Stuart Somerville Art

Stuart Scott Somerville (1908-1983) View on the Suffolk coast, near Dunwich Signed Oil on canvas 16 x 23½ inches An atmospheric view of the Suffolk coast with wonderful flourishes t...

Stuart Somerville 1908 - 1983 Flowers in a Glass Vase Oil on canvas Image size: 30 x 25 inches Framed Stuart Scott Somerville was born at Arksey, Doncaster, Yorkshire on 6 February 1908, son of artist and collector Charles Somerville and his wife Rose Annie née Chantree. Stuart studied under his father and a fascination with the female nude began at the age of 15. He had his gold medal at one exhibition rescinded when his age was realised, as the subject matter was deemed inappropriate for 'a boy of his years'. Although during the last two decades of his life he worked assiduously on the female form, he almost never showed, let alone exhibited, these works. He exhibited his paintings of flowers at the Royal Academy in 1925 aged 17, the youngest to do so since Edwin Landseer (1802-1873), and continued until 1961, also exhibiting at the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Royal Hibernian Academy, Royal Scottish Academy and the Fine Art Society. He married at Catherine Lavine in Liskeard, Cornwall in 1942, Catherine Michael Lavine...