20th Century British, Newlyn and St Ives Paintings for Auction
Daniel Goddard, Head of the Pictures Department, previews the fantastic array of
20th Century British painting on offer in our next Fine Art Auction in Exeter on
24th/25th April 2013, which includes significant Newlyn and St Ives school pictures.
A painting by Alfred Wallis (1855-1942), estimated at between £7,000 and £10,000,
being offered in our April 2013 Fine Art Auction.
20th Century British, Newlyn and St Ives Paintings Catch the Eye in
the Upcoming
Picture Auction
The last few days of accepting entries and cataloguing for our
next major picture
sale
have been busy as is often the case as the deadline looms. The sale on 24th April
2013 has a strong
20th Century British Paintings
and an equally strong section of Newlyn and St Ives School pictures and sculpture.
In 2011, we sold a small collection of pictures for
Michael Seward Snow
who was a great friend and contemporary of many of the leading St Ives artists.
After seeing an exhibition of St Ives paintings while in Liverpool, Snow moved to
the Cornish seaside town in 1951.
We will be offering this etching by Ben Nicholson (1894-1982), which carries an
estimate of £1,200-£1,800, in our April 2013 Fine Sale. Like all of our major auctions,
the sale will be supported by live online bidding, which will attract an international
audience to our Devon salerooms.
Two years later, he was elected a member of the newly formed Penwith Society along
with Barbara Hepworth and
Ben Nicholson
and over the next forty or so years his closest friends were among the colony of
artists including Nicholson,
Terry Frost,
Dennis Mitchell
and the poet WS Graham.
Michael Snow died in Devon in July 2012 and the
collection
offered in our sale in April 2013 is consigned by his son. The group includes work
by
Alfred Wallis,
Ben Nicholson, Dennis Mitchell,
Alexander Mackenzie,
Roger Hilton,
Patrick Heron,
Wilhelmina Barns Graham,
Robert Adam,
John Wells
and
Alixe Shearer Armstrong,
many of the works being personal gifts from the artists.
A bronze entitled 'Sennen' by Dennis Mitchell (estimate £4,000-£6,000), part of
the estate of the late artist Michael Seward Snow (1930-2012), is to be sold by
auction in our next Fine Sale in April 2013.
The Michael Seward Snow Paintings
The sale also includes paintings by Michael Seward Snow himself. Snow was particularly
enamoured with the lyrical literacy of John Wells, W Barns Graham, Alex Mackenzie,
George Dannatt and Ben Nicholson and his 1960s work bears resemblance to the painterly
expressionism of Bryan Winter, Terry Frost and Roger Hilton.
Michael Seward Snow (1930-2012), Archipelago 1964, oil on canvas (Estimate £2,000-£3,000).
By the 1970s, Snow's interest in science, ranging from mineralogy to cosmology,
resulted in works such as Sun & Moon and Blue Planet. Snow's
succinct catalogue statement for his 24 work show at London's Rowan Gallery in 1964
explained his pictures as 'additions to nature, not imitations of it. I may receive
a stimulus to start work from a new landscape but my real problem is the solution
on the canvas - painting matters if it is honest...because it is not only a visual
addition to our environment… it is the only way to learn to see'.
Two Paintings by Late Scottish Colourist Donald McIntyre
From different collections, there are two paintings by
Donald McIntyre (1923-2009), who was
born in Leeds and spent his early childhood in north west Scotland where as a youth
he developed a style in the Scottish Colourist tradition. He trained
as a dentist, though whilst studying at Glasgow Dental Hospital, he attended evening
classes at the nearby Glasgow School of Art.
A work by Scottish Colourist Donald McIntyre entitled 'Road to the Shore', which
is expected to sell for between £2,000 and £3,000.
At the age of 40, McIntyre decided to pursue a full time career as an artist regularly
returning to the coastal landscapes of Scotland and North Wales and also the Isle
of Iona. He pained most of his sketches en plein air, finishing larger works in
his studio. McIntyre was a member of The Royal Cambrian Academy and exhibited regularly
with the Thackerary Gallery, the Howard Roberts Gallery and the Albany Gallery.
- Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood
- Fine Art Auction
- 20th Century British Paintings
- Newlyn Paintings
- St Ives Paintings
- Robert Adam
- Alixe Shearer Armstrong
- George Dannatt
- Sir Terry Frost RA
- Wilhelmina Barns Graham
- WS Graham
- Patrick Heron
- Barbara Hepworth
- Roger Hilton
- Alexander Mackenzie
- Donald McIntyre (1923-2009)
- Dennis Mitchell
- Ben Nicholson
- Michael Seward Snow (1930-2012)
- Alfred Wallis
- John Wells
- Bryan Winter
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