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Peter Greenham Paintings

British, 1909-1992

Peter Greenham was a distinguished figurative painter of portraits, landscapes and incidents from domestic life. His work was both sensitive and intelligent and like himself, without showiness or pretension. He was the keeper of the Royal Academy Schools and a popular figure who taught many well-known artists including Martin Yeoman, Peter Kuhfeld, Edmund Fairfax-Lucy and Jane Corsellis. Greenham was born in Streatham and educated at Dulwich before studying English at Magdalen College, Oxford, followed by fine art at the Byam Shaw School of Art in Kensington from 1936–39 under the supervision of Ernest Jackson. After leaving Byam Shaw, he became a schoolmaster at Magdalen College School, Oxford and was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1951 and a Royal Academician in 1960. In 1964, he succeeded Sir Henry Rushbury as Keeper of the Royal Academy Schools, a position he held with distinction until his retirement in 1985. The Keeper has the responsibility of running the RA Schools and Greenham showed himself to have great sympathy and understanding for his students. In retirement, he was able to concentrate entirely on his painting and tended to paint places he knew well such as the Norfolk coast, Northumberland, Oxfordshire and Annecy as well as his wife, the painter Jane Dowling and his children. Among the people he has painted are HRH Queen Elizabeth II, Sir Isaiah Berlin, Professor Leonie Gombrich, Lady Bonham-Carter, Dr. F R Leavis and Lord Hailsham. His portraits of Jane and Father D'Arcy and Life Class at Byam Shaw School were bought under the terms of the Chantrey Bequest for the Tate Gallery. He is the author of a book on Velasquez. Greenham and Jane Dowling were given a retrospective touring exhibition under the sponsorship of the Arts Council and the Norwich School of Art from 1984–85 and Greenham had a Retrospective at the Ashmolean in 1989 to celebrate his 80th birthday.

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Artist: Peter Greenham
Interior with a Seated Figure - 20th Century Oil Painting with Female Figure
Interior with a Seated Figure - 20th Century Oil Painting with Female Figure

Interior with a Seated Figure - 20th Century Oil Painting with Female Figure

By Peter Greenham

Located in Kingsclere, GB

Peter Greenham British, 1909-1992 Interior with a Seated Figure oil on canvas-board 20.5 x 32.5 cm 8 1/8 x 12 3/4 in Peter Greenham was a distinguished figurative painter of portrai...

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20th Century Peter Greenham Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Board

Cromer Pier - Green, Blue + Brown 20th Century Seascape Oil Painting
Cromer Pier - Green, Blue + Brown 20th Century Seascape Oil Painting

Cromer Pier - Green, Blue + Brown 20th Century Seascape Oil Painting

By Peter Greenham

Located in Kingsclere, GB

Peter Greenham 1909-1992 Cromer Pier oil on canvas 30.5 x 40.6 cm 12 x 16 in signed with initials Peter Greenham was a distinguished figurative painter of portraits, landscapes and ...

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20th Century Peter Greenham Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Peter Greenham (1909-1992) - 20th Century Oil, Uncommon Things
Peter Greenham (1909-1992) - 20th Century Oil, Uncommon Things

Peter Greenham (1909-1992) - 20th Century Oil, Uncommon Things

By Peter Greenham

Located in Corsham, GB

This intriguing still life attributed to Peter Greenham (1909-1992), presents an array of unusual objects carefully composed before a rich red curtain. The work is rendered with bold...

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20th Century Peter Greenham Paintings

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Oil

Simonside, Northumberland - 20th Century Green Landscape Oil Painting with Cloud
Simonside, Northumberland - 20th Century Green Landscape Oil Painting with Cloud

Simonside, Northumberland - 20th Century Green Landscape Oil Painting with Cloud

By Peter Greenham

Located in Kingsclere, GB

Peter Greenham British, 1909-1992 Simonside, Northumberland oil on canvas board 13 x 26 cm 5 1/8 x 10 1/4 in signed with initials Peter Greenham was a distinguished figurative paint...

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20th Century Peter Greenham Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Board

Playing on the Beach, Oil on Board Painting by Peter Greenham
Playing on the Beach, Oil on Board Painting by Peter Greenham

Playing on the Beach, Oil on Board Painting by Peter Greenham

By Peter Greenham

Located in Kingsclere, GB

Playing on the Beach, Oil on Board Painting by Peter Greenham 1909-1992 Additional information: Medium: Oil on board 25.4 x 35.6 cm 10 x 14 in Signed with initials Peter Greenham was a distinguished figurative painter of portraits, landscapes and incidents from domestic life. His work was both sensitive and intelligent and like himself, without showiness or pretension. He was keeper of the Royal Academy Schools and a popular figure who taught many well-known artists including Martin Yeoman, Peter Kuhfeld, Edmund Fairfax-Lucy and Jane Corsellis. Greenham was born in Streatham and educated at Dulwich before studying English at Magdalen College, Oxford, followed by Fine Art at the Byam Shaw School of Art in Kensington from 1936-39 under the supervision of Ernest Jackson. After leaving Byam Shaw he became a schoolmaster at Magdalen College School, Oxford and was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1951 and an R.A. in 1960. In 1964 he succeeded Sir Henry Rushbury as Keeper of the Royal Academy Schools, a position he held with distinction until his retirement in 1985. The Keeper has the responsibility of running the RA Schools and Greenham showed himself to have great sympathy and understanding for his students. In retirement he was able to concentrate entirely on his painting and tended to paint places he knew well such as the Norfolk coast, Northumberland, Oxfordshire and Annecy as well as his wife, the painter Jane Dowling...

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20th Century Peter Greenham Paintings

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Board

Landscape near Vezelay, 1983 - Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas, Tree and River
Landscape near Vezelay, 1983 - Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas, Tree and River

Landscape near Vezelay, 1983 - Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas, Tree and River

By Peter Greenham

Located in Kingsclere, GB

Landscape near Vezelay, Oil on Canvas Painting by Peter Greenham 1909-1992, 1983 Additional information: Medium: Oil on canvas on board 25.4 x 30.5 cm 10 x 12 in Signed with initials Provenance Acquired from the 1998 exhibition by a private collector, UK. Exhibitions London, New Grafton Gallery, 'Peter Greenham', Dec 1998 Peter Greenham was a distinguished figurative painter of portraits, landscapes and incidents from domestic life. His work was both sensitive and intelligent and like himself, without showiness or pretension. He was keeper of the Royal Academy Schools and a popular figure who taught many well-known artists including Martin Yeoman, Peter Kuhfeld, Edmund Fairfax-Lucy and Jane Corsellis. Greenham was born in Streatham and educated at Dulwich before studying English at Magdalen College, Oxford, followed by Fine Art at the Byam Shaw School of Art in Kensington from 1936-39 under the supervision of Ernest Jackson. After leaving Byam Shaw he became a schoolmaster at Magdalen College School, Oxford and was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1951 and an R.A. in 1960. In 1964 he succeeded Sir Henry Rushbury as Keeper of the Royal Academy Schools, a position he held with distinction until his retirement in 1985. The Keeper has the responsibility of running the RA Schools and Greenham showed himself to have great sympathy and understanding for his students. In retirement he was able to concentrate entirely on his painting and tended to paint places he knew well such as the Norfolk coast, Northumberland, Oxfordshire and Annecy as well as his wife, the painter Jane Dowling...

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20th Century Peter Greenham Paintings

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Canvas

Mont St. Michel I, Oil on Board Figurative Landscape Painting, 20th C
Mont St. Michel I, Oil on Board Figurative Landscape Painting, 20th C

Mont St. Michel I, Oil on Board Figurative Landscape Painting, 20th C

By Peter Greenham

Located in Kingsclere, GB

Mont St. Michel I, Oil on Board Painting by Peter Greenham Additional information: Medium: Oil on Board 6 1/8 x 12 1/4 in 15.5 x 31.1 cm Signed with initials lower left A larger p...

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20th Century Peter Greenham Paintings

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Board

Beach Scene, Norfolk Coast, Oil on Board Painting by Peter Greenham
Beach Scene, Norfolk Coast, Oil on Board Painting by Peter Greenham

Beach Scene, Norfolk Coast, Oil on Board Painting by Peter Greenham

By Peter Greenham

Located in Kingsclere, GB

Beach Scene, Norfolk Coast, Oil on Board Painting by Peter Greenham 1909-1992 Additional information: Medium: Oil on board 18.5 x 30 cm 7 1/4 x 11 3/4 in Signed with initials Provenance Jonleigh Gallery, Surrey Peter Greenham was a distinguished figurative painter of portraits, landscapes and incidents from domestic life. His work was both sensitive and intelligent and like himself, without showiness or pretension. He was keeper of the Royal Academy Schools and a popular figure who taught many well-known artists including Martin Yeoman, Peter Kuhfeld, Edmund Fairfax-Lucy and Jane Corsellis. Greenham was born in Streatham and educated at Dulwich before studying English at Magdalen College, Oxford, followed by Fine Art at the Byam Shaw School of Art in Kensington from 1936-39 under the supervision of Ernest Jackson. After leaving Byam Shaw he became a schoolmaster at Magdalen College School, Oxford and was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1951 and an R.A. in 1960. In 1964 he succeeded Sir Henry Rushbury as Keeper of the Royal Academy Schools, a position he held with distinction until his retirement in 1985. The Keeper has the responsibility of running the RA Schools and Greenham showed himself to have great sympathy and understanding for his students. In retirement he was able to concentrate entirely on his painting and tended to paint places he knew well such as the Norfolk coast, Northumberland, Oxfordshire and Annecy as well as his wife, the painter Jane Dowling...

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20th Century Peter Greenham Paintings

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Board

Lake Annecy, Oil on Board Painting by Peter Greenham
Lake Annecy, Oil on Board Painting by Peter Greenham

Lake Annecy, Oil on Board Painting by Peter Greenham

By Peter Greenham

Located in Kingsclere, GB

Lake Annecy, Oil on Board Painting by Peter Greenham 1909-1992 Additional information: Medium: Oil on board 18 x 27 cm 7 1/8 x 10 5/8 in Signed with initials Provenance Jonleigh Gallery, Surrey Peter Greenham was a distinguished figurative painter of portraits, landscapes and incidents from domestic life. His work was both sensitive and intelligent and like himself, without showiness or pretension. He was keeper of the Royal Academy Schools and a popular figure who taught many well-known artists including Martin Yeoman, Peter Kuhfeld, Edmund Fairfax-Lucy and Jane Corsellis. Greenham was born in Streatham and educated at Dulwich before studying English at Magdalen College, Oxford, followed by Fine Art at the Byam Shaw School of Art in Kensington from 1936-39 under the supervision of Ernest Jackson. After leaving Byam Shaw he became a schoolmaster at Magdalen College School, Oxford and was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1951 and an R.A. in 1960. In 1964 he succeeded Sir Henry Rushbury as Keeper of the Royal Academy Schools, a position he held with distinction until his retirement in 1985. The Keeper has the responsibility of running the RA Schools and Greenham showed himself to have great sympathy and understanding for his students. In retirement he was able to concentrate entirely on his painting and tended to paint places he knew well such as the Norfolk coast, Northumberland, Oxfordshire and Annecy as well as his wife, the painter Jane Dowling...

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20th Century Peter Greenham Paintings

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Board

View from the Road Between Cambo and Hexham (Northumberland), Oil Painting
View from the Road Between Cambo and Hexham (Northumberland), Oil Painting

View from the Road Between Cambo and Hexham (Northumberland), Oil Painting

By Peter Greenham

Located in Kingsclere, GB

View from the Road Between Cambo and Hexham (Northumberland), Oil Painting by Peter Greenham 1909-1992 Additional information: Medium: Oil on canvas 59.5 x 80 cm 23 3/8 x 31 1/2 in Peter Greenham was a distinguished figurative painter of portraits, landscapes and incidents from domestic life. His work was both sensitive and intelligent and like himself, without showiness or pretension. He was keeper of the Royal Academy Schools and a popular figure who taught many well-known artists including Martin Yeoman, Peter Kuhfeld, Edmund Fairfax-Lucy and Jane Corsellis. Greenham was born in Streatham and educated at Dulwich before studying English at Magdalen College, Oxford, followed by Fine Art at the Byam Shaw School of Art in Kensington from 1936-39 under the supervision of Ernest Jackson. After leaving Byam Shaw he became a schoolmaster at Magdalen College School, Oxford and was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1951 and an R.A. in 1960. In 1964 he succeeded Sir Henry Rushbury as Keeper of the Royal Academy Schools, a position he held with distinction until his retirement in 1985. The Keeper has the responsibility of running the RA Schools and Greenham showed himself to have great sympathy and understanding for his students. In retirement he was able to concentrate entirely on his painting and tended to paint places he knew well such as the Norfolk coast, Northumberland, Oxfordshire and Annecy as well as his wife, the painter Jane Dowling...

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20th Century Peter Greenham Paintings

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Canvas

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