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John Sergeant Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

1937-2010
Sergeant was born in London, the son of a civil servant. His family soon moved to Faversham in Kent after they were bombed during World War II. He studied at Canterbury College of Art from 1954-57, during which period he met John Ward, who was to become a lifelong friend and supporter. In 1959 he entered the Royal Academy Schools, where he won a Drawing Prize in 1961. In 1962 he married a fellow student, Carolyn Cann. After graduating from the RA he taught part-time at art schools in Kent and worked on commissions including book jacket designs and illustrations and series of ‘room-portraits’ of interiors. He moved to near Builth Wells, Wales in 1983. In 1989 the Prince of Wales asked Sergeant to contribute drawings to his book Vision of Britain; two years later he accompanied the prince on an official visit to Prague. A superb draughtsman, he was a great exponent of the teaching of drawing in art school: “If you can draw you can paint. All you need to know as Whistler used to say, is which end of the brush to put in your mouth”. In his 2006 Colnaghi exhibition he described himself as a “serious serial draughtsman who explores, scrutinizes the same subject back, front, sideways, this way and that. It is all part of trying to understand”.
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Artist: John Sergeant
John Sergeant - 20th Century British Portrait of the Artist's Wife
By John Sergeant
Located in London, GB
JOHN SERGEANT (1937-2010) Portrait of Carolyn, the artist’s wife. Pencil and watercolour, unframed 33 by 21.5 cm., 13 by 8 ½ in. (mount size 49.5 by 37 cm., 19 ½ by 14 ½ in.) Ser...
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Mid-20th Century Realist John Sergeant Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Pencil

John Sergeant - 20th Century British Portrait of the Artist's Wife

John Sergeant
John Sergeant - 20th Century British Portrait of the Artist's Wife, 1970

$276
John Sergeant - 20th Century British Portrait Drawing of a Girl in a Hat
By John Sergeant
Located in London, GB
JOHN SERGEANT (1937-2010) Girl in a Hat Pencil on tinted paper Framed 24 by 18 cm., 9 ½ by 7 in. (frame size 46 by 39 cm., 18 by 15 ¼ in.) Sergeant was born in London, the son o...
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1960s Realist John Sergeant Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

John Sergeant - 20th Century British Portrait Drawing of a Girl in a Hat

John Sergeant
John Sergeant - 20th Century British Portrait Drawing of a Girl in a Hat, 1965

$761
Pencil Portrait of a Young Man by 20th Century British Artist John Sergeant
By John Sergeant
Located in London, GB
JOHN SERGEANT (1937-2010) Head of a Young Man Pencil 32 by 25 cm., 12 ½ by 10 in. (frame size 51 by 43 cm., 20 by 17 in.) Sergeant was born in London, the son of a civil servant....
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1960s Realist John Sergeant Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Pencil Portrait of a Young Man by 20th Century British Artist John Sergeant
Pencil Portrait of a Young Man by 20th Century British Artist John Sergeant

John Sergeant
Pencil Portrait of a Young Man by 20th Century British Artist John Sergeant, 1970

$899
Portrait of a Young Male, Graphite on paper sketch, 20th Century English Artist
By John Sergeant
Located in London, GB
Graphite on paper Image size: 10 1/4 x 8 1/2 (26 x 22 cm) Mounted Drawing was at the heart of all of his artistic practice. A friend once recalled an anecdote that out on a walk he ...
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20th Century English School John Sergeant Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Graphite

Portrait of a Young Male, Graphite on paper sketch, 20th Century English Artist

John Sergeant
Portrait of a Young Male, Graphite on paper sketch, 20th Century English Artist

$1,037
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