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Smithfield Cattle Show, 1930s art deco poster design by A. E. Halliwell
Located in London, GB
A. E. Halliwell (1905-1987)
Smithfield Cattle Show
Airbrush and gouache
26 x 33 cm
c.1930
Provenance: Family of the artist
A.E. Halliwell (1905–1986) was a British artist, illustra...
Category
1930s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
The Jewel that is London, 1930s art deco poster design by A. E. Halliwell
Located in London, GB
A. E. Halliwell (1905-1987)
The Jewel that is London
Airbrush and gouache
26 x 33 cm
c.1930
Signed to reverse
Provenance: Family of the artist
A.E. Halliwell (1905–1986) was a Brit...
Category
1930s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
Pansies, 1930s art deco design by A. E. Halliwell
Located in London, GB
A. E. Halliwell (1905-1987)
Pansies
Gouache
30 x 47 cm
c.1930
Label to reverse 'Baynard Press', Signed lower right, further signed in pencil and dated 1929.
Provenance: Family of the...
Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
War is War, 1930s art deco book cover design by A. E. Halliwell
Located in London, GB
A. E. Halliwell (1905-1987)
War is War
Gouache
21 x 19 cm (full sheet size 38 x 28 cm)
c.1930
With signature and title from applied support paper
Provenance: Family of the artist
...
Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
Presents for George, Mary & Gladys, 1930s art deco poster design
Located in London, GB
A. E. Halliwell (1905-1987)
Presents for George, Mary & Gladys
Gouache and collage
46 x 33 cm
c.1930
Provenance: Family of the artist
A.E. Halliwell (1905–1986) was a British artist...
Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
Hats, 1930s art deco poster design by A. E. Halliwell
Located in London, GB
A. E. Halliwell (1905-1987)
Hats
Airbrush and pen
50 x 32 cm
c.1930
Stamped signature
Provenance: Family of the artist
A.E. Halliwell (1905–1986) was a British artist, illustrator...
Category
1930s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
Women in blue and yellow, vintage poster design by A. E. Halliwell
Located in London, GB
A. E. Halliwell (1905-1987)
Women in blue and yellow
Gouache
30 x 47 cm
c.1930
Provenance: Family of the artist
A.E. Halliwell (1905–1986) was a British artist, illustrator, and d...
Category
1930s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
Cricket: Defending the Wicket, 1930s vintage poster design by A. E. Halliwell
Located in London, GB
A. E. Halliwell (1905-1987)
Defending the Wicket
Airbrush and pen
13 x 13 cm
c.1930
Signed to the bottom right
Provenance: Family of the artist
A.E. Halliwell (1905–1986) was a Bri...
Category
1930s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
Running Race, 1930s vintage poster design by A. E. Halliwell
Located in London, GB
A. E. Halliwell (1905-1987)
Running Race
Airbrush and pen
13 x 13 cm
c.1930
Signed to the bottom right
Provenance: Family of the artist
A.E. Halliwell (1905–1986) was a British art...
Category
1930s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
Xmas Gifts, 1930s vintage poster design by A. E. Halliwell
Located in London, GB
A. E. Halliwell (1905-1987)
Xmas Gifts
Airbrush and pen
50 x 32 cm
c.1930
Stamped signature
Provenance: Family of the artist
A.E. Halliwell (1905–1986) was a British artist, illu...
Category
1930s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
Furs, 1930s art deco poster design by A. E. Halliwell
Located in London, GB
A. E. Halliwell (1905-1987)
Furs
Airbrush and pen
50 x 32 cm
c.1930
Stamped signature
Provenance: Family of the artist
A.E. Halliwell (1905–1986) was a British artist, illustrator...
Category
1930s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
Thomas the Tank Engine at Wellsworth Station, original ink on cell illustrations
Located in London, GB
John York
Thomas the Tank Engine at Wellsworth Station
Ink on cel
41 x 30 cm
This black-and-white ink illustration depicts Thomas the Tank Engine at Wellsworth Station, a well-kno...
Category
1990s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Thomas the Tank Engine, 'Seeing Signals', original ink on cell illustrations
Located in London, GB
John York
Thomas the Tank 'Seeing Signals'
Ink on cel
41 x 30 cm
This black-and-white ink illustration is from the Thomas & Friends episode "Seeing Signals." This episode features...
Category
1990s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Thomas the Tank Engine, 'Seeing Signals', original ink on cell illustrations
Located in London, GB
John York
Thomas the Tank 'Seeing Signals'
Ink on cel
41 x 30 cm
This black-and-white ink illustration is from the Thomas & Friends episode "Seeing Signals." This episode features...
Category
1990s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Thomas the Tank Engine, 'Signal to stop!', original ink on cell illustrations
Located in London, GB
John York
Thomas the Tank Engine, 'Signal to stop!'
Ink on cel
41 x 30 cm
This black-and-white ink illustration was part of the storyboard for the episode 'Signal to Stop!'. In th...
Category
1990s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Girls' School Harrogate, watercolour by Sir George Gilbert Scott
Located in London, GB
Sir George Gilbert Scott FRIBA
Girls' School Harrogate
Watercolour
53 x 96 cm
Signed to the lower right.
Sir George Gilbert Scott (1811–1878) i...
Category
Mid-19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Pencil design for stained glass window by Jane Gray
Located in London, GB
Jane Gray (b.1931)
Design for stained glass window
Pencil and coloured pencil on paper
52 x 68 cm
Dated 1975 to lower right.
Jane Gray A.R.C.A. (b.1931) is a British stained glass artist. She studied stained glass at the Kingston School of Arts (1949-51) and later at the Royal College of Art (1951-55) under Lawrence Lee. Lee was so impressed with Gray’s work that he asked her to work alongside him on the design of ten nave windows for Coventry Cathedral. This six-year-long design project culminated in their final installation in 1962 after the cathedral’s consecration. Gray was the first woman to become a liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Glaziers and has designed more than a hundred windows in private and public buildings, chapels and over forty churches across the country, including St Peter’s, Martindale, Shrewsbury Abbey, St Oswald, Oswestry and St Mary, Chirk. Gray’s designs mark a crucial turning point in the history of stained glass art as the Victorian style gave way to a modern aesthetic. In her work, Gray navigates this shift with a style that, whilst distinctly modern, retains a deep rooted sense of the medieval. Despite many of her commissions being for church windows, stained glass design was not simply about religious depiction for Gray, but more about ‘colour, shapes, luminosity, [and] playing with rainbows’.
This stained glass cartoon...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Color Pencil
Container Ship, pencil drawing by Laurence Dunn
By Laurence Dunn
Located in London, GB
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Laurence D...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Rufford Old Hall - Door Details, pencil drawing by M R A Hollis
Located in London, GB
M R A Hollis
Rufford Old Hall, Door Details
Pencil drawing
56 x 77 cm
Professor Malcolm A Hollis was a chartered surveyor, arbitrator and professor of Building Pathology. He produ...
Category
20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Rufford Old Hall, pencil drawing by M R A Hollis
Located in London, GB
M R A Hollis
Rufford Old Hall, Charles II Wing
Pencil drawing
56 x 77 cm
Professor Malcolm A Hollis was a chartered surveyor, arbitrator and professor of Building Pathology. He p...
Category
20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
The Old Bluecoat School, pencil drawing by M R A Hollis
Located in London, GB
M R A Hollis
The Old Bluecoat School
Pencil drawing
56 x 77 cm
Professor Malcolm A Hollis was a chartered surveyor, arbitrator and professor of Building Pathology. He produced th...
Category
20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
The Bluecoat School, pencil drawing by M R A Hollis
Located in London, GB
M R A Hollis
The Old Bluecoat School
Pencil drawing
56 x 77 cm
Professor Malcolm A Hollis was a chartered surveyor, arbitrator and professor of Building Pathology. He produced th...
Category
20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Pembroke College, Cambridge etching by Andrew Ingamells
By Andrew Ingamells
Located in London, GB
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Etching
Stage Design, wax crayon drawing by Sir Terry Frost RA
By Sir Terry Frost
Located in London, GB
Terry Frost (1915-2003)
Stage Design
Wax crayon drawing
21 x 42 cm
Sir Terry Frost was a British abstract artist known for his vibrant use of colour, geometric forms, and express...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Wax Crayon
Side profiles, sketch by Keith Vaughan
Located in London, GB
Keith Vaughan
Side profiles
Ballpoint pen sketch
17 x 13 cm
Born in 1912, Keith Vaughan was a British painter known for his modernist and semi-abstract depictions of the male fig...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
Male nudes II, sketch by Keith Vaughan
Located in London, GB
Keith Vaughan
Male nudes II
Ballpoint pen sketch
17 x 13 cm
Born in 1912, Keith Vaughan was a British painter known for his modernist and semi-abstract depictions of the male fig...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
Male nudes, sketch by Keith Vaughan
Located in London, GB
Keith Vaughan
Male nudes
Ballpoint pen sketch
17 x 13 cm
Born in 1912, Keith Vaughan was a British painter known for his modernist and semi-abstract depictions of the male figure...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
Gentleman in Black-Tie, sketch by Keith Vaughan
Located in London, GB
Keith Vaughan
Gentleman in Black-Tie
Ballpoint pen sketch
17 x 13 cm
Born in 1912, Keith Vaughan was a British painter known for his modernist and semi-abstract depictions of the...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
Exploring the Lake District, watercolour by George Bissill
Located in London, GB
George Bissill (1896-1973)
Exploring the Lake District
Watercolour
20 x 28 cm
Born in 1896, George Bissill was a British miner, painter and furniture designer. Raised in the mini...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Ballpoint Pen
'Two Woodcutters'- watercolour by George Bissill
Located in London, GB
George Bissill (1896-1973)
'Two Woodcutters'
Watercolour
29 x 39 cm
Born in 1896, George Bissill was a British miner, painter and furniture designer. Raised in the mining village...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Lull Between Raids - Second World War drawing by Cecil Keeling
Located in London, GB
Cecil Keeling
Prisoner of War Camp
Pen, ink and wash
22 x 16 cm
Initialled lower right
This poignant work depicts a quiet moment between raids. Three soldiers sit in a row at ease. ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pen
The Voice of Authority- Second World War drawing by Cecil Keeling
Located in London, GB
Cecil Keeling
The Voice of Authority
Pen, ink and wash
22 x 18 cm
Signed lower right
This poignant work depicts a British soldier, stripped down to his underwear, being inspected b...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pen
Taking Cover in the Trenches - Second World War drawing by Cecil Keeling
Located in London, GB
Cecil Keeling
Taking cover in the trenches
Pen, ink and wash
20 x 26 cm
Initialled lower right
This poignant work depicts three soldiers sheltering from a raid in the trenches. As...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pen
'Lone Woodcutter'- watercolour by George Bissill
Located in London, GB
George Bissill (1896-1973)
'Lone Woodcutter'
Watercolour
39 x 48 cm
Born in 1896, George Bissill was a British miner, painter and furniture designer. Raised in the mining village ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Christmas Card, 1975 - St Martin's Military Church, Delhi
Located in London, GB
Gavin Stamp (1948-2018)
Christmas Card, 1975 - St Martin's Military Church, Delhi
Ballpoint pen and ink
21 x 20 cm
Born in 1948, Gavin Stamp was educated on a London County Council ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Figurative Drawings and Waterco...
Materials
Ink, Ballpoint Pen
Charles Pulsford ARSA Abstract Figure Stained Glass Design Gouache Scottish Art
Located in London, GB
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Charles...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
Soviet Union socialist irrigation Bulgarian propaganda poster design
Located in London, GB
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Soviet Union socialist irrigation Bulgarian propaganda poster design (circa 1950s)
Gouache on board
18 x 11 cm
After a Communist takeover in 1945, Bulgaria was a Soviet ally during the Cold War, and maintained good relationships with Russia until the Revolutions of 1989. From 1945 to 1948, the country became entrenched within the Soviet sphere of influence under the control of the Bulgarian Communist Party (BCP) which oversaw a program of Stalinization in the late 1940s and 1950s. Both countries are Slavic nations, and are bound together by a common Orthodox Christian...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Board
JAK cartoon I think we should let the Germans Keep France Next Time watercolour
Located in London, GB
JAK (Raymond Allen Jackson) 1927-1997
"I Think we Should Let the Germans Keep it Next Time" (1992)
Visitez La Belle France, Fly Air France
51x59cm
Pen, i...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Art Deco gouache original artwork 1937 Municipal Art School Coventry Hammond
By Hammond (artist)
Located in London, GB
Hammond (British, fl. 1920s)
Original artwork for brochure for Municipal Art School, Ford St, Coventry, England UK
21.5x14 cm
Gouache, c. 1937
Sadly nothing is known of the life of ...
Category
1920s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Watercolour of moored barges
Located in London, GB
Moored Barges
Watercolour
23 x 32 cm
C.1900
This watercolour depicts two onlookers, perhaps a grandfather and granddaughter, watching over the moored barges in a canal. Although th...
Category
20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Windsor Castle and Eton College with Punting Scholars, 19th Century drawing
Located in London, GB
S.R.E
Windsor Castle and Eton College with a Punt of Scholars Beforehand
Pencil drawing
25 x 42 cm
Signed and dated to the bottom right.
Nineteenth-century pencil drawing of Wind...
Category
19th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Art Deco lithograph design c. 1937 for Art School Brochure Hammond
By Hammond (artist)
Located in London, GB
Hammond (British, fl. 1930s)
Design for Municipal Art School Brochure
21.5x18 cm
Lithograph drawn directly to stone, 1937
Sadly nothing is known of the life of the artist of this se...
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Lithograph
Louis Osman Christmas Card, Byford Court, 1985, Herefordshire Architect design
By Louis Osman
Located in London, GB
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Louis Osman FRIBA (1914-1996)
Christmas Card, Byford Court, 1985
22 x 31cm
Gouache and ink on paper
This characterful card was sent by Louis Osman and his wife Dilys, whom he had married in 1940. Written and painted in 1985, it features an ink sketch and gouache painting of the porch entrance to Byford Court, with handwritten notes about the house's significance. Osman moved to Byford Court in 1976, following a brief brush with bankruptcy.
Osman attended the Bartlett School of Architecture and the Slade School of Art, and became a Donaldson Medallist of RIBA in 1935.
In the late 1930s he took part in the British Museum and British School of Archaeology expeditions to Syria. After war service he worked in London designing buildings, furniture, tapestries, and glass including work in Westminster Abbey, Lincoln, Ely, Exeter and Lichfield Cathedrals. He also did work for the National Trust at Staunton Harold Church in Ashby de la Zouch.
Before moving to Byford Court, Osman and his wife lived at Canons Ashby House in Northamptonshire. Whilst there, they made the crown used at the investiture of Charles, Prince of Wales. In 1976, they also made the gold enamelled casket holding the Magna Carta...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Pen
c.1850 'Ritualistic Priest' Caricature Anglo-Catholic Oxford Movement John Keble
Located in London, GB
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Anonymous, c. 1850
Anglo Catholic...
Category
1850s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Pen
Landscape watercolour by George Bissill
Located in London, GB
George Bissill (1896-1973)
Landscape
Watercolour
26 x 31 cm
Initialled to bottom right
Born in 1896, George Bissill was a British miner, painter and furniture designer. Raised in ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
View Through the Village, watercolour by George Bissill
Located in London, GB
George Bissill (1896-1973)
View through the village
Watercolour
26 x 21 cm
Born in 1896, George Bissill was a British miner, painter and furniture designer. Raised in the mining v...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Rolling Hills in the Countryside, landscape watercolour by George Bissill
Located in London, GB
George Bissill (1896-1973)
Rolling Hills in the Countryside
Watercolour
20 x 28 cm
Signed to bottom right
Born in 1896, George Bissill was a British miner, painter and furniture d...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
View over the Bridge, watercolour by George Bissill
Located in London, GB
George Bissill (1896-1973)
View over the bridge
Watercolour
18 x 22 cm
Born in 1896, George Bissill was a British miner, painter and furniture designer. Raised in the mining vill...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Cottage View, watercolour by George Bissill
Located in London, GB
George Bissill (1896-1973)
Cottage View
Watercolour
20 x 28 cm
Born in 1896, George Bissill was a British miner, painter and furniture designer. Raised in the mining village of L...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
George Bissill, landscape watercolour
Located in London, GB
George Bissill (1896-1973)
Landscape
Watercolour
20 x 28 cm
Born in 1896, George Bissill was a British miner, painter and furniture designer. Raised in the mining village of Lang...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Church View from the Railway, watercolour by George Bissill
Located in London, GB
George Bissill (1896-1973)
Church view from the railway
Watercolour
28 x 40 cm
Signed to lower right
Born in 1896, George Bissill was a British miner, painter and furniture design...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Countryside View, watercolour by George Bissill
Located in London, GB
George Bissill (1896-1973)
Countryside view
Watercolour & gouache
28 x 40 cm
Born in 1896, George Bissill was a British miner, painter and furniture designer. Raised in the mining ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Forest Landscape, watercolour by George Bissill
Located in London, GB
George Bissill (1896-1973)
Forest Landscape
Watercolour
9 x 18 cm
Born in 1896, George Bissill was a British miner, painter and furniture designer. Raised in the mining village o...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Trinity College, Oxford watercolour by Hugh Casson
By Hugh Casson
Located in London, GB
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Category
20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Stained glass window watercolour by Louis Osman FRIBA
By Louis Osman
Located in London, GB
Louis Osman was an English artist, architect, goldsmith, silversmith and medallist. He is notable for the gold coronet he designed and made for the investiture in 1969 of Charles, Pr...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Standing Nude female figure chalk drawing by Hilary Hennes
Located in London, GB
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Hilary Hennes (née Hilary Miller) (1919 - 1993)
Standing Nude
Chalks
56 x 38 c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
Proposal for St John's Smith Square architectural design by Louis Osman FRIBA
By Louis Osman
Located in London, GB
Louis Osman was an English artist, architect, goldsmith, silversmith and medallist. He is notable for the gold coronet he designed and made for the investiture in 1969 of Charles, Pr...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Abstract Figure in Yellow and Blue watercolour by Charles Pulsford ARSA
Located in London, GB
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Charles Pulsford ARSA (1912 - 1989)
Abstract Figure in Yellow and Blue
Watercolour and ink with wax resist
56 x 38 cm
Signed lower right.
An abstract figure in arresting colours. The artist plays with the intersection of round and lateral mark-making to form a human figure, perhaps reminiscent of a crucifixion. Pulsford's skill as an abstract landscape artist is also evident here, with the form suggestive of natural and industrial topography like fields, rivers, railway tracks, and electric pylons.
Pulsford was born in Staffordshire to Scottish parents. His family returned to Dunfermline when he was a child, and he subsequently attended Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) between 1933 and 1937. He, along with other prominent Scottish artists, embraced modernism and abstraction following the end of the war. Alan Davie, William...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Staunton Harold organ restoration architectural design by Louis Osman FRIBA
By Louis Osman
Located in London, GB
Louis Osman was an English artist, architect, goldsmith, silversmith and medallist. He is notable for the gold coronet he designed and made for the investiture in 1969 of Charles, Prince of Wales. We have acquired a large archive of Osman's works form his daughter; to see the other Osman works available, please scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller."
Louis Osman (1914 - 1996)
Staunton Harold: Restoration of the Organ (1953)
Pen, ink, and watercolour
63 x 63 cm
Titled below, signed lower right, and labelled in Osman's hand.
Osman's architectural design for the restoration of the organ at Staunton Harold Church, part of the Staunton Harold estate. The church, known as the Chapel of the Holy Trinity, is a 1653-built Gothic chapel. It was commissioned by Sir Robert Shirley (the Shirley family were Anglicans and Royalists, and the ornate design of the church is likely why Sir Robert was imprisoned under Oliver Cromwell).
Osman was as much an artist as an architect. He studied at the Bartlett School of Architecture; he was awarded a First Class degree and the Donaldson Medal of the RIBA (for the best result in his year group), and then went on to the Slade School of Art. He subsequently trained with Sir Albert Richardson - we also have several Richardson works in our collection.
After the war, Osman busied himself as an architect. His work included contributions to Westminster Abbey, and Lincoln, Exeter, Ely, and Lichfield Cathedrals, Staunton Harold Church in Ashby de la Zouch for the National Trust, and of course his folly: the Grade I listed Elizabethan manor house, Canons Ashby in Northamptonshire, now a National Trust property.
At Canons Ashby he established a workshop and had a team of silversmiths and goldsmiths working for him. In 1976 he made the gold enamelled casket that holds the copy of the Magna Carta...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Ink, Pen
Hugh Casson: Corpus Christi College, Cambridge watercolour 1985
By Hugh Casson
Located in London, GB
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Hugh Casson (1910 - 1999)
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
Watercolour
11 x 21
A beautiful original water of Corpus. Casson juxtaposes the sparely painted figures of undergraduates and academics with the majesty of the pale stone used to build much of the college. This watercolour was used in Casson's book "Hugh Casson's Cambridge."
Sir Hugh Casson was educated at Eastbourne College; St John’s College, Cambridge; and the Bartlett School of Architecture. Trained in the 1930s in the early modernist style, he taught at the Cambridge School of Architecture. After employment as a camoufleur during World War 2 by the Air Ministry, in 1948 he was appointed as director of architecture for the Festival of Britain. A close friend of the Royal Family, he undertook designs for the 1953 coronation...
Category
20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
