Blair Hughes-Stanton was the only son of a successful landscape painter, Sir Herbert Hughes-Stanton. He had little formal education, joining a cadet school ship at the age of 13. As an artist, he trained at the Byam Shaw School of Art, where he was greatly influenced by Leon Underwood. In 1921, he moved to Underwood’s new school in Hammersmith and when Underwood went to America in 1925, Hughes-Stanton was left in charge of the school. Although he continued to paint and draw, he soon gained a reputation for his wood-engravings. Hughes-Stanton's first published works were illustrations to T.E. Lawrence’s The Seven Pillar’s of Wisdom, 1926. He married Gertrude Hermes, a well known British printmaker, in the same year. Much of Hughes-Stanton’s subsequent work was in the form of illustrations for private press books, first with the Cressent and Golden Cockerel Presses and then, from 1930–33, for the Gregynog Press in Wales. Between 1928–30, he was closely associated with D.H. Lawrence and illustrated several of his books. It was partly in response to the philosophy of these novels and partly to his new affair with Ida Graves that he created the overtly sexual iconography that marks the prints of this period. In 1933–36, he established Gemini Press, with the backing of Robert Sainsbury, but by 1935, the Depression had put an end to commissions for illustrative works, and he returned to the single sheet print. Hughes-Stanton's prints of the later 1930s are notable in their concern with modernist abstraction. He won an international prize for engraving at the Venice Biennale in 1938. During World War II, he worked in camouflage with the Royal Engineers, after which he was sent to Greece, where he was captured, became a PoW, and was shot in the face. Following the war, commissions for private press books dried up, and his war wound seriously affected his three-dimensional vision. He found work teaching at Westminster School of Art 1947–48, and from 1948 Hughes-Stanton was a lecturer in printmaking and drawing at the Society of Wood Engravers, St. Martins and the Central School of Art. He later lived in Manningtree, Essex.
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Myth III - British 1936 Modern art tempera painting Ida Graves poet family
By Blair Hughes-Stanton
Located in Hagley, England
This superb British 1930's modern art tempera painting is by noted interwar artist Blair Hughes-Stanton. Painted in 1936 it is part of the myth se...
Egg Tempera
Blair Hughes-Stanton 'Reclining Nude' abstract oil painting British Surrealism
By Blair Hughes-Stanton
Located in London, GB
To see our other Modern British Art, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the artist you want. Blair Hughes-Stanton (1902-1981) Reclining Nude, c. 1936 Tempera on canvas 76.5 x 102 cm Signed lower right 'Blair H S'. Provenance: The estate of the artist. A magnificent abstract nude rendered in a dynamic colour palette. This is probably Hughes-Stanton's most important work, and belongs to the nation's great, if brief, period of British Surrealism. The three major elements are distinct: the pastel tones of the window view and wall, the sensual curvatures of the pale nude, and the bold foreground featuring a fantastically accomplished still life of a fruit bowl (which could be a painting in and of itself) and the impressively phallic chair back. This is a brilliant example of erotic modernist abstraction. Blair Hughes-Stanton, son of the artist Sir Herbert Hughes-Stanton, was a noted British artist of the interwar period. At the age of 13 he joined the Royal Navy training ship HMS Coway, but at 19 - advised by his father - he abandoned the sea for his paintbox. He studied art at Byam Shaw School (1919-1922) where he was influenced by Leon Underwood (who was a major influence throughout his studying), Royal Academy Schools (1922-23), and Leon Underwood's School (1923-25). He was celebrated mostly for his skills as an engraver, and was a founding member of the English Wood Engraving Society when it was established in 1925. His first wife was the printmaker Gertrude Hermes...
Tempera, Canvas
$2,650
H 24 in W 40 in D 1 in
Garden of Eden, Surrealist Figurative Springtime Abstract with Flower
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Bay area figurative movement painting of the Archangel looking at Adam and Eve and the serpent standing near the Tree of Knowledge (Life), being expelled from the Garden of Eden; and...
Canvas, Oil
$2,593
H 15.36 in W 10.63 in D 0.99 in
Virgin of Kataphyge and St. John, after a Byzantine Bulgarian Icon 14th Century
Located in Segovia, ES
The Virgin of Kataphyge with Saint John the Evangelist, after a Bulgarian Byzantine icon of the 14th Century. Egg tempera and gold leaf on gesso and wood. Author: Oliver Samsinger...
Gold Leaf
$2,715Sale Price|20% Off
H 16.54 in W 13.39 in D 0.79 in
Icon of Our Lady of Jerusalem with oklad by Oliver Samsinger
Located in Segovia, ES
Icon of Our Lady of Jerusalem. Egg tempera on gesso and over a wooden board. Dimensions in centimeters: 42 x 34 x 2 cm / In inches: 16.54 x 13-39 x 0-79 " Author: Oliver Samsinger...
Brass
$943
H 31.89 in W 21.26 in D 0.99 in
Nude Woman - Oil Paint attr. Edgar Stoebel - Mid-20th Century
By Edgar Stoëbel
Located in Roma, IT
Nude woman is an artwork attribuited to Edgar Stoebel (1909-2001). 81 x 45 cm; no frame. Oil painting on canvas. Good conditions.
Canvas, Oil
$2,216
H 27.56 in W 39.77 in D 0.79 in
Large Colourful Female Nude Painting, Oil on Canvas, Modern Style
By Isabelle Pardoe
Located in Cotignac, FR
Colourful, large oil on canvas female nude by Isabelle Pardoe. The painting is not signed but came directly from the atelier of the artist. Isabell Pardoe trained at the Slade scho...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$2,003
H 14.57 in W 12.21 in D 0.99 in
Panagia Paramythia Byzantine Style Icon, Egg Tempera on Wood, 24K Gold Leaf
By Oliver Samsinger
Located in Segovia, ES
Panagia Paramythia (Mother of Consolation) Artist: Oliver Samsinger. Technique: Egg tempera on gesso and wood, with 24‑karat gold leaf. Dimensions: 37 × 31 × 2.5 cm. Description of...
Gold Leaf
Modernist Reclining Female Nude Figurative
Located in Soquel, CA
Modernist reclining female nude figurative painting by an unknown artist (American, 20th Century). This vivid late 20th-century figural piece featur...
Tempera, Masonite
$70,000
H 35.5 in W 53 in
"Reclining Nude" Arthur B. Carles, Abstracted Nude, Early American Modernism
By Arthur Beecher Carles
Located in New York, NY
Mercedes Matter Reclining Nude, circa 1920 Signed "Mercedes Matter" on the overlap Oil on canvas 32 x 51 inches Known for his use of expressive and uninhibited color, Arthur B. Car...
Canvas, Oil
$1,768
H 14.97 in W 16.93 in D 1.3 in
Byzantine Icon "Virgin of the Sign" (Orans) with Child Emmanuel & Cherubim
By Oliver Samsinger
Located in Segovia, ES
Virgin of the Sign (Orans), with the Christ Child Emmanuel and Cherubim Artist: Oliver Samsinger Technique: Egg tempera on gesso and wood, with 24-karat gold leaf application. Dimens...
Gold Leaf
$1,225Sale Price|33% Off
H 11.82 in W 10.04 in D 0.79 in
Saint Nicolas in the style of Russian icons of the 18th century. With Oklad
Located in Segovia, ES
Icono of Saint Nicolas in the style of Russian icons of the 18th century. Egg tempera and gesso on wood, covered by a metal oklad made by the artist himself. The oklad, in principle, were made to cover damaged parts of highly revered ancient icons...
Gesso, Wood, Egg Tempera
$2,121
H 25.2 in W 11.42 in D 1.78 in
The archangel Saint Michael, after an icon of the 14th century
Located in Segovia, ES
Archangel Saint Michael after an icon from Constantinople of the 14th Century. Artist: Oliver Samsinger Technique: Egg tempera on gesso and wood, with application of gold leaf Dimens...
Gold Leaf
$7,500
H 21.5 in W 18.125 in
MARCEL DYF Femme à sa Toilette, Modern Oil Painting, Framed, Mid-20th Century
By Marcel Dyf
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
H 30.25 x W 26.75 x D 2 in. (framed) Signed lower right: “DYF” Dyf Archives ID No. 2063 Provenance Christie’s East, New York, Modern Paintings, Drawings & Sculptures, November 10, 1992, lot 60 as Nu à sa toilette. Private collection Private collection, New York (Purchased from above) This item is in our New York City warehouse and can be viewed by appointment. Marcel Dyf’s 1950 oil painting...
Oil, Canvas