Michael Upton, British 1938-2002, oil on card, Cornish landscape.

Marc Vaux is a British artist who rose to prominence in the 1960s. His work was included in the seminal Situation exhibition of 1960 alongside Robyn Denny, William Turnbull and Bernard Cohen among others. This exhibition was a direct reaction by British abstract artists to the recent exhibitions in London of the American Abstract Expressionists in particular the Tate's 1959 exhibition The New American Painting. This painting is an early work and was given to the vendor by Marc Vaux’s wife . It explores Vuax’s early fascination and love of colour. Using a minimal palette Vaux extracts so much information from what he’s seeing putting it down on board in the most effervescent and exquisite manner In 1986, Vaux was appointed Head of Painting at the Central/St Martins College of Art and Design in London where he stayed until he retired in 1989 to concentrate full-time on painting Vaux's work has variously been described as minimalist and constructivist although since his primary interest is in colour and light he has more in common with the American west coast artists than the New York minimalists...

George Dannatt (1915-2009), British, 'Little Red Fault Study' 1974 . A faultless and early George Dannatt painting . Another precise and lovely minimalist piece of art by this l...

Just in for your summer dreams of traveling to the South of France, this Oil On Canvas that is a Riviera Coastline scene by English artist, Alexander Beattie (1919-1999) Alexande...

A beautiful mid 20th century oil on board depicting Hope Cove in South Devon by the important English artist Edward Pullee. Superbly painted view of this well known beauty spot which is very popular with both British and overseas holiday makers. The work is signed lower right and further inscribed and signed on the reverse. Presented in its original frame. Artist: Edward Pullee (English, 1907-2002) Title: Hope Cove Medium: Oil on board Size: 15 x 19 in (38 x 48 cm) framed Condition: Very good condition The artist and teacher Edward Pullée was once described as the heavyweight champion of art and design education. The youngest college principal in the country when, in 1934, he was appointed to Gloucester School of Art, he went on to be principal at Portsmouth (1939), Leeds (1945) and Leicester (1956-67). Born in Pimlico, south-west London, the eldest of three sons of a police officer, he was educated at Holy Trinity school in Chelsea, and, after the family moved to Dover, at St Martin's School. As a 12-year-old, he began evening classes at the Dover School...