2003 'Meeting with Tress' New Gallery, Royal West of England Academy 2009 'Selective Retrospective' New Gallery Royal West of England Academy 2012 'Paintings' The Art Room Group Exhibits: 1949-65 London group exhibitions 1950 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London. 1959-2015 Royal West of England Academy, Annual Exhibition 1959 Artists of Fame and Promise, Leicester Galleries 1960 New Arts Centre, London 1964 Frost and Reed Galleries, Bristol 1966 William Ware Gallery, London 1974 Courages Coronation Exhibition, City Art Gallery, Bristol. 'Accent on Colour', The Albany Gallery, Cardiff. 1976 Westward TV Exhibitions, Plymouth. 1978 Frost and Reed Galleries, Bristol. New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham. 1980 'Art in the making', King Street Gallery, Bristol and the City Art Gallery, Bath. 1985 '3 West Country Painters' Hunstrete House, Near Bath. 1988 'Recent paintings' Peter Sands Gallery, Bristol. Anthony Rossiter and Robert Hurdle. 2003 Innocent Fine Art, Bristol. 2004 'Western Approaches' Six members of the Royal West of England Academy: Derek Balmer, John Huggins, Robert Hurdle, Neil Murison...

This vibrant work by noted 20th century American artist, Joel Durand, employs a bold palette and sophisticated approach in this dramatic and abstracted sti...