Christopher Hughes Art

Abstract Watercolor N.8 by Dmitry Samygin Minimalist and geometric paintings. Technique: Watercolor Color: Teal blue Size: H. 35.5 x 27.5 x 0.1 cm Dmitry Samygin is a Furniture a...

MAXWELL ARMFIELD, RWS. (British 1882-1972) Costume Design for Geranos Signed l.l.: MAXWELL ARMFIELD, inscribed u.l.: Costume, PHEONIX CEREMONY/ IAN (?) VALO as DAVID, and further i...

RICHARD WESTALL, RA (1765-1836) Cupid Sleeping; from a poem of Mrs Robinson - The Duchess of Devonshire Discovers the Sleeping Cupid Watercolour on paper, oval 36 by 44.5 cm., 14 ¼ by 18 in. (frame size 55 by 66 cm., 21 ¾ by 26 in.) Exhibited: London, Royal Academy, 1792, no.448. Richard Westall was bon in Reepham, near Norwich. Initially apprenticed to a London silver engraving he began studying at the Royal Academy Schools from 1785 and exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy between 1784 and 1836. Westall became an Associate member of the Royal Academy in 1792 and a full member in 1794. Westall painted in both oil and watercolour, his works being romantic and neoclassical in style. He contributing to both Boydell’s Shakespeare Gallery and Fuseli’s Milton Gallery and was also a prolific book illustrator of both fiction and poetry including works by Sir Walter Scott and Byron, whose portrait he also painted. For a time he was also art master to the young Princess Victoria. This is probably Westall’s 1792 Royal Academy exhibit (no.448). The subject was inspired by the poem Cupid Sleeping by the poetess-actress Mary Darby Robinson, which had been published in the previous year. The poem was dedicated to Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire and the picture show the Duchess discovering the sleeping cupid who she then relieves of his bow and arrows. Mrs Robinson was not only the Duchess’s protégée but also the first public mistress of the Prince of Wales. William Nutter’s engraving of Westall’s picture was also dedicated to the Duchess of Devonshire. Close in a woodbine's tangled shade, The blooming god asleep was laid; His brows with mossy roses crown'd; His golden darts lay scatter'd round; To shade his auburn, curled head, A purple canopy was spread, Which gently with the breezes play'd, And shed around a soften'd shade. Upon his downy smiling cheek, Adorned with many a "dimple sleek," Beam'd glowing health and tender blisses, His coral lip...

JOHN DRONSFIELD (1900-1951) Young Girl - “Amor Eterno” Inscribed on the reverse: Girl from “Amor Eterno” Jasmine Honeré Ballet, 1949 Watercolour and bodycolour on blue paper Unfra...

CLAUDE ALLIN SHEPPERSON, ARA, ARWS (1867-1921) Petrushka – Scene from the Ballets Russes Signed l.l.: Shepperson Watercolour over traces of pencil on paper Framed 30.5 by 45.5 cm., 12 by 18 in. (frame size 52.5 by 66 cm., 20 ¾ by 26 in.) Provenance: Richard C Davis...

JOHN DRONSFIELD (1900-1951) Costume Design with Green Jacket Watercolour and bodycolour over pencil Unframed, in mount only 40 by 28.5 cm., 15 ¾ by 11 ¼ in. (mount size 53 by 41...

Gouache on paper. Unique work. Signed and titled by the artist lower right "The intimate and the unspeakable are present, and I make sure to maintain areas of tension and rest to ...

MARIANNE VON WERTHER, RBA (1901-1984) The Pump House Gazebo, Berkeley Square, London Signed l.r.: M von Werther Pen and ink and watercolour Unframed,...

ALFRED ADALBERT BOESE (1875-1923) The Polar Bears at Home Indistinctly signed and dated l.r.: B Boese/01; signed, dated, inscribed with title and the artist’s address on the revers...

ARTHUR WARDLE (1864-1949) Study of a Water Hyacinth Signed Watercolour and bodycolour on linen, framed 33.5 by 23 cm., 13 ½ by 9 in. (frame size 52.5 by 43 cm., 21 ¾ by 17 in.) A...

"Architectural Delusion 3" Gouache on paper Measures: 68 x 53 cm, frame included (Signed on the back). Bauhaus style and geometric abstraction style. Geometric shapes in blue, gr...

EVE SHELDON-WILLIAMS (1916-2001) Fashion Illustration White wash on black paper Framed 30.5 by 15.5 cm., 12 by 6 in. (frame size 50 by 34.5 cm., 19 ¾ by 13 ½ in.) Provenance: The artist’s family. Eve Sheldon-Williams was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, the younger daughter of artist Inglis and Ina Sheldon-Williams. She was governess educated until the age of ten, before settling with her parents on the Italian Riviera from 1926 to 1930. After finished her education in England she studied painting, illustration and design at the Central School of Arts and Crafts 1937-1941, under William Roberts, John Skeaping, Bernard Meninsky and John Farleigh...