James Lloyd Art

British, 1904-1974

Lloyd was born in Alsager, Cheshire. He had worked on his father's farm until the age of 19, when he too joined the police force. Lloyd had a variety of jobs before the war until he was accepted for the famous and exclusive British Army regiment of the Coldstream Guards. He served with distinction in his regiment overseas during the war. On demobilisation he married Nancy, she was a teenager and he in his forties, he returned to the land and took a job as - a wagonner- in Shropshire. Although he had done some paintings as a young man, it was not until he was forty, that he began to paint in earnest. He and his family moved to Skirpenbeck, East Riding of Yorkshire in 1950. He took on the job as a cowman and painted by night at the kitchen table. Lloyd began to produce so many paintings - laboriously constructed, dot-by-dot, in their naîve pointillism - that his wife Nancy, who was his severest critic, decided it was time that Jim's work was seen by a wider public than his family. Without telling Jim, she wrote to Sir Herbert Read, who paid the artist a visit and left with a couple of new purchases. Read also borrowed some to send to show to a group of London galleries. In 1958, at the age of fifty-three, James held his first one-man show at Arthur Jeffress Gallery. All but two of the 32 paintings were quickly sold. The rapidly expanding Lloyd family (eight children, and one who died young) moved to a council house further into the village and Jim took a job with the Derwent Plastics Company at Stamford Bridge, the money was better and the hours easier, he did shift work so he could paint by day and work by night. He devoted all his spare time (except for that spent at the pub) to painting. He never painted in a studio; he would usually just paint at the kitchen table. In 1961 he was commissioned by the York City Art Gallery under the Evelyn Award Scheme to paint the view of Cliffords Tower, York for the gallery's collection - his first work in a public collection. L.S. Lowry also produced a painting of Cliffords Tower. At the closure of Arthur Jeffress Gallery, James Lloyd was taken on by the Portal Gallery, where his paintings still remain. In 1963 Eric Lister of the Portal Gallery introduced James to film director Ken Russell. The result was that the BBC Monitor unit made a television documentary film about his life and work, 'The dotty world of James Lloyd'. Two years later Lloyd was chosen to play, the part of Henri Rousseau in Ken Russell's 'Monitor' film on the great French naîve painter. The photographer, David Bailey, bought several paintings by Lloyd and became a very good friend. When his book 'Goodbye Baby and Amen', an album of Bailey's portraits of celebrities of the 60's was published, Jim featured prominently.

Artist: James Lloyd

James LloydImage Head

$16,000

Image Head

By James Lloyd

Located in Napa, CA

"Metaphors, symbols, the material world, the collective unconscious and the spiritual realm generate the sources in which I investigate images for the viewer to interact with. Becaus...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary James Lloyd Art

Materials

Bronze, Steel

James LloydQueen's Vessel

$50,000

Queen's Vessel

By James Lloyd

Located in Napa, CA

On display at Auberge du Soleil. Inquire for weight. "Metaphors, symbols, the material world, the collective unconscious and the spiritual realm generate the sources in which I inv...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary James Lloyd Art

Materials

Bronze

James LloydSilent Head II

$16,000

Silent Head II

By James Lloyd

Located in Napa, CA

"Metaphors, symbols, the material world, the collective unconscious and the spiritual realm generate the sources in which I investigate images for the viewer to interact with. Becaus...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary James Lloyd Art

Materials

Bronze, Steel

James LloydSilent Head

$16,000

Silent Head

By James Lloyd

Located in Napa, CA

"Metaphors, symbols, the material world, the collective unconscious and the spiritual realm generate the sources in which I investigate images for the viewer to interact with. Becaus...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary James Lloyd Art

Materials

Bronze, Steel

Harry BertoiaSpray, 1979 (year completed)

$25,500

H 37 in Dm 13 in

Spray

By Harry Bertoia

Located in Miami, FL

TECHNICAL INFORMATION Harry Bertoia Spray 1979 (year completed) Steel wire, bronze 37 h x 13 dia in. Sold with a certificate of authenticity from the Harry Bertoia Foundation and a...

Category

1970s Abstract James Lloyd Art

Materials

Bronze, Steel

Carl PayneContemporary Reclining Bronze Nude Figurative Sculpture 'Spirit', brown, desktop

$3,600Sale Price|20% Off

H 6 in W 12.5 in

Contemporary Reclining Bronze Nude Figurative Sculpture 'Spirit', brown, desktop

By Carl Payne

Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire

'Spirit' by Carl Payne. Edition of 25. A small desktop bronze sculpture of a reclining nude figure captures the timeless beauty of the human form in a moment of repose. The sculptor...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary James Lloyd Art

Materials

Bronze

Yann GuillonDancer “Attraction” II by Yann Guillon - Contemporary Bronze sculpture, 2013

$3,130

H 13.78 in W 9.06 in D 3.55 in

Dancer “Attraction” II by Yann Guillon - Contemporary Bronze sculpture

By Yann Guillon

Located in Paris, FR

Danseur Attirance II is a bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Yann Guillon, dimensions are 35 × 23 × 9 cm (13.8 × 9.1 × 3.5 in). Height of the sculpture with the metal base: 51 c...

Category

2010s Contemporary James Lloyd Art

Materials

Bronze

Yann GuillonSmall Runner "Start" II by Yann Guillon - Figurative bronze sculpture, athlete, 2019

$2,126

H 8.67 in W 5.12 in D 1.97 in

Small Runner "Start" II by Yann Guillon - Figurative bronze sculpture, athlete

By Yann Guillon

Located in Paris, FR

Small Runner "Start" II is a bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Yann Guillon, dimensions are 22 × 13 × 5 cm (8.7 × 5.1 × 2 in). Height of the sculpture with the metal base: 42 c...

Category

2010s Contemporary James Lloyd Art

Materials

Bronze

Gary Magakis 1Bronze Table II, unknown

$1,800

H 18 in W 14 in D 14 in

Bronze Table II

By Gary Magakis 1

Located in Dallas, TX

Bronze & Steel Table

Category

2010s Abstract James Lloyd Art

Materials

Bronze, Steel

Wim van der KantRetrorsum Bookend Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Classic Contemporary In Stock, 2025

$9,932

H 11.82 in W 9.85 in

Retrorsum Bookend Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Classic Contemporary In Stock

By Wim van der Kant

Located in Utrecht, NL

Retrorsum Bookend Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Classic Contemporary In Stock Wim van der Kant, born in Kampen in 1949, is a sculptor known for his refined, realistic bronze sculptures....

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary James Lloyd Art

Materials

Bronze

David ChamberlainA Cappella - large, contemporary, abstract, bronze and steel outdoor sculpture, 2024

$115,000

H 61 in W 61 in D 42 in

A Cappella - large, contemporary, abstract, bronze and steel outdoor sculpture

By David Chamberlain

Located in Bloomfield, ON

This lyrical and elegant contemporary sculpture is by David Chamberlain whose work is collected and admired around the world. Hand forged in patinated bronze and steel, the flowing c...

Category

2010s Abstract James Lloyd Art

Materials

Bronze, Steel

Gary Magakis 1Bronze Table III, unknown

$1,800

H 18 in W 14 in D 14 in

Bronze Table III

By Gary Magakis 1

Located in Dallas, TX

Bronze & Steel Table

Category

2010s Abstract James Lloyd Art

Materials

Bronze, Steel

Marine de SoosBetween Heaven and Earth, 4.8-ft High Bronze Sculpture of a Standing Male Figure, 2020-2025

$27,642

H 57.49 in W 13 in D 16.15 in

Between Heaven and Earth, 4.8-ft High Bronze Sculpture of a Standing Male Figure

By Marine de Soos

Located in Paris, FR

Between Heaven and Earth is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Marine de Soos, dimensions are 57.5 × 13 × 16.1 in / 146 × 33 × 41 cm. The sculpture is signed and numbe...

Category

2010s Contemporary James Lloyd Art

Materials

Bronze

Ian Rank-BroadleyTorso of Ryan, 2024

$14,153

H 22.45 in W 4.73 in D 15.75 in

Torso of Ryan

Located in London, GB

Bronze Numbered 2/10 57cm × 18cm × 40cm (incl. base) Ian Rank-Broadley is one of the foremost sculptors working today. His effigy of the late Queen Elizabeth II appears on all UK an...

Category

2010s Contemporary James Lloyd Art

Materials

Bronze

Ian Rank-BroadleyArlen Reclining, 2014

$12,425

H 8.27 in W 10.24 in D 22.45 in

Arlen Reclining

Located in London, GB

Bronze Numbered 4/10 21cm × 26cm × 57cm Ian Rank-Broadley is one of the foremost sculptors working today. His effigy of the late Queen Elizabeth II appears on all UK and Commonwealt...

Category

2010s Contemporary James Lloyd Art

Materials

Bronze

Ian Rank-BroadleyMan with Hoop, 2023

$4,832

H 12.6 in W 5.91 in D 6.3 in

Man with Hoop

Located in London, GB

Bronze Numbered 2/10 32cm × 15cm × 16cm (incl. base) Ian Rank-Broadley is one of the foremost sculptors working today. His effigy of the late Queen Elizabeth II appears on all UK an...

Category

2010s Contemporary James Lloyd Art

Materials

Bronze

Previously Available Items

James LloydTwo Dogs in a Field - Dog Painting with Green Landscape in Naive Style, c. 1960s, 1960s circa

Sold

H 14.57 in W 9.45 in

Two Dogs in a Field - Dog Painting with Green Landscape in Naive Style, c. 1960s

By James Lloyd

Located in Kingsclere, GB

Two Dogs in a Field

Category

20th Century James Lloyd Art

Materials

Gouache

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