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Michael Hutchings (British, 1918-2020), reclining nude. Initialled and dated 1990. 51 x 77. And seated male nude Biography and ProvenanceFaced with a choice between art and medicine as a career after serving in the Second World war, the late Michael Hutchings (1918-2020) became a pathologist, working in London hospitals. However, he never abandoned his first love, painting, and kept an active studio wherever he lived, spending most of his adult live in Barnes, in the south west of the capital.He was an extraordinarily long-lived artist, who witnessed arguably the greatest period of development in Western art across his lifetime. When he was born, Vorticism and Cubism had only recently emerged, and by the time he died, aged 101, we had entered the age of Conceptual art, video art, NFTs and Banksy.Hutchings' contribution to the exploration of painting can largely be summed up in a single word: Colour. For him it was not simply a filler to assist in the expression of form, it was the form itself.Now works from his studio will be offered for the first timein this dedicated auction.The title of the sale pays tribute to his driving belief that it was the artist's job to let the colour express itself: The Michael Hutchings Collection: Let The Colour Do The Drawing.Whether landscapes, portraits, character studies, abstracts and semi-abstracts, Hutchings' mastery of the palette led to the creation of vibrant compositions where line and form were strictly defined by the use of block colour and colour shade. As in nature, he found no need for separate outline.Having trained at Chelsea College of Art and The Slade, as well as the Open College of the Arts, for much of his life he developed his theories and style under his own steam.He used unusual colour combinations and tones to express mood and atmosphere in his paintings, showing how unexpected pairings across the spectrum could produce surprisingly effective results.The range of works in the sale illustrates his consistent mastery of this technique, which not only creates psychological and emotional studies of great depth and sophistication, but also results in some highly attractive and decorative pieces.Born in Frodsham, Cheshire, young Michael was a sensitive child who developed a stammer following an unexceptional, but for him traumatic, classroom experience. The incident gave an early insight into his unusual perception of the world around, which included a highly developed appreciation for natural beauty.It also led to him being treated by the renowned therapist Lionel Logue, celebrated as King George VI's specialist in the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speech. Hutchings became friends with Logue's son who visited him in later years.Having studied medicine at Liverpool University, Hutchings signed up for the Army Medical Corps, serving in Italy, Morocco and Austria during the Second World War. During this time, he continued his practice of painting and drawing wherever he went, sending home for materials as he travelled across Europe.It was when he returned from the war and enrolled at Chelsea College of Art and then The Slade that he faced arguably the hardest decision of his life: whether to pursue a career in art or medicine. It is thought family pressure directed him to the latter and that pathology may have allowed him to pursue a career out of the public eye in the quiet of the laboratory and so saved him from exposing his intermittent stammer any more than he needed to.Working first at Whipps Cross Hospital, where he met his future wife Kitty, he moved to St Charles's Hospital in Ladbroke Grove, specialising in haematology, with a particular interest in sickle cell disease.Despite this, art was omnipresent, and after also studying at Putney School of Art and the Open School of Art, he became a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited at a number of shows over the years, where he sold works and won several competitions."He was fairly private and kept his art private generally, but everybody he knew knew he painted," says his daughter Katherine. "If he had gone for art as a career, I think he could have made a name for himself."She recalls him telling the family that painting was his first love, and weekends were spent visiting the latest exhibition. He was especially keen on new developments in art and 'the latest thing'.So important was painting to him that he even chose his children's school, Dartington Hall, because of its devotion to teaching art, says Katherine."Even into his nineties he would take himself off on public transport to the Tate and continued buying paintings," she says. "He only stopped painting about seven or eight years before he died."Hutchings' longevity might have been, in part, the result of his fitness. Continuing to run marathons into his eighties, in his early seventies he came second for his age group in the London Marathon.His was an extraordinary life and he left behind a rich and accomplished body of work that is in this sale now we are privileged to be able to present now-."The volume, range and quality of the works in the sale present a real opportunity to establish an ongoing market for Michael Hutchings. He may not have been able to pursue his first love as a career during his lifetime, but his talent certainly deserves significant recognition now."

Michael Hutchings (British, 1918-2020), parkland landscape. Acrylic on board. Signed and dated lower right 1989. 50 x 64cm. With abstract landscape. Acrylic on canvas. 76 x 56cm.Biography and ProvenanceFaced with a choice between art and medicine as a career after serving in the Second World war, the late Michael Hutchings (1918-2020) became a pathologist, working in London hospitals. However, he never abandoned his first love, painting, and kept an active studio wherever he lived, spending most of his adult live in Barnes, in the south west of the capital.He was an extraordinarily long-lived artist, who witnessed arguably the greatest period of development in Western art across his lifetime. When he was born, Vorticism and Cubism had only recently emerged, and by the time he died, aged 101, we had entered the age of Conceptual art, video art, NFTs and Banksy.Hutchings' contribution to the exploration of painting can largely be summed up in a single word: Colour. For him it was not simply a filler to assist in the expression of form, it was the form itself.Now works from his studio will be offered for the first timein this dedicated auction.The title of the sale pays tribute to his driving belief that it was the artist's job to let the colour express itself: The Michael Hutchings Collection: Let The Colour Do The Drawing.Whether landscapes, portraits, character studies, abstracts and semi-abstracts, Hutchings' mastery of the palette led to the creation of vibrant compositions where line and form were strictly defined by the use of block colour and colour shade. As in nature, he found no need for separate outline.Having trained at Chelsea College of Art and The Slade, as well as the Open College of the Arts, for much of his life he developed his theories and style under his own steam.He used unusual colour combinations and tones to express mood and atmosphere in his paintings, showing how unexpected pairings across the spectrum could produce surprisingly effective results.The range of works in the sale illustrates his consistent mastery of this technique, which not only creates psychological and emotional studies of great depth and sophistication, but also results in some highly attractive and decorative pieces.Born in Frodsham, Cheshire, young Michael was a sensitive child who developed a stammer following an unexceptional, but for him traumatic, classroom experience. The incident gave an early insight into his unusual perception of the world around, which included a highly developed appreciation for natural beauty.It also led to him being treated by the renowned therapist Lionel Logue, celebrated as King George VI's specialist in the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speech. Hutchings became friends with Logue's son who visited him in later years.Having studied medicine at Liverpool University, Hutchings signed up for the Army Medical Corps, serving in Italy, Morocco and Austria during the Second World War. During this time, he continued his practice of painting and drawing wherever he went, sending home for materials as he travelled across Europe.It was when he returned from the war and enrolled at Chelsea College of Art and then The Slade that he faced arguably the hardest decision of his life: whether to pursue a career in art or medicine. It is thought family pressure directed him to the latter and that pathology may have allowed him to pursue a career out of the public eye in the quiet of the laboratory and so saved him from exposing his intermittent stammer any more than he needed to.Working first at Whipps Cross Hospital, where he met his future wife Kitty, he moved to St Charles's Hospital in Ladbroke Grove, specialising in haematology, with a particular interest in sickle cell disease.Despite this, art was omnipresent, and after also studying at Putney School of Art and the Open School of Art, he became a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited at a number of shows over the years, where he sold works and won several competitions."He was fairly private and kept his art private generally, but everybody he knew knew he painted," says his daughter Katherine. "If he had gone for art as a career, I think he could have made a name for himself."She recalls him telling the family that painting was his first love, and weekends were spent visiting the latest exhibition. He was especially keen on new developments in art and 'the latest thing'.So important was painting to him that he even chose his children's school, Dartington Hall, because of its devotion to teaching art, says Katherine."Even into his nineties he would take himself off on public transport to the Tate and continued buying paintings," she says. "He only stopped painting about seven or eight years before he died."Hutchings' longevity might have been, in part, the result of his fitness. Continuing to run marathons into his eighties, in his early seventies he came second for his age group in the London Marathon.His was an extraordinary life and he left behind a rich and accomplished body of work that is in this sale now we are privileged to be able to present now-."The volume, range and quality of the works in the sale present a real opportunity to establish an ongoing market for Michael Hutchings. He may not have been able to pursue his first love as a career during his lifetime, but his talent certainly deserves significant recognition now."

Michael Hutchings (British, 1918-2020), male figure. Pastel. Initialled and dated lower right. Labels verso. 78 x 58cm. With seated figure, pastels, signed and dated 1980, 76 x 57cm.Biography and ProvenanceFaced with a choice between art and medicine as a career after serving in the Second World war, the late Michael Hutchings (1918-2020) became a pathologist, working in London hospitals. However, he never abandoned his first love, painting, and kept an active studio wherever he lived, spending most of his adult live in Barnes, in the south west of the capital.He was an extraordinarily long-lived artist, who witnessed arguably the greatest period of development in Western art across his lifetime. When he was born, Vorticism and Cubism had only recently emerged, and by the time he died, aged 101, we had entered the age of Conceptual art, video art, NFTs and Banksy.Hutchings' contribution to the exploration of painting can largely be summed up in a single word: Colour. For him it was not simply a filler to assist in the expression of form, it was the form itself.Now works from his studio will be offered for the first timein this dedicated auction.The title of the sale pays tribute to his driving belief that it was the artist's job to let the colour express itself: The Michael Hutchings Collection: Let The Colour Do The Drawing.Whether landscapes, portraits, character studies, abstracts and semi-abstracts, Hutchings' mastery of the palette led to the creation of vibrant compositions where line and form were strictly defined by the use of block colour and colour shade. As in nature, he found no need for separate outline.Having trained at Chelsea College of Art and The Slade, as well as the Open College of the Arts, for much of his life he developed his theories and style under his own steam.He used unusual colour combinations and tones to express mood and atmosphere in his paintings, showing how unexpected pairings across the spectrum could produce surprisingly effective results.The range of works in the sale illustrates his consistent mastery of this technique, which not only creates psychological and emotional studies of great depth and sophistication, but also results in some highly attractive and decorative pieces.Born in Frodsham, Cheshire, young Michael was a sensitive child who developed a stammer following an unexceptional, but for him traumatic, classroom experience. The incident gave an early insight into his unusual perception of the world around, which included a highly developed appreciation for natural beauty.It also led to him being treated by the renowned therapist Lionel Logue, celebrated as King George VI's specialist in the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speech. Hutchings became friends with Logue's son who visited him in later years.Having studied medicine at Liverpool University, Hutchings signed up for the Army Medical Corps, serving in Italy, Morocco and Austria during the Second World War. During this time, he continued his practice of painting and drawing wherever he went, sending home for materials as he travelled across Europe.It was when he returned from the war and enrolled at Chelsea College of Art and then The Slade that he faced arguably the hardest decision of his life: whether to pursue a career in art or medicine. It is thought family pressure directed him to the latter and that pathology may have allowed him to pursue a career out of the public eye in the quiet of the laboratory and so saved him from exposing his intermittent stammer any more than he needed to.Working first at Whipps Cross Hospital, where he met his future wife Kitty, he moved to St Charles's Hospital in Ladbroke Grove, specialising in haematology, with a particular interest in sickle cell disease.Despite this, art was omnipresent, and after also studying at Putney School of Art and the Open School of Art, he became a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited at a number of shows over the years, where he sold works and won several competitions."He was fairly private and kept his art private generally, but everybody he knew knew he painted," says his daughter Katherine. "If he had gone for art as a career, I think he could have made a name for himself."She recalls him telling the family that painting was his first love, and weekends were spent visiting the latest exhibition. He was especially keen on new developments in art and 'the latest thing'.So important was painting to him that he even chose his children's school, Dartington Hall, because of its devotion to teaching art, says Katherine."Even into his nineties he would take himself off on public transport to the Tate and continued buying paintings," she says. "He only stopped painting about seven or eight years before he died."Hutchings' longevity might have been, in part, the result of his fitness. Continuing to run marathons into his eighties, in his early seventies he came second for his age group in the London Marathon.His was an extraordinary life and he left behind a rich and accomplished body of work that is in this sale now we are privileged to be able to present now-."The volume, range and quality of the works in the sale present a real opportunity to establish an ongoing market for Michael Hutchings. He may not have been able to pursue his first love as a career during his lifetime, but his talent certainly deserves significant recognition now."

Michael Hutchings (British, 1918-2020), collection of loose works.Biography and ProvenanceFaced with a choice between art and medicine as a career after serving in the Second World war, the late Michael Hutchings (1918-2020) became a pathologist, working in London hospitals. However, he never abandoned his first love, painting, and kept an active studio wherever he lived, spending most of his adult live in Barnes, in the south west of the capital.He was an extraordinarily long-lived artist, who witnessed arguably the greatest period of development in Western art across his lifetime. When he was born, Vorticism and Cubism had only recently emerged, and by the time he died, aged 101, we had entered the age of Conceptual art, video art, NFTs and Banksy.Hutchings' contribution to the exploration of painting can largely be summed up in a single word: Colour. For him it was not simply a filler to assist in the expression of form, it was the form itself.Now works from his studio will be offered for the first timein this dedicated auction.The title of the sale pays tribute to his driving belief that it was the artist's job to let the colour express itself: The Michael Hutchings Collection: Let The Colour Do The Drawing.Whether landscapes, portraits, character studies, abstracts and semi-abstracts, Hutchings' mastery of the palette led to the creation of vibrant compositions where line and form were strictly defined by the use of block colour and colour shade. As in nature, he found no need for separate outline.Having trained at Chelsea College of Art and The Slade, as well as the Open College of the Arts, for much of his life he developed his theories and style under his own steam.He used unusual colour combinations and tones to express mood and atmosphere in his paintings, showing how unexpected pairings across the spectrum could produce surprisingly effective results.The range of works in the sale illustrates his consistent mastery of this technique, which not only creates psychological and emotional studies of great depth and sophistication, but also results in some highly attractive and decorative pieces.Born in Frodsham, Cheshire, young Michael was a sensitive child who developed a stammer following an unexceptional, but for him traumatic, classroom experience. The incident gave an early insight into his unusual perception of the world around, which included a highly developed appreciation for natural beauty.It also led to him being treated by the renowned therapist Lionel Logue, celebrated as King George VI's specialist in the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speech. Hutchings became friends with Logue's son who visited him in later years.Having studied medicine at Liverpool University, Hutchings signed up for the Army Medical Corps, serving in Italy, Morocco and Austria during the Second World War. During this time, he continued his practice of painting and drawing wherever he went, sending home for materials as he travelled across Europe.It was when he returned from the war and enrolled at Chelsea College of Art and then The Slade that he faced arguably the hardest decision of his life: whether to pursue a career in art or medicine. It is thought family pressure directed him to the latter and that pathology may have allowed him to pursue a career out of the public eye in the quiet of the laboratory and so saved him from exposing his intermittent stammer any more than he needed to.Working first at Whipps Cross Hospital, where he met his future wife Kitty, he moved to St Charles's Hospital in Ladbroke Grove, specialising in haematology, with a particular interest in sickle cell disease.Despite this, art was omnipresent, and after also studying at Putney School of Art and the Open School of Art, he became a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited at a number of shows over the years, where he sold works and won several competitions."He was fairly private and kept his art private generally, but everybody he knew knew he painted," says his daughter Katherine. "If he had gone for art as a career, I think he could have made a name for himself."She recalls him telling the family that painting was his first love, and weekends were spent visiting the latest exhibition. He was especially keen on new developments in art and 'the latest thing'.So important was painting to him that he even chose his children's school, Dartington Hall, because of its devotion to teaching art, says Katherine."Even into his nineties he would take himself off on public transport to the Tate and continued buying paintings," she says. "He only stopped painting about seven or eight years before he died."Hutchings' longevity might have been, in part, the result of his fitness. Continuing to run marathons into his eighties, in his early seventies he came second for his age group in the London Marathon.His was an extraordinary life and he left behind a rich and accomplished body of work that is in this sale now we are privileged to be able to present now-."The volume, range and quality of the works in the sale present a real opportunity to establish an ongoing market for Michael Hutchings. He may not have been able to pursue his first love as a career during his lifetime, but his talent certainly deserves significant recognition now."

Michael Hutchings (British, 1918-2020), Casa Pene 2. Acrylic. Initialled and dated '75. 'New English Art Club' label verso. 48 x 61cm. With 'Formentera Morning', pastel, dated '76, 'New English Art Club' label verso, 42 x 50cm.Biography and ProvenanceFaced with a choice between art and medicine as a career after serving in the Second World war, the late Michael Hutchings (1918-2020) became a pathologist, working in London hospitals. However, he never abandoned his first love, painting, and kept an active studio wherever he lived, spending most of his adult live in Barnes, in the south west of the capital.He was an extraordinarily long-lived artist, who witnessed arguably the greatest period of development in Western art across his lifetime. When he was born, Vorticism and Cubism had only recently emerged, and by the time he died, aged 101, we had entered the age of Conceptual art, video art, NFTs and Banksy.Hutchings' contribution to the exploration of painting can largely be summed up in a single word: Colour. For him it was not simply a filler to assist in the expression of form, it was the form itself.Now works from his studio will be offered for the first timein this dedicated auction.The title of the sale pays tribute to his driving belief that it was the artist's job to let the colour express itself: The Michael Hutchings Collection: Let The Colour Do The Drawing.Whether landscapes, portraits, character studies, abstracts and semi-abstracts, Hutchings' mastery of the palette led to the creation of vibrant compositions where line and form were strictly defined by the use of block colour and colour shade. As in nature, he found no need for separate outline.Having trained at Chelsea College of Art and The Slade, as well as the Open College of the Arts, for much of his life he developed his theories and style under his own steam.He used unusual colour combinations and tones to express mood and atmosphere in his paintings, showing how unexpected pairings across the spectrum could produce surprisingly effective results.The range of works in the sale illustrates his consistent mastery of this technique, which not only creates psychological and emotional studies of great depth and sophistication, but also results in some highly attractive and decorative pieces.Born in Frodsham, Cheshire, young Michael was a sensitive child who developed a stammer following an unexceptional, but for him traumatic, classroom experience. The incident gave an early insight into his unusual perception of the world around, which included a highly developed appreciation for natural beauty.It also led to him being treated by the renowned therapist Lionel Logue, celebrated as King George VI's specialist in the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speech. Hutchings became friends with Logue's son who visited him in later years.Having studied medicine at Liverpool University, Hutchings signed up for the Army Medical Corps, serving in Italy, Morocco and Austria during the Second World War. During this time, he continued his practice of painting and drawing wherever he went, sending home for materials as he travelled across Europe.It was when he returned from the war and enrolled at Chelsea College of Art and then The Slade that he faced arguably the hardest decision of his life: whether to pursue a career in art or medicine. It is thought family pressure directed him to the latter and that pathology may have allowed him to pursue a career out of the public eye in the quiet of the laboratory and so saved him from exposing his intermittent stammer any more than he needed to.Working first at Whipps Cross Hospital, where he met his future wife Kitty, he moved to St Charles's Hospital in Ladbroke Grove, specialising in haematology, with a particular interest in sickle cell disease.Despite this, art was omnipresent, and after also studying at Putney School of Art and the Open School of Art, he became a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited at a number of shows over the years, where he sold works and won several competitions."He was fairly private and kept his art private generally, but everybody he knew knew he painted," says his daughter Katherine. "If he had gone for art as a career, I think he could have made a name for himself."She recalls him telling the family that painting was his first love, and weekends were spent visiting the latest exhibition. He was especially keen on new developments in art and 'the latest thing'.So important was painting to him that he even chose his children's school, Dartington Hall, because of its devotion to teaching art, says Katherine."Even into his nineties he would take himself off on public transport to the Tate and continued buying paintings," she says. "He only stopped painting about seven or eight years before he died."Hutchings' longevity might have been, in part, the result of his fitness. Continuing to run marathons into his eighties, in his early seventies he came second for his age group in the London Marathon.His was an extraordinary life and he left behind a rich and accomplished body of work that is in this sale now we are privileged to be able to present now-."The volume, range and quality of the works in the sale present a real opportunity to establish an ongoing market for Michael Hutchings. He may not have been able to pursue his first love as a career during his lifetime, but his talent certainly deserves significant recognition now."

Michael Hutchings (British, 1918-2020), seated figure. Initialled and dated '91. Mixed media. 74 x 61cm. With abstract figure, pastel, 65 x 51cm.Biography and ProvenanceFaced with a choice between art and medicine as a career after serving in the Second World war, the late Michael Hutchings (1918-2020) became a pathologist, working in London hospitals. However, he never abandoned his first love, painting, and kept an active studio wherever he lived, spending most of his adult live in Barnes, in the south west of the capital.He was an extraordinarily long-lived artist, who witnessed arguably the greatest period of development in Western art across his lifetime. When he was born, Vorticism and Cubism had only recently emerged, and by the time he died, aged 101, we had entered the age of Conceptual art, video art, NFTs and Banksy.Hutchings' contribution to the exploration of painting can largely be summed up in a single word: Colour. For him it was not simply a filler to assist in the expression of form, it was the form itself.Now works from his studio will be offered for the first timein this dedicated auction.The title of the sale pays tribute to his driving belief that it was the artist's job to let the colour express itself: The Michael Hutchings Collection: Let The Colour Do The Drawing.Whether landscapes, portraits, character studies, abstracts and semi-abstracts, Hutchings' mastery of the palette led to the creation of vibrant compositions where line and form were strictly defined by the use of block colour and colour shade. As in nature, he found no need for separate outline.Having trained at Chelsea College of Art and The Slade, as well as the Open College of the Arts, for much of his life he developed his theories and style under his own steam.He used unusual colour combinations and tones to express mood and atmosphere in his paintings, showing how unexpected pairings across the spectrum could produce surprisingly effective results.The range of works in the sale illustrates his consistent mastery of this technique, which not only creates psychological and emotional studies of great depth and sophistication, but also results in some highly attractive and decorative pieces.Born in Frodsham, Cheshire, young Michael was a sensitive child who developed a stammer following an unexceptional, but for him traumatic, classroom experience. The incident gave an early insight into his unusual perception of the world around, which included a highly developed appreciation for natural beauty.It also led to him being treated by the renowned therapist Lionel Logue, celebrated as King George VI's specialist in the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speech. Hutchings became friends with Logue's son who visited him in later years.Having studied medicine at Liverpool University, Hutchings signed up for the Army Medical Corps, serving in Italy, Morocco and Austria during the Second World War. During this time, he continued his practice of painting and drawing wherever he went, sending home for materials as he travelled across Europe.It was when he returned from the war and enrolled at Chelsea College of Art and then The Slade that he faced arguably the hardest decision of his life: whether to pursue a career in art or medicine. It is thought family pressure directed him to the latter and that pathology may have allowed him to pursue a career out of the public eye in the quiet of the laboratory and so saved him from exposing his intermittent stammer any more than he needed to.Working first at Whipps Cross Hospital, where he met his future wife Kitty, he moved to St Charles's Hospital in Ladbroke Grove, specialising in haematology, with a particular interest in sickle cell disease.Despite this, art was omnipresent, and after also studying at Putney School of Art and the Open School of Art, he became a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited at a number of shows over the years, where he sold works and won several competitions."He was fairly private and kept his art private generally, but everybody he knew knew he painted," says his daughter Katherine. "If he had gone for art as a career, I think he could have made a name for himself."She recalls him telling the family that painting was his first love, and weekends were spent visiting the latest exhibition. He was especially keen on new developments in art and 'the latest thing'.So important was painting to him that he even chose his children's school, Dartington Hall, because of its devotion to teaching art, says Katherine."Even into his nineties he would take himself off on public transport to the Tate and continued buying paintings," she says. "He only stopped painting about seven or eight years before he died."Hutchings' longevity might have been, in part, the result of his fitness. Continuing to run marathons into his eighties, in his early seventies he came second for his age group in the London Marathon.His was an extraordinary life and he left behind a rich and accomplished body of work that is in this sale now we are privileged to be able to present now-."The volume, range and quality of the works in the sale present a real opportunity to establish an ongoing market for Michael Hutchings. He may not have been able to pursue his first love as a career during his lifetime, but his talent certainly deserves significant recognition now."

Michael Hutchings (British, 1918-2020), collection of loose acrylics on board, one grey (abstract), two still lives, two nude studies, and seated couple.Biography and ProvenanceFaced with a choice between art and medicine as a career after serving in the Second World war, the late Michael Hutchings (1918-2020) became a pathologist, working in London hospitals. However, he never abandoned his first love, painting, and kept an active studio wherever he lived, spending most of his adult live in Barnes, in the south west of the capital.He was an extraordinarily long-lived artist, who witnessed arguably the greatest period of development in Western art across his lifetime. When he was born, Vorticism and Cubism had only recently emerged, and by the time he died, aged 101, we had entered the age of Conceptual art, video art, NFTs and Banksy.Hutchings' contribution to the exploration of painting can largely be summed up in a single word: Colour. For him it was not simply a filler to assist in the expression of form, it was the form itself.Now works from his studio will be offered for the first timein this dedicated auction.The title of the sale pays tribute to his driving belief that it was the artist's job to let the colour express itself: The Michael Hutchings Collection: Let The Colour Do The Drawing.Whether landscapes, portraits, character studies, abstracts and semi-abstracts, Hutchings' mastery of the palette led to the creation of vibrant compositions where line and form were strictly defined by the use of block colour and colour shade. As in nature, he found no need for separate outline.Having trained at Chelsea College of Art and The Slade, as well as the Open College of the Arts, for much of his life he developed his theories and style under his own steam.He used unusual colour combinations and tones to express mood and atmosphere in his paintings, showing how unexpected pairings across the spectrum could produce surprisingly effective results.The range of works in the sale illustrates his consistent mastery of this technique, which not only creates psychological and emotional studies of great depth and sophistication, but also results in some highly attractive and decorative pieces.Born in Frodsham, Cheshire, young Michael was a sensitive child who developed a stammer following an unexceptional, but for him traumatic, classroom experience. The incident gave an early insight into his unusual perception of the world around, which included a highly developed appreciation for natural beauty.It also led to him being treated by the renowned therapist Lionel Logue, celebrated as King George VI's specialist in the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speech. Hutchings became friends with Logue's son who visited him in later years.Having studied medicine at Liverpool University, Hutchings signed up for the Army Medical Corps, serving in Italy, Morocco and Austria during the Second World War. During this time, he continued his practice of painting and drawing wherever he went, sending home for materials as he travelled across Europe.It was when he returned from the war and enrolled at Chelsea College of Art and then The Slade that he faced arguably the hardest decision of his life: whether to pursue a career in art or medicine. It is thought family pressure directed him to the latter and that pathology may have allowed him to pursue a career out of the public eye in the quiet of the laboratory and so saved him from exposing his intermittent stammer any more than he needed to.Working first at Whipps Cross Hospital, where he met his future wife Kitty, he moved to St Charles's Hospital in Ladbroke Grove, specialising in haematology, with a particular interest in sickle cell disease.Despite this, art was omnipresent, and after also studying at Putney School of Art and the Open School of Art, he became a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited at a number of shows over the years, where he sold works and won several competitions."He was fairly private and kept his art private generally, but everybody he knew knew he painted," says his daughter Katherine. "If he had gone for art as a career, I think he could have made a name for himself."She recalls him telling the family that painting was his first love, and weekends were spent visiting the latest exhibition. He was especially keen on new developments in art and 'the latest thing'.So important was painting to him that he even chose his children's school, Dartington Hall, because of its devotion to teaching art, says Katherine."Even into his nineties he would take himself off on public transport to the Tate and continued buying paintings," she says. "He only stopped painting about seven or eight years before he died."Hutchings' longevity might have been, in part, the result of his fitness. Continuing to run marathons into his eighties, in his early seventies he came second for his age group in the London Marathon.His was an extraordinary life and he left behind a rich and accomplished body of work that is in this sale now we are privileged to be able to present now-."The volume, range and quality of the works in the sale present a real opportunity to establish an ongoing market for Michael Hutchings. He may not have been able to pursue his first love as a career during his lifetime, but his talent certainly deserves significant recognition now."

Michael Hutchings (British, 1918-2020), portrait of the artist's daughter. Oil on board. Unsigned. 51 x 62cm.Biography and ProvenanceFaced with a choice between art and medicine as a career after serving in the Second World war, the late Michael Hutchings (1918-2020) became a pathologist, working in London hospitals. However, he never abandoned his first love, painting, and kept an active studio wherever he lived, spending most of his adult live in Barnes, in the south west of the capital.He was an extraordinarily long-lived artist, who witnessed arguably the greatest period of development in Western art across his lifetime. When he was born, Vorticism and Cubism had only recently emerged, and by the time he died, aged 101, we had entered the age of Conceptual art, video art, NFTs and Banksy.Hutchings' contribution to the exploration of painting can largely be summed up in a single word: Colour. For him it was not simply a filler to assist in the expression of form, it was the form itself.Now works from his studio will be offered for the first timein this dedicated auction.The title of the sale pays tribute to his driving belief that it was the artist's job to let the colour express itself: The Michael Hutchings Collection: Let The Colour Do The Drawing.Whether landscapes, portraits, character studies, abstracts and semi-abstracts, Hutchings' mastery of the palette led to the creation of vibrant compositions where line and form were strictly defined by the use of block colour and colour shade. As in nature, he found no need for separate outline.Having trained at Chelsea College of Art and The Slade, as well as the Open College of the Arts, for much of his life he developed his theories and style under his own steam.He used unusual colour combinations and tones to express mood and atmosphere in his paintings, showing how unexpected pairings across the spectrum could produce surprisingly effective results.The range of works in the sale illustrates his consistent mastery of this technique, which not only creates psychological and emotional studies of great depth and sophistication, but also results in some highly attractive and decorative pieces.Born in Frodsham, Cheshire, young Michael was a sensitive child who developed a stammer following an unexceptional, but for him traumatic, classroom experience. The incident gave an early insight into his unusual perception of the world around, which included a highly developed appreciation for natural beauty.It also led to him being treated by the renowned therapist Lionel Logue, celebrated as King George VI's specialist in the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speech. Hutchings became friends with Logue's son who visited him in later years.Having studied medicine at Liverpool University, Hutchings signed up for the Army Medical Corps, serving in Italy, Morocco and Austria during the Second World War. During this time, he continued his practice of painting and drawing wherever he went, sending home for materials as he travelled across Europe.It was when he returned from the war and enrolled at Chelsea College of Art and then The Slade that he faced arguably the hardest decision of his life: whether to pursue a career in art or medicine. It is thought family pressure directed him to the latter and that pathology may have allowed him to pursue a career out of the public eye in the quiet of the laboratory and so saved him from exposing his intermittent stammer any more than he needed to.Working first at Whipps Cross Hospital, where he met his future wife Kitty, he moved to St Charles's Hospital in Ladbroke Grove, specialising in haematology, with a particular interest in sickle cell disease.Despite this, art was omnipresent, and after also studying at Putney School of Art and the Open School of Art, he became a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited at a number of shows over the years, where he sold works and won several competitions."He was fairly private and kept his art private generally, but everybody he knew knew he painted," says his daughter Katherine. "If he had gone for art as a career, I think he could have made a name for himself."She recalls him telling the family that painting was his first love, and weekends were spent visiting the latest exhibition. He was especially keen on new developments in art and 'the latest thing'.So important was painting to him that he even chose his children's school, Dartington Hall, because of its devotion to teaching art, says Katherine."Even into his nineties he would take himself off on public transport to the Tate and continued buying paintings," she says. "He only stopped painting about seven or eight years before he died."Hutchings' longevity might have been, in part, the result of his fitness. Continuing to run marathons into his eighties, in his early seventies he came second for his age group in the London Marathon.His was an extraordinary life and he left behind a rich and accomplished body of work that is in this sale now we are privileged to be able to present now-."The volume, range and quality of the works in the sale present a real opportunity to establish an ongoing market for Michael Hutchings. He may not have been able to pursue his first love as a career during his lifetime, but his talent certainly deserves significant recognition now."

Michael Hutchings (British, 1918-2020), 'Self-Portrait With and Without Glasses'. Pastel collage on paper. Initialled and dated 2008. 50 x 60cm.Biography and ProvenanceFaced with a choice between art and medicine as a career after serving in the Second World war, the late Michael Hutchings (1918-2020) became a pathologist, working in London hospitals. However, he never abandoned his first love, painting, and kept an active studio wherever he lived, spending most of his adult live in Barnes, in the south west of the capital.He was an extraordinarily long-lived artist, who witnessed arguably the greatest period of development in Western art across his lifetime. When he was born, Vorticism and Cubism had only recently emerged, and by the time he died, aged 101, we had entered the age of Conceptual art, video art, NFTs and Banksy.Hutchings' contribution to the exploration of painting can largely be summed up in a single word: Colour. For him it was not simply a filler to assist in the expression of form, it was the form itself.Now works from his studio will be offered for the first timein this dedicated auction.The title of the sale pays tribute to his driving belief that it was the artist's job to let the colour express itself: The Michael Hutchings Collection: Let The Colour Do The Drawing.Whether landscapes, portraits, character studies, abstracts and semi-abstracts, Hutchings' mastery of the palette led to the creation of vibrant compositions where line and form were strictly defined by the use of block colour and colour shade. As in nature, he found no need for separate outline.Having trained at Chelsea College of Art and The Slade, as well as the Open College of the Arts, for much of his life he developed his theories and style under his own steam.He used unusual colour combinations and tones to express mood and atmosphere in his paintings, showing how unexpected pairings across the spectrum could produce surprisingly effective results.The range of works in the sale illustrates his consistent mastery of this technique, which not only creates psychological and emotional studies of great depth and sophistication, but also results in some highly attractive and decorative pieces.Born in Frodsham, Cheshire, young Michael was a sensitive child who developed a stammer following an unexceptional, but for him traumatic, classroom experience. The incident gave an early insight into his unusual perception of the world around, which included a highly developed appreciation for natural beauty.It also led to him being treated by the renowned therapist Lionel Logue, celebrated as King George VI's specialist in the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speech. Hutchings became friends with Logue's son who visited him in later years.Having studied medicine at Liverpool University, Hutchings signed up for the Army Medical Corps, serving in Italy, Morocco and Austria during the Second World War. During this time, he continued his practice of painting and drawing wherever he went, sending home for materials as he travelled across Europe.It was when he returned from the war and enrolled at Chelsea College of Art and then The Slade that he faced arguably the hardest decision of his life: whether to pursue a career in art or medicine. It is thought family pressure directed him to the latter and that pathology may have allowed him to pursue a career out of the public eye in the quiet of the laboratory and so saved him from exposing his intermittent stammer any more than he needed to.Working first at Whipps Cross Hospital, where he met his future wife Kitty, he moved to St Charles's Hospital in Ladbroke Grove, specialising in haematology, with a particular interest in sickle cell disease.Despite this, art was omnipresent, and after also studying at Putney School of Art and the Open School of Art, he became a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited at a number of shows over the years, where he sold works and won several competitions."He was fairly private and kept his art private generally, but everybody he knew knew he painted," says his daughter Katherine. "If he had gone for art as a career, I think he could have made a name for himself."She recalls him telling the family that painting was his first love, and weekends were spent visiting the latest exhibition. He was especially keen on new developments in art and 'the latest thing'.So important was painting to him that he even chose his children's school, Dartington Hall, because of its devotion to teaching art, says Katherine."Even into his nineties he would take himself off on public transport to the Tate and continued buying paintings," she says. "He only stopped painting about seven or eight years before he died."Hutchings' longevity might have been, in part, the result of his fitness. Continuing to run marathons into his eighties, in his early seventies he came second for his age group in the London Marathon.His was an extraordinary life and he left behind a rich and accomplished body of work that is in this sale now we are privileged to be able to present now-."The volume, range and quality of the works in the sale present a real opportunity to establish an ongoing market for Michael Hutchings. He may not have been able to pursue his first love as a career during his lifetime, but his talent certainly deserves significant recognition now."

Michael Hutchings (British, 1918-2020), landscape. Watercolour on paper. 46 x 62cm. With wooded landscape, watercolour, 40 x 51, and Carmathen Bay watercolour, initialled and inscribed verso, 35 x 46cm.Biography and ProvenanceFaced with a choice between art and medicine as a career after serving in the Second World war, the late Michael Hutchings (1918-2020) became a pathologist, working in London hospitals. However, he never abandoned his first love, painting, and kept an active studio wherever he lived, spending most of his adult live in Barnes, in the south west of the capital.He was an extraordinarily long-lived artist, who witnessed arguably the greatest period of development in Western art across his lifetime. When he was born, Vorticism and Cubism had only recently emerged, and by the time he died, aged 101, we had entered the age of Conceptual art, video art, NFTs and Banksy.Hutchings' contribution to the exploration of painting can largely be summed up in a single word: Colour. For him it was not simply a filler to assist in the expression of form, it was the form itself.Now works from his studio will be offered for the first timein this dedicated auction.The title of the sale pays tribute to his driving belief that it was the artist's job to let the colour express itself: The Michael Hutchings Collection: Let The Colour Do The Drawing.Whether landscapes, portraits, character studies, abstracts and semi-abstracts, Hutchings' mastery of the palette led to the creation of vibrant compositions where line and form were strictly defined by the use of block colour and colour shade. As in nature, he found no need for separate outline.Having trained at Chelsea College of Art and The Slade, as well as the Open College of the Arts, for much of his life he developed his theories and style under his own steam.He used unusual colour combinations and tones to express mood and atmosphere in his paintings, showing how unexpected pairings across the spectrum could produce surprisingly effective results.The range of works in the sale illustrates his consistent mastery of this technique, which not only creates psychological and emotional studies of great depth and sophistication, but also results in some highly attractive and decorative pieces.Born in Frodsham, Cheshire, young Michael was a sensitive child who developed a stammer following an unexceptional, but for him traumatic, classroom experience. The incident gave an early insight into his unusual perception of the world around, which included a highly developed appreciation for natural beauty.It also led to him being treated by the renowned therapist Lionel Logue, celebrated as King George VI's specialist in the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speech. Hutchings became friends with Logue's son who visited him in later years.Having studied medicine at Liverpool University, Hutchings signed up for the Army Medical Corps, serving in Italy, Morocco and Austria during the Second World War. During this time, he continued his practice of painting and drawing wherever he went, sending home for materials as he travelled across Europe.It was when he returned from the war and enrolled at Chelsea College of Art and then The Slade that he faced arguably the hardest decision of his life: whether to pursue a career in art or medicine. It is thought family pressure directed him to the latter and that pathology may have allowed him to pursue a career out of the public eye in the quiet of the laboratory and so saved him from exposing his intermittent stammer any more than he needed to.Working first at Whipps Cross Hospital, where he met his future wife Kitty, he moved to St Charles's Hospital in Ladbroke Grove, specialising in haematology, with a particular interest in sickle cell disease.Despite this, art was omnipresent, and after also studying at Putney School of Art and the Open School of Art, he became a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited at a number of shows over the years, where he sold works and won several competitions."He was fairly private and kept his art private generally, but everybody he knew knew he painted," says his daughter Katherine. "If he had gone for art as a career, I think he could have made a name for himself."She recalls him telling the family that painting was his first love, and weekends were spent visiting the latest exhibition. He was especially keen on new developments in art and 'the latest thing'.So important was painting to him that he even chose his children's school, Dartington Hall, because of its devotion to teaching art, says Katherine."Even into his nineties he would take himself off on public transport to the Tate and continued buying paintings," she says. "He only stopped painting about seven or eight years before he died."Hutchings' longevity might have been, in part, the result of his fitness. Continuing to run marathons into his eighties, in his early seventies he came second for his age group in the London Marathon.His was an extraordinary life and he left behind a rich and accomplished body of work that is in this sale now we are privileged to be able to present now-."The volume, range and quality of the works in the sale present a real opportunity to establish an ongoing market for Michael Hutchings. He may not have been able to pursue his first love as a career during his lifetime, but his talent certainly deserves significant recognition now."

Michael Hutchings (British, 1918-2020), two abstract oil on boards. 75 x 46 and 92 x 46cm.Biography and ProvenanceFaced with a choice between art and medicine as a career after serving in the Second World war, the late Michael Hutchings (1918-2020) became a pathologist, working in London hospitals. However, he never abandoned his first love, painting, and kept an active studio wherever he lived, spending most of his adult live in Barnes, in the south west of the capital.He was an extraordinarily long-lived artist, who witnessed arguably the greatest period of development in Western art across his lifetime. When he was born, Vorticism and Cubism had only recently emerged, and by the time he died, aged 101, we had entered the age of Conceptual art, video art, NFTs and Banksy.Hutchings' contribution to the exploration of painting can largely be summed up in a single word: Colour. For him it was not simply a filler to assist in the expression of form, it was the form itself.Now works from his studio will be offered for the first timein this dedicated auction.The title of the sale pays tribute to his driving belief that it was the artist's job to let the colour express itself: The Michael Hutchings Collection: Let The Colour Do The Drawing.Whether landscapes, portraits, character studies, abstracts and semi-abstracts, Hutchings' mastery of the palette led to the creation of vibrant compositions where line and form were strictly defined by the use of block colour and colour shade. As in nature, he found no need for separate outline.Having trained at Chelsea College of Art and The Slade, as well as the Open College of the Arts, for much of his life he developed his theories and style under his own steam.He used unusual colour combinations and tones to express mood and atmosphere in his paintings, showing how unexpected pairings across the spectrum could produce surprisingly effective results.The range of works in the sale illustrates his consistent mastery of this technique, which not only creates psychological and emotional studies of great depth and sophistication, but also results in some highly attractive and decorative pieces.Born in Frodsham, Cheshire, young Michael was a sensitive child who developed a stammer following an unexceptional, but for him traumatic, classroom experience. The incident gave an early insight into his unusual perception of the world around, which included a highly developed appreciation for natural beauty.It also led to him being treated by the renowned therapist Lionel Logue, celebrated as King George VI's specialist in the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speech. Hutchings became friends with Logue's son who visited him in later years.Having studied medicine at Liverpool University, Hutchings signed up for the Army Medical Corps, serving in Italy, Morocco and Austria during the Second World War. During this time, he continued his practice of painting and drawing wherever he went, sending home for materials as he travelled across Europe.It was when he returned from the war and enrolled at Chelsea College of Art and then The Slade that he faced arguably the hardest decision of his life: whether to pursue a career in art or medicine. It is thought family pressure directed him to the latter and that pathology may have allowed him to pursue a career out of the public eye in the quiet of the laboratory and so saved him from exposing his intermittent stammer any more than he needed to.Working first at Whipps Cross Hospital, where he met his future wife Kitty, he moved to St Charles's Hospital in Ladbroke Grove, specialising in haematology, with a particular interest in sickle cell disease.Despite this, art was omnipresent, and after also studying at Putney School of Art and the Open School of Art, he became a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited at a number of shows over the years, where he sold works and won several competitions."He was fairly private and kept his art private generally, but everybody he knew knew he painted," says his daughter Katherine. "If he had gone for art as a career, I think he could have made a name for himself."She recalls him telling the family that painting was his first love, and weekends were spent visiting the latest exhibition. He was especially keen on new developments in art and 'the latest thing'.So important was painting to him that he even chose his children's school, Dartington Hall, because of its devotion to teaching art, says Katherine."Even into his nineties he would take himself off on public transport to the Tate and continued buying paintings," she says. "He only stopped painting about seven or eight years before he died."Hutchings' longevity might have been, in part, the result of his fitness. Continuing to run marathons into his eighties, in his early seventies he came second for his age group in the London Marathon.His was an extraordinary life and he left behind a rich and accomplished body of work that is in this sale now we are privileged to be able to present now-."The volume, range and quality of the works in the sale present a real opportunity to establish an ongoing market for Michael Hutchings. He may not have been able to pursue his first love as a career during his lifetime, but his talent certainly deserves significant recognition now."

Michael Hutchings (British, 1918-2020), portrait of a man and woman. Dated '91. Unsigned. 47 x 62cm.Biography and ProvenanceFaced with a choice between art and medicine as a career after serving in the Second World war, the late Michael Hutchings (1918-2020) became a pathologist, working in London hospitals. However, he never abandoned his first love, painting, and kept an active studio wherever he lived, spending most of his adult live in Barnes, in the south west of the capital.He was an extraordinarily long-lived artist, who witnessed arguably the greatest period of development in Western art across his lifetime. When he was born, Vorticism and Cubism had only recently emerged, and by the time he died, aged 101, we had entered the age of Conceptual art, video art, NFTs and Banksy.Hutchings' contribution to the exploration of painting can largely be summed up in a single word: Colour. For him it was not simply a filler to assist in the expression of form, it was the form itself.Now works from his studio will be offered for the first timein this dedicated auction.The title of the sale pays tribute to his driving belief that it was the artist's job to let the colour express itself: The Michael Hutchings Collection: Let The Colour Do The Drawing.Whether landscapes, portraits, character studies, abstracts and semi-abstracts, Hutchings' mastery of the palette led to the creation of vibrant compositions where line and form were strictly defined by the use of block colour and colour shade. As in nature, he found no need for separate outline.Having trained at Chelsea College of Art and The Slade, as well as the Open College of the Arts, for much of his life he developed his theories and style under his own steam.He used unusual colour combinations and tones to express mood and atmosphere in his paintings, showing how unexpected pairings across the spectrum could produce surprisingly effective results.The range of works in the sale illustrates his consistent mastery of this technique, which not only creates psychological and emotional studies of great depth and sophistication, but also results in some highly attractive and decorative pieces.Born in Frodsham, Cheshire, young Michael was a sensitive child who developed a stammer following an unexceptional, but for him traumatic, classroom experience. The incident gave an early insight into his unusual perception of the world around, which included a highly developed appreciation for natural beauty.It also led to him being treated by the renowned therapist Lionel Logue, celebrated as King George VI's specialist in the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speech. Hutchings became friends with Logue's son who visited him in later years.Having studied medicine at Liverpool University, Hutchings signed up for the Army Medical Corps, serving in Italy, Morocco and Austria during the Second World War. During this time, he continued his practice of painting and drawing wherever he went, sending home for materials as he travelled across Europe.It was when he returned from the war and enrolled at Chelsea College of Art and then The Slade that he faced arguably the hardest decision of his life: whether to pursue a career in art or medicine. It is thought family pressure directed him to the latter and that pathology may have allowed him to pursue a career out of the public eye in the quiet of the laboratory and so saved him from exposing his intermittent stammer any more than he needed to.Working first at Whipps Cross Hospital, where he met his future wife Kitty, he moved to St Charles's Hospital in Ladbroke Grove, specialising in haematology, with a particular interest in sickle cell disease.Despite this, art was omnipresent, and after also studying at Putney School of Art and the Open School of Art, he became a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited at a number of shows over the years, where he sold works and won several competitions."He was fairly private and kept his art private generally, but everybody he knew knew he painted," says his daughter Katherine. "If he had gone for art as a career, I think he could have made a name for himself."She recalls him telling the family that painting was his first love, and weekends were spent visiting the latest exhibition. He was especially keen on new developments in art and 'the latest thing'.So important was painting to him that he even chose his children's school, Dartington Hall, because of its devotion to teaching art, says Katherine."Even into his nineties he would take himself off on public transport to the Tate and continued buying paintings," she says. "He only stopped painting about seven or eight years before he died."Hutchings' longevity might have been, in part, the result of his fitness. Continuing to run marathons into his eighties, in his early seventies he came second for his age group in the London Marathon.His was an extraordinary life and he left behind a rich and accomplished body of work that is in this sale now we are privileged to be able to present now-."The volume, range and quality of the works in the sale present a real opportunity to establish an ongoing market for Michael Hutchings. He may not have been able to pursue his first love as a career during his lifetime, but his talent certainly deserves significant recognition now."

Michael Hutchings (British, 1918-2020), portrait of the artist's wife cycling. Acrylic on paper. Unsigned. 44 x 50cm.Biography and ProvenanceFaced with a choice between art and medicine as a career after serving in the Second World war, the late Michael Hutchings (1918-2020) became a pathologist, working in London hospitals. However, he never abandoned his first love, painting, and kept an active studio wherever he lived, spending most of his adult live in Barnes, in the south west of the capital.He was an extraordinarily long-lived artist, who witnessed arguably the greatest period of development in Western art across his lifetime. When he was born, Vorticism and Cubism had only recently emerged, and by the time he died, aged 101, we had entered the age of Conceptual art, video art, NFTs and Banksy.Hutchings' contribution to the exploration of painting can largely be summed up in a single word: Colour. For him it was not simply a filler to assist in the expression of form, it was the form itself.Now works from his studio will be offered for the first timein this dedicated auction.The title of the sale pays tribute to his driving belief that it was the artist's job to let the colour express itself: The Michael Hutchings Collection: Let The Colour Do The Drawing.Whether landscapes, portraits, character studies, abstracts and semi-abstracts, Hutchings' mastery of the palette led to the creation of vibrant compositions where line and form were strictly defined by the use of block colour and colour shade. As in nature, he found no need for separate outline.Having trained at Chelsea College of Art and The Slade, as well as the Open College of the Arts, for much of his life he developed his theories and style under his own steam.He used unusual colour combinations and tones to express mood and atmosphere in his paintings, showing how unexpected pairings across the spectrum could produce surprisingly effective results.The range of works in the sale illustrates his consistent mastery of this technique, which not only creates psychological and emotional studies of great depth and sophistication, but also results in some highly attractive and decorative pieces.Born in Frodsham, Cheshire, young Michael was a sensitive child who developed a stammer following an unexceptional, but for him traumatic, classroom experience. The incident gave an early insight into his unusual perception of the world around, which included a highly developed appreciation for natural beauty.It also led to him being treated by the renowned therapist Lionel Logue, celebrated as King George VI's specialist in the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speech. Hutchings became friends with Logue's son who visited him in later years.Having studied medicine at Liverpool University, Hutchings signed up for the Army Medical Corps, serving in Italy, Morocco and Austria during the Second World War. During this time, he continued his practice of painting and drawing wherever he went, sending home for materials as he travelled across Europe.It was when he returned from the war and enrolled at Chelsea College of Art and then The Slade that he faced arguably the hardest decision of his life: whether to pursue a career in art or medicine. It is thought family pressure directed him to the latter and that pathology may have allowed him to pursue a career out of the public eye in the quiet of the laboratory and so saved him from exposing his intermittent stammer any more than he needed to.Working first at Whipps Cross Hospital, where he met his future wife Kitty, he moved to St Charles's Hospital in Ladbroke Grove, specialising in haematology, with a particular interest in sickle cell disease.Despite this, art was omnipresent, and after also studying at Putney School of Art and the Open School of Art, he became a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited at a number of shows over the years, where he sold works and won several competitions."He was fairly private and kept his art private generally, but everybody he knew knew he painted," says his daughter Katherine. "If he had gone for art as a career, I think he could have made a name for himself."She recalls him telling the family that painting was his first love, and weekends were spent visiting the latest exhibition. He was especially keen on new developments in art and 'the latest thing'.So important was painting to him that he even chose his children's school, Dartington Hall, because of its devotion to teaching art, says Katherine."Even into his nineties he would take himself off on public transport to the Tate and continued buying paintings," she says. "He only stopped painting about seven or eight years before he died."Hutchings' longevity might have been, in part, the result of his fitness. Continuing to run marathons into his eighties, in his early seventies he came second for his age group in the London Marathon.His was an extraordinary life and he left behind a rich and accomplished body of work that is in this sale now we are privileged to be able to present now-."The volume, range and quality of the works in the sale present a real opportunity to establish an ongoing market for Michael Hutchings. He may not have been able to pursue his first love as a career during his lifetime, but his talent certainly deserves significant recognition now."

Michael Hutchings (British, 1918-2020), 'Garden'. Landscape. Watercolour. 'New English Art Club' label verso. 44 x 56cm.Biography and ProvenanceFaced with a choice between art and medicine as a career after serving in the Second World war, the late Michael Hutchings (1918-2020) became a pathologist, working in London hospitals. However, he never abandoned his first love, painting, and kept an active studio wherever he lived, spending most of his adult live in Barnes, in the south west of the capital.He was an extraordinarily long-lived artist, who witnessed arguably the greatest period of development in Western art across his lifetime. When he was born, Vorticism and Cubism had only recently emerged, and by the time he died, aged 101, we had entered the age of Conceptual art, video art, NFTs and Banksy.Hutchings' contribution to the exploration of painting can largely be summed up in a single word: Colour. For him it was not simply a filler to assist in the expression of form, it was the form itself.Now works from his studio will be offered for the first timein this dedicated auction.The title of the sale pays tribute to his driving belief that it was the artist's job to let the colour express itself: The Michael Hutchings Collection: Let The Colour Do The Drawing.Whether landscapes, portraits, character studies, abstracts and semi-abstracts, Hutchings' mastery of the palette led to the creation of vibrant compositions where line and form were strictly defined by the use of block colour and colour shade. As in nature, he found no need for separate outline.Having trained at Chelsea College of Art and The Slade, as well as the Open College of the Arts, for much of his life he developed his theories and style under his own steam.He used unusual colour combinations and tones to express mood and atmosphere in his paintings, showing how unexpected pairings across the spectrum could produce surprisingly effective results.The range of works in the sale illustrates his consistent mastery of this technique, which not only creates psychological and emotional studies of great depth and sophistication, but also results in some highly attractive and decorative pieces.Born in Frodsham, Cheshire, young Michael was a sensitive child who developed a stammer following an unexceptional, but for him traumatic, classroom experience. The incident gave an early insight into his unusual perception of the world around, which included a highly developed appreciation for natural beauty.It also led to him being treated by the renowned therapist Lionel Logue, celebrated as King George VI's specialist in the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speech. Hutchings became friends with Logue's son who visited him in later years.Having studied medicine at Liverpool University, Hutchings signed up for the Army Medical Corps, serving in Italy, Morocco and Austria during the Second World War. During this time, he continued his practice of painting and drawing wherever he went, sending home for materials as he travelled across Europe.It was when he returned from the war and enrolled at Chelsea College of Art and then The Slade that he faced arguably the hardest decision of his life: whether to pursue a career in art or medicine. It is thought family pressure directed him to the latter and that pathology may have allowed him to pursue a career out of the public eye in the quiet of the laboratory and so saved him from exposing his intermittent stammer any more than he needed to.Working first at Whipps Cross Hospital, where he met his future wife Kitty, he moved to St Charles's Hospital in Ladbroke Grove, specialising in haematology, with a particular interest in sickle cell disease.Despite this, art was omnipresent, and after also studying at Putney School of Art and the Open School of Art, he became a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited at a number of shows over the years, where he sold works and won several competitions."He was fairly private and kept his art private generally, but everybody he knew knew he painted," says his daughter Katherine. "If he had gone for art as a career, I think he could have made a name for himself."She recalls him telling the family that painting was his first love, and weekends were spent visiting the latest exhibition. He was especially keen on new developments in art and 'the latest thing'.So important was painting to him that he even chose his children's school, Dartington Hall, because of its devotion to teaching art, says Katherine."Even into his nineties he would take himself off on public transport to the Tate and continued buying paintings," she says. "He only stopped painting about seven or eight years before he died."Hutchings' longevity might have been, in part, the result of his fitness. Continuing to run marathons into his eighties, in his early seventies he came second for his age group in the London Marathon.His was an extraordinary life and he left behind a rich and accomplished body of work that is in this sale now we are privileged to be able to present now-."The volume, range and quality of the works in the sale present a real opportunity to establish an ongoing market for Michael Hutchings. He may not have been able to pursue his first love as a career during his lifetime, but his talent certainly deserves significant recognition now."

Michael Hutchings (British, 1918-2020), 'Inaction', seated man. Mixed media. Initialled and dated '91. 54 x 44cm. With 'In Thought', seated figure. Mixed media. Initialled and dated '89. 77 x 59cm.Biography and ProvenanceFaced with a choice between art and medicine as a career after serving in the Second World war, the late Michael Hutchings (1918-2020) became a pathologist, working in London hospitals. However, he never abandoned his first love, painting, and kept an active studio wherever he lived, spending most of his adult live in Barnes, in the south west of the capital.He was an extraordinarily long-lived artist, who witnessed arguably the greatest period of development in Western art across his lifetime. When he was born, Vorticism and Cubism had only recently emerged, and by the time he died, aged 101, we had entered the age of Conceptual art, video art, NFTs and Banksy.Hutchings' contribution to the exploration of painting can largely be summed up in a single word: Colour. For him it was not simply a filler to assist in the expression of form, it was the form itself.Now works from his studio will be offered for the first timein this dedicated auction.The title of the sale pays tribute to his driving belief that it was the artist's job to let the colour express itself: The Michael Hutchings Collection: Let The Colour Do The Drawing.Whether landscapes, portraits, character studies, abstracts and semi-abstracts, Hutchings' mastery of the palette led to the creation of vibrant compositions where line and form were strictly defined by the use of block colour and colour shade. As in nature, he found no need for separate outline.Having trained at Chelsea College of Art and The Slade, as well as the Open College of the Arts, for much of his life he developed his theories and style under his own steam.He used unusual colour combinations and tones to express mood and atmosphere in his paintings, showing how unexpected pairings across the spectrum could produce surprisingly effective results.The range of works in the sale illustrates his consistent mastery of this technique, which not only creates psychological and emotional studies of great depth and sophistication, but also results in some highly attractive and decorative pieces.Born in Frodsham, Cheshire, young Michael was a sensitive child who developed a stammer following an unexceptional, but for him traumatic, classroom experience. The incident gave an early insight into his unusual perception of the world around, which included a highly developed appreciation for natural beauty.It also led to him being treated by the renowned therapist Lionel Logue, celebrated as King George VI's specialist in the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speech. Hutchings became friends with Logue's son who visited him in later years.Having studied medicine at Liverpool University, Hutchings signed up for the Army Medical Corps, serving in Italy, Morocco and Austria during the Second World War. During this time, he continued his practice of painting and drawing wherever he went, sending home for materials as he travelled across Europe.It was when he returned from the war and enrolled at Chelsea College of Art and then The Slade that he faced arguably the hardest decision of his life: whether to pursue a career in art or medicine. It is thought family pressure directed him to the latter and that pathology may have allowed him to pursue a career out of the public eye in the quiet of the laboratory and so saved him from exposing his intermittent stammer any more than he needed to.Working first at Whipps Cross Hospital, where he met his future wife Kitty, he moved to St Charles's Hospital in Ladbroke Grove, specialising in haematology, with a particular interest in sickle cell disease.Despite this, art was omnipresent, and after also studying at Putney School of Art and the Open School of Art, he became a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited at a number of shows over the years, where he sold works and won several competitions."He was fairly private and kept his art private generally, but everybody he knew knew he painted," says his daughter Katherine. "If he had gone for art as a career, I think he could have made a name for himself."She recalls him telling the family that painting was his first love, and weekends were spent visiting the latest exhibition. He was especially keen on new developments in art and 'the latest thing'.So important was painting to him that he even chose his children's school, Dartington Hall, because of its devotion to teaching art, says Katherine."Even into his nineties he would take himself off on public transport to the Tate and continued buying paintings," she says. "He only stopped painting about seven or eight years before he died."Hutchings' longevity might have been, in part, the result of his fitness. Continuing to run marathons into his eighties, in his early seventies he came second for his age group in the London Marathon.His was an extraordinary life and he left behind a rich and accomplished body of work that is in this sale now we are privileged to be able to present now-."The volume, range and quality of the works in the sale present a real opportunity to establish an ongoing market for Michael Hutchings. He may not have been able to pursue his first love as a career during his lifetime, but his talent certainly deserves significant recognition now."

Michael Hutchings (British, 1918-2020), reclining figure. Acrylic on board. Signed and dated lower right 1978. 61 x 86cm. With 'Drawing Class'. Watercolour on paper. Signed lower right and verso. 35 x 47cm.Biography and ProvenanceFaced with a choice between art and medicine as a career after serving in the Second World war, the late Michael Hutchings (1918-2020) became a pathologist, working in London hospitals. However, he never abandoned his first love, painting, and kept an active studio wherever he lived, spending most of his adult live in Barnes, in the south west of the capital.He was an extraordinarily long-lived artist, who witnessed arguably the greatest period of development in Western art across his lifetime. When he was born, Vorticism and Cubism had only recently emerged, and by the time he died, aged 101, we had entered the age of Conceptual art, video art, NFTs and Banksy.Hutchings' contribution to the exploration of painting can largely be summed up in a single word: Colour. For him it was not simply a filler to assist in the expression of form, it was the form itself.Now works from his studio will be offered for the first timein this dedicated auction.The title of the sale pays tribute to his driving belief that it was the artist's job to let the colour express itself: The Michael Hutchings Collection: Let The Colour Do The Drawing.Whether landscapes, portraits, character studies, abstracts and semi-abstracts, Hutchings' mastery of the palette led to the creation of vibrant compositions where line and form were strictly defined by the use of block colour and colour shade. As in nature, he found no need for separate outline.Having trained at Chelsea College of Art and The Slade, as well as the Open College of the Arts, for much of his life he developed his theories and style under his own steam.He used unusual colour combinations and tones to express mood and atmosphere in his paintings, showing how unexpected pairings across the spectrum could produce surprisingly effective results.The range of works in the sale illustrates his consistent mastery of this technique, which not only creates psychological and emotional studies of great depth and sophistication, but also results in some highly attractive and decorative pieces.Born in Frodsham, Cheshire, young Michael was a sensitive child who developed a stammer following an unexceptional, but for him traumatic, classroom experience. The incident gave an early insight into his unusual perception of the world around, which included a highly developed appreciation for natural beauty.It also led to him being treated by the renowned therapist Lionel Logue, celebrated as King George VI's specialist in the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speech. Hutchings became friends with Logue's son who visited him in later years.Having studied medicine at Liverpool University, Hutchings signed up for the Army Medical Corps, serving in Italy, Morocco and Austria during the Second World War. During this time, he continued his practice of painting and drawing wherever he went, sending home for materials as he travelled across Europe.It was when he returned from the war and enrolled at Chelsea College of Art and then The Slade that he faced arguably the hardest decision of his life: whether to pursue a career in art or medicine. It is thought family pressure directed him to the latter and that pathology may have allowed him to pursue a career out of the public eye in the quiet of the laboratory and so saved him from exposing his intermittent stammer any more than he needed to.Working first at Whipps Cross Hospital, where he met his future wife Kitty, he moved to St Charles's Hospital in Ladbroke Grove, specialising in haematology, with a particular interest in sickle cell disease.Despite this, art was omnipresent, and after also studying at Putney School of Art and the Open School of Art, he became a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited at a number of shows over the years, where he sold works and won several competitions."He was fairly private and kept his art private generally, but everybody he knew knew he painted," says his daughter Katherine. "If he had gone for art as a career, I think he could have made a name for himself."She recalls him telling the family that painting was his first love, and weekends were spent visiting the latest exhibition. He was especially keen on new developments in art and 'the latest thing'.So important was painting to him that he even chose his children's school, Dartington Hall, because of its devotion to teaching art, says Katherine."Even into his nineties he would take himself off on public transport to the Tate and continued buying paintings," she says. "He only stopped painting about seven or eight years before he died."Hutchings' longevity might have been, in part, the result of his fitness. Continuing to run marathons into his eighties, in his early seventies he came second for his age group in the London Marathon.His was an extraordinary life and he left behind a rich and accomplished body of work that is in this sale now we are privileged to be able to present now-."The volume, range and quality of the works in the sale present a real opportunity to establish an ongoing market for Michael Hutchings. He may not have been able to pursue his first love as a career during his lifetime, but his talent certainly deserves significant recognition now."

Michael Hutchings (British, 1918-2020), 'Inner Harbour at Kavala'. Acrylic on paper with collage. Labelled verso. 66 x 94cm.Biography and ProvenanceFaced with a choice between art and medicine as a career after serving in the Second World war, the late Michael Hutchings (1918-2020) became a pathologist, working in London hospitals. However, he never abandoned his first love, painting, and kept an active studio wherever he lived, spending most of his adult live in Barnes, in the south west of the capital.He was an extraordinarily long-lived artist, who witnessed arguably the greatest period of development in Western art across his lifetime. When he was born, Vorticism and Cubism had only recently emerged, and by the time he died, aged 101, we had entered the age of Conceptual art, video art, NFTs and Banksy.Hutchings' contribution to the exploration of painting can largely be summed up in a single word: Colour. For him it was not simply a filler to assist in the expression of form, it was the form itself.Now works from his studio will be offered for the first timein this dedicated auction.The title of the sale pays tribute to his driving belief that it was the artist's job to let the colour express itself: The Michael Hutchings Collection: Let The Colour Do The Drawing.Whether landscapes, portraits, character studies, abstracts and semi-abstracts, Hutchings' mastery of the palette led to the creation of vibrant compositions where line and form were strictly defined by the use of block colour and colour shade. As in nature, he found no need for separate outline.Having trained at Chelsea College of Art and The Slade, as well as the Open College of the Arts, for much of his life he developed his theories and style under his own steam.He used unusual colour combinations and tones to express mood and atmosphere in his paintings, showing how unexpected pairings across the spectrum could produce surprisingly effective results.The range of works in the sale illustrates his consistent mastery of this technique, which not only creates psychological and emotional studies of great depth and sophistication, but also results in some highly attractive and decorative pieces.Born in Frodsham, Cheshire, young Michael was a sensitive child who developed a stammer following an unexceptional, but for him traumatic, classroom experience. The incident gave an early insight into his unusual perception of the world around, which included a highly developed appreciation for natural beauty.It also led to him being treated by the renowned therapist Lionel Logue, celebrated as King George VI's specialist in the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speech. Hutchings became friends with Logue's son who visited him in later years.Having studied medicine at Liverpool University, Hutchings signed up for the Army Medical Corps, serving in Italy, Morocco and Austria during the Second World War. During this time, he continued his practice of painting and drawing wherever he went, sending home for materials as he travelled across Europe.It was when he returned from the war and enrolled at Chelsea College of Art and then The Slade that he faced arguably the hardest decision of his life: whether to pursue a career in art or medicine. It is thought family pressure directed him to the latter and that pathology may have allowed him to pursue a career out of the public eye in the quiet of the laboratory and so saved him from exposing his intermittent stammer any more than he needed to.Working first at Whipps Cross Hospital, where he met his future wife Kitty, he moved to St Charles's Hospital in Ladbroke Grove, specialising in haematology, with a particular interest in sickle cell disease.Despite this, art was omnipresent, and after also studying at Putney School of Art and the Open School of Art, he became a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited at a number of shows over the years, where he sold works and won several competitions."He was fairly private and kept his art private generally, but everybody he knew knew he painted," says his daughter Katherine. "If he had gone for art as a career, I think he could have made a name for himself."She recalls him telling the family that painting was his first love, and weekends were spent visiting the latest exhibition. He was especially keen on new developments in art and 'the latest thing'.So important was painting to him that he even chose his children's school, Dartington Hall, because of its devotion to teaching art, says Katherine."Even into his nineties he would take himself off on public transport to the Tate and continued buying paintings," she says. "He only stopped painting about seven or eight years before he died."Hutchings' longevity might have been, in part, the result of his fitness. Continuing to run marathons into his eighties, in his early seventies he came second for his age group in the London Marathon.His was an extraordinary life and he left behind a rich and accomplished body of work that is in this sale now we are privileged to be able to present now-."The volume, range and quality of the works in the sale present a real opportunity to establish an ongoing market for Michael Hutchings. He may not have been able to pursue his first love as a career during his lifetime, but his talent certainly deserves significant recognition now."

Michael Hutchings (British, 1918-2020), pagoda at Kew. Acrylic on canvas. Initialled and dated lower right. Labelled verso. 61 x 51cm.Biography and ProvenanceFaced with a choice between art and medicine as a career after serving in the Second World war, the late Michael Hutchings (1918-2020) became a pathologist, working in London hospitals. However, he never abandoned his first love, painting, and kept an active studio wherever he lived, spending most of his adult live in Barnes, in the south west of the capital.He was an extraordinarily long-lived artist, who witnessed arguably the greatest period of development in Western art across his lifetime. When he was born, Vorticism and Cubism had only recently emerged, and by the time he died, aged 101, we had entered the age of Conceptual art, video art, NFTs and Banksy.Hutchings' contribution to the exploration of painting can largely be summed up in a single word: Colour. For him it was not simply a filler to assist in the expression of form, it was the form itself.Now works from his studio will be offered for the first timein this dedicated auction.The title of the sale pays tribute to his driving belief that it was the artist's job to let the colour express itself: The Michael Hutchings Collection: Let The Colour Do The Drawing.Whether landscapes, portraits, character studies, abstracts and semi-abstracts, Hutchings' mastery of the palette led to the creation of vibrant compositions where line and form were strictly defined by the use of block colour and colour shade. As in nature, he found no need for separate outline.Having trained at Chelsea College of Art and The Slade, as well as the Open College of the Arts, for much of his life he developed his theories and style under his own steam.He used unusual colour combinations and tones to express mood and atmosphere in his paintings, showing how unexpected pairings across the spectrum could produce surprisingly effective results.The range of works in the sale illustrates his consistent mastery of this technique, which not only creates psychological and emotional studies of great depth and sophistication, but also results in some highly attractive and decorative pieces.Born in Frodsham, Cheshire, young Michael was a sensitive child who developed a stammer following an unexceptional, but for him traumatic, classroom experience. The incident gave an early insight into his unusual perception of the world around, which included a highly developed appreciation for natural beauty.It also led to him being treated by the renowned therapist Lionel Logue, celebrated as King George VI's specialist in the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speech. Hutchings became friends with Logue's son who visited him in later years.Having studied medicine at Liverpool University, Hutchings signed up for the Army Medical Corps, serving in Italy, Morocco and Austria during the Second World War. During this time, he continued his practice of painting and drawing wherever he went, sending home for materials as he travelled across Europe.It was when he returned from the war and enrolled at Chelsea College of Art and then The Slade that he faced arguably the hardest decision of his life: whether to pursue a career in art or medicine. It is thought family pressure directed him to the latter and that pathology may have allowed him to pursue a career out of the public eye in the quiet of the laboratory and so saved him from exposing his intermittent stammer any more than he needed to.Working first at Whipps Cross Hospital, where he met his future wife Kitty, he moved to St Charles's Hospital in Ladbroke Grove, specialising in haematology, with a particular interest in sickle cell disease.Despite this, art was omnipresent, and after also studying at Putney School of Art and the Open School of Art, he became a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited at a number of shows over the years, where he sold works and won several competitions."He was fairly private and kept his art private generally, but everybody he knew knew he painted," says his daughter Katherine. "If he had gone for art as a career, I think he could have made a name for himself."She recalls him telling the family that painting was his first love, and weekends were spent visiting the latest exhibition. He was especially keen on new developments in art and 'the latest thing'.So important was painting to him that he even chose his children's school, Dartington Hall, because of its devotion to teaching art, says Katherine."Even into his nineties he would take himself off on public transport to the Tate and continued buying paintings," she says. "He only stopped painting about seven or eight years before he died."Hutchings' longevity might have been, in part, the result of his fitness. Continuing to run marathons into his eighties, in his early seventies he came second for his age group in the London Marathon.His was an extraordinary life and he left behind a rich and accomplished body of work that is in this sale now we are privileged to be able to present now-."The volume, range and quality of the works in the sale present a real opportunity to establish an ongoing market for Michael Hutchings. He may not have been able to pursue his first love as a career during his lifetime, but his talent certainly deserves significant recognition now."

Michael Hutchings (British, 1918-2020), 'Figures on Green Base'. Acrylic on canvas. Signed and dated lower right 1984. Labelled verso. 83 x 62cm.Biography and ProvenanceFaced with a choice between art and medicine as a career after serving in the Second World war, the late Michael Hutchings (1918-2020) became a pathologist, working in London hospitals. However, he never abandoned his first love, painting, and kept an active studio wherever he lived, spending most of his adult live in Barnes, in the south west of the capital.He was an extraordinarily long-lived artist, who witnessed arguably the greatest period of development in Western art across his lifetime. When he was born, Vorticism and Cubism had only recently emerged, and by the time he died, aged 101, we had entered the age of Conceptual art, video art, NFTs and Banksy.Hutchings' contribution to the exploration of painting can largely be summed up in a single word: Colour. For him it was not simply a filler to assist in the expression of form, it was the form itself.Now works from his studio will be offered for the first timein this dedicated auction.The title of the sale pays tribute to his driving belief that it was the artist's job to let the colour express itself: The Michael Hutchings Collection: Let The Colour Do The Drawing.Whether landscapes, portraits, character studies, abstracts and semi-abstracts, Hutchings' mastery of the palette led to the creation of vibrant compositions where line and form were strictly defined by the use of block colour and colour shade. As in nature, he found no need for separate outline.Having trained at Chelsea College of Art and The Slade, as well as the Open College of the Arts, for much of his life he developed his theories and style under his own steam.He used unusual colour combinations and tones to express mood and atmosphere in his paintings, showing how unexpected pairings across the spectrum could produce surprisingly effective results.The range of works in the sale illustrates his consistent mastery of this technique, which not only creates psychological and emotional studies of great depth and sophistication, but also results in some highly attractive and decorative pieces.Born in Frodsham, Cheshire, young Michael was a sensitive child who developed a stammer following an unexceptional, but for him traumatic, classroom experience. The incident gave an early insight into his unusual perception of the world around, which included a highly developed appreciation for natural beauty.It also led to him being treated by the renowned therapist Lionel Logue, celebrated as King George VI's specialist in the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speech. Hutchings became friends with Logue's son who visited him in later years.Having studied medicine at Liverpool University, Hutchings signed up for the Army Medical Corps, serving in Italy, Morocco and Austria during the Second World War. During this time, he continued his practice of painting and drawing wherever he went, sending home for materials as he travelled across Europe.It was when he returned from the war and enrolled at Chelsea College of Art and then The Slade that he faced arguably the hardest decision of his life: whether to pursue a career in art or medicine. It is thought family pressure directed him to the latter and that pathology may have allowed him to pursue a career out of the public eye in the quiet of the laboratory and so saved him from exposing his intermittent stammer any more than he needed to.Working first at Whipps Cross Hospital, where he met his future wife Kitty, he moved to St Charles's Hospital in Ladbroke Grove, specialising in haematology, with a particular interest in sickle cell disease.Despite this, art was omnipresent, and after also studying at Putney School of Art and the Open School of Art, he became a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited at a number of shows over the years, where he sold works and won several competitions."He was fairly private and kept his art private generally, but everybody he knew knew he painted," says his daughter Katherine. "If he had gone for art as a career, I think he could have made a name for himself."She recalls him telling the family that painting was his first love, and weekends were spent visiting the latest exhibition. He was especially keen on new developments in art and 'the latest thing'.So important was painting to him that he even chose his children's school, Dartington Hall, because of its devotion to teaching art, says Katherine."Even into his nineties he would take himself off on public transport to the Tate and continued buying paintings," she says. "He only stopped painting about seven or eight years before he died."Hutchings' longevity might have been, in part, the result of his fitness. Continuing to run marathons into his eighties, in his early seventies he came second for his age group in the London Marathon.His was an extraordinary life and he left behind a rich and accomplished body of work that is in this sale now we are privileged to be able to present now-."The volume, range and quality of the works in the sale present a real opportunity to establish an ongoing market for Michael Hutchings. He may not have been able to pursue his first love as a career during his lifetime, but his talent certainly deserves significant recognition now."

Michael Hutchings (British, 1918-2020), 'Blue Blouse'. Acrylic on board. Unsigned. 92 x 61cm.Biography and ProvenanceFaced with a choice between art and medicine as a career after serving in the Second World war, the late Michael Hutchings (1918-2020) became a pathologist, working in London hospitals. However, he never abandoned his first love, painting, and kept an active studio wherever he lived, spending most of his adult live in Barnes, in the south west of the capital.He was an extraordinarily long-lived artist, who witnessed arguably the greatest period of development in Western art across his lifetime. When he was born, Vorticism and Cubism had only recently emerged, and by the time he died, aged 101, we had entered the age of Conceptual art, video art, NFTs and Banksy.Hutchings' contribution to the exploration of painting can largely be summed up in a single word: Colour. For him it was not simply a filler to assist in the expression of form, it was the form itself.Now works from his studio will be offered for the first timein this dedicated auction.The title of the sale pays tribute to his driving belief that it was the artist's job to let the colour express itself: The Michael Hutchings Collection: Let The Colour Do The Drawing.Whether landscapes, portraits, character studies, abstracts and semi-abstracts, Hutchings' mastery of the palette led to the creation of vibrant compositions where line and form were strictly defined by the use of block colour and colour shade. As in nature, he found no need for separate outline.Having trained at Chelsea College of Art and The Slade, as well as the Open College of the Arts, for much of his life he developed his theories and style under his own steam.He used unusual colour combinations and tones to express mood and atmosphere in his paintings, showing how unexpected pairings across the spectrum could produce surprisingly effective results.The range of works in the sale illustrates his consistent mastery of this technique, which not only creates psychological and emotional studies of great depth and sophistication, but also results in some highly attractive and decorative pieces.Born in Frodsham, Cheshire, young Michael was a sensitive child who developed a stammer following an unexceptional, but for him traumatic, classroom experience. The incident gave an early insight into his unusual perception of the world around, which included a highly developed appreciation for natural beauty.It also led to him being treated by the renowned therapist Lionel Logue, celebrated as King George VI's specialist in the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speech. Hutchings became friends with Logue's son who visited him in later years.Having studied medicine at Liverpool University, Hutchings signed up for the Army Medical Corps, serving in Italy, Morocco and Austria during the Second World War. During this time, he continued his practice of painting and drawing wherever he went, sending home for materials as he travelled across Europe.It was when he returned from the war and enrolled at Chelsea College of Art and then The Slade that he faced arguably the hardest decision of his life: whether to pursue a career in art or medicine. It is thought family pressure directed him to the latter and that pathology may have allowed him to pursue a career out of the public eye in the quiet of the laboratory and so saved him from exposing his intermittent stammer any more than he needed to.Working first at Whipps Cross Hospital, where he met his future wife Kitty, he moved to St Charles's Hospital in Ladbroke Grove, specialising in haematology, with a particular interest in sickle cell disease.Despite this, art was omnipresent, and after also studying at Putney School of Art and the Open School of Art, he became a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited at a number of shows over the years, where he sold works and won several competitions."He was fairly private and kept his art private generally, but everybody he knew knew he painted," says his daughter Katherine. "If he had gone for art as a career, I think he could have made a name for himself."She recalls him telling the family that painting was his first love, and weekends were spent visiting the latest exhibition. He was especially keen on new developments in art and 'the latest thing'.So important was painting to him that he even chose his children's school, Dartington Hall, because of its devotion to teaching art, says Katherine."Even into his nineties he would take himself off on public transport to the Tate and continued buying paintings," she says. "He only stopped painting about seven or eight years before he died."Hutchings' longevity might have been, in part, the result of his fitness. Continuing to run marathons into his eighties, in his early seventies he came second for his age group in the London Marathon.His was an extraordinary life and he left behind a rich and accomplished body of work that is in this sale now we are privileged to be able to present now-."The volume, range and quality of the works in the sale present a real opportunity to establish an ongoing market for Michael Hutchings. He may not have been able to pursue his first love as a career during his lifetime, but his talent certainly deserves significant recognition now."

Michael Hutchings (British, 1918-2020), 'Hayburn Wike'. Landscape. Acrylic on board. Titled verso. Unsigned. 61 x 91cm.Biography and ProvenanceFaced with a choice between art and medicine as a career after serving in the Second World war, the late Michael Hutchings (1918-2020) became a pathologist, working in London hospitals. However, he never abandoned his first love, painting, and kept an active studio wherever he lived, spending most of his adult live in Barnes, in the south west of the capital.He was an extraordinarily long-lived artist, who witnessed arguably the greatest period of development in Western art across his lifetime. When he was born, Vorticism and Cubism had only recently emerged, and by the time he died, aged 101, we had entered the age of Conceptual art, video art, NFTs and Banksy.Hutchings' contribution to the exploration of painting can largely be summed up in a single word: Colour. For him it was not simply a filler to assist in the expression of form, it was the form itself.Now works from his studio will be offered for the first timein this dedicated auction.The title of the sale pays tribute to his driving belief that it was the artist's job to let the colour express itself: The Michael Hutchings Collection: Let The Colour Do The Drawing.Whether landscapes, portraits, character studies, abstracts and semi-abstracts, Hutchings' mastery of the palette led to the creation of vibrant compositions where line and form were strictly defined by the use of block colour and colour shade. As in nature, he found no need for separate outline.Having trained at Chelsea College of Art and The Slade, as well as the Open College of the Arts, for much of his life he developed his theories and style under his own steam.He used unusual colour combinations and tones to express mood and atmosphere in his paintings, showing how unexpected pairings across the spectrum could produce surprisingly effective results.The range of works in the sale illustrates his consistent mastery of this technique, which not only creates psychological and emotional studies of great depth and sophistication, but also results in some highly attractive and decorative pieces.Born in Frodsham, Cheshire, young Michael was a sensitive child who developed a stammer following an unexceptional, but for him traumatic, classroom experience. The incident gave an early insight into his unusual perception of the world around, which included a highly developed appreciation for natural beauty.It also led to him being treated by the renowned therapist Lionel Logue, celebrated as King George VI's specialist in the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speech. Hutchings became friends with Logue's son who visited him in later years.Having studied medicine at Liverpool University, Hutchings signed up for the Army Medical Corps, serving in Italy, Morocco and Austria during the Second World War. During this time, he continued his practice of painting and drawing wherever he went, sending home for materials as he travelled across Europe.It was when he returned from the war and enrolled at Chelsea College of Art and then The Slade that he faced arguably the hardest decision of his life: whether to pursue a career in art or medicine. It is thought family pressure directed him to the latter and that pathology may have allowed him to pursue a career out of the public eye in the quiet of the laboratory and so saved him from exposing his intermittent stammer any more than he needed to.Working first at Whipps Cross Hospital, where he met his future wife Kitty, he moved to St Charles's Hospital in Ladbroke Grove, specialising in haematology, with a particular interest in sickle cell disease.Despite this, art was omnipresent, and after also studying at Putney School of Art and the Open School of Art, he became a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited at a number of shows over the years, where he sold works and won several competitions."He was fairly private and kept his art private generally, but everybody he knew knew he painted," says his daughter Katherine. "If he had gone for art as a career, I think he could have made a name for himself."She recalls him telling the family that painting was his first love, and weekends were spent visiting the latest exhibition. He was especially keen on new developments in art and 'the latest thing'.So important was painting to him that he even chose his children's school, Dartington Hall, because of its devotion to teaching art, says Katherine."Even into his nineties he would take himself off on public transport to the Tate and continued buying paintings," she says. "He only stopped painting about seven or eight years before he died."Hutchings' longevity might have been, in part, the result of his fitness. Continuing to run marathons into his eighties, in his early seventies he came second for his age group in the London Marathon.His was an extraordinary life and he left behind a rich and accomplished body of work that is in this sale now we are privileged to be able to present now-."The volume, range and quality of the works in the sale present a real opportunity to establish an ongoing market for Michael Hutchings. He may not have been able to pursue his first love as a career during his lifetime, but his talent certainly deserves significant recognition now."

Michael Hutchings (British, 1918-2020), three acrylic on boards, one portrait of a clown (76 x 46cm), two abstracts (Approx. 90 x 65cm each).Biography and ProvenanceFaced with a choice between art and medicine as a career after serving in the Second World war, the late Michael Hutchings (1918-2020) became a pathologist, working in London hospitals. However, he never abandoned his first love, painting, and kept an active studio wherever he lived, spending most of his adult live in Barnes, in the south west of the capital.He was an extraordinarily long-lived artist, who witnessed arguably the greatest period of development in Western art across his lifetime. When he was born, Vorticism and Cubism had only recently emerged, and by the time he died, aged 101, we had entered the age of Conceptual art, video art, NFTs and Banksy.Hutchings' contribution to the exploration of painting can largely be summed up in a single word: Colour. For him it was not simply a filler to assist in the expression of form, it was the form itself.Now works from his studio will be offered for the first timein this dedicated auction.The title of the sale pays tribute to his driving belief that it was the artist's job to let the colour express itself: The Michael Hutchings Collection: Let The Colour Do The Drawing.Whether landscapes, portraits, character studies, abstracts and semi-abstracts, Hutchings' mastery of the palette led to the creation of vibrant compositions where line and form were strictly defined by the use of block colour and colour shade. As in nature, he found no need for separate outline.Having trained at Chelsea College of Art and The Slade, as well as the Open College of the Arts, for much of his life he developed his theories and style under his own steam.He used unusual colour combinations and tones to express mood and atmosphere in his paintings, showing how unexpected pairings across the spectrum could produce surprisingly effective results.The range of works in the sale illustrates his consistent mastery of this technique, which not only creates psychological and emotional studies of great depth and sophistication, but also results in some highly attractive and decorative pieces.Born in Frodsham, Cheshire, young Michael was a sensitive child who developed a stammer following an unexceptional, but for him traumatic, classroom experience. The incident gave an early insight into his unusual perception of the world around, which included a highly developed appreciation for natural beauty.It also led to him being treated by the renowned therapist Lionel Logue, celebrated as King George VI's specialist in the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speech. Hutchings became friends with Logue's son who visited him in later years.Having studied medicine at Liverpool University, Hutchings signed up for the Army Medical Corps, serving in Italy, Morocco and Austria during the Second World War. During this time, he continued his practice of painting and drawing wherever he went, sending home for materials as he travelled across Europe.It was when he returned from the war and enrolled at Chelsea College of Art and then The Slade that he faced arguably the hardest decision of his life: whether to pursue a career in art or medicine. It is thought family pressure directed him to the latter and that pathology may have allowed him to pursue a career out of the public eye in the quiet of the laboratory and so saved him from exposing his intermittent stammer any more than he needed to.Working first at Whipps Cross Hospital, where he met his future wife Kitty, he moved to St Charles's Hospital in Ladbroke Grove, specialising in haematology, with a particular interest in sickle cell disease.Despite this, art was omnipresent, and after also studying at Putney School of Art and the Open School of Art, he became a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited at a number of shows over the years, where he sold works and won several competitions."He was fairly private and kept his art private generally, but everybody he knew knew he painted," says his daughter Katherine. "If he had gone for art as a career, I think he could have made a name for himself."She recalls him telling the family that painting was his first love, and weekends were spent visiting the latest exhibition. He was especially keen on new developments in art and 'the latest thing'.So important was painting to him that he even chose his children's school, Dartington Hall, because of its devotion to teaching art, says Katherine."Even into his nineties he would take himself off on public transport to the Tate and continued buying paintings," she says. "He only stopped painting about seven or eight years before he died."Hutchings' longevity might have been, in part, the result of his fitness. Continuing to run marathons into his eighties, in his early seventies he came second for his age group in the London Marathon.His was an extraordinary life and he left behind a rich and accomplished body of work that is in this sale now we are privileged to be able to present now-."The volume, range and quality of the works in the sale present a real opportunity to establish an ongoing market for Michael Hutchings. He may not have been able to pursue his first love as a career during his lifetime, but his talent certainly deserves significant recognition now."

Michael Hutchings (British, 1918-2020), view of Saundersfoot. Charcoal and gouache. Signed verso. 52 x 52cm.Biography and ProvenanceFaced with a choice between art and medicine as a career after serving in the Second World war, the late Michael Hutchings (1918-2020) became a pathologist, working in London hospitals. However, he never abandoned his first love, painting, and kept an active studio wherever he lived, spending most of his adult live in Barnes, in the south west of the capital.He was an extraordinarily long-lived artist, who witnessed arguably the greatest period of development in Western art across his lifetime. When he was born, Vorticism and Cubism had only recently emerged, and by the time he died, aged 101, we had entered the age of Conceptual art, video art, NFTs and Banksy.Hutchings' contribution to the exploration of painting can largely be summed up in a single word: Colour. For him it was not simply a filler to assist in the expression of form, it was the form itself.Now works from his studio will be offered for the first timein this dedicated auction.The title of the sale pays tribute to his driving belief that it was the artist's job to let the colour express itself: The Michael Hutchings Collection: Let The Colour Do The Drawing.Whether landscapes, portraits, character studies, abstracts and semi-abstracts, Hutchings' mastery of the palette led to the creation of vibrant compositions where line and form were strictly defined by the use of block colour and colour shade. As in nature, he found no need for separate outline.Having trained at Chelsea College of Art and The Slade, as well as the Open College of the Arts, for much of his life he developed his theories and style under his own steam.He used unusual colour combinations and tones to express mood and atmosphere in his paintings, showing how unexpected pairings across the spectrum could produce surprisingly effective results.The range of works in the sale illustrates his consistent mastery of this technique, which not only creates psychological and emotional studies of great depth and sophistication, but also results in some highly attractive and decorative pieces.Born in Frodsham, Cheshire, young Michael was a sensitive child who developed a stammer following an unexceptional, but for him traumatic, classroom experience. The incident gave an early insight into his unusual perception of the world around, which included a highly developed appreciation for natural beauty.It also led to him being treated by the renowned therapist Lionel Logue, celebrated as King George VI's specialist in the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speech. Hutchings became friends with Logue's son who visited him in later years.Having studied medicine at Liverpool University, Hutchings signed up for the Army Medical Corps, serving in Italy, Morocco and Austria during the Second World War. During this time, he continued his practice of painting and drawing wherever he went, sending home for materials as he travelled across Europe.It was when he returned from the war and enrolled at Chelsea College of Art and then The Slade that he faced arguably the hardest decision of his life: whether to pursue a career in art or medicine. It is thought family pressure directed him to the latter and that pathology may have allowed him to pursue a career out of the public eye in the quiet of the laboratory and so saved him from exposing his intermittent stammer any more than he needed to.Working first at Whipps Cross Hospital, where he met his future wife Kitty, he moved to St Charles's Hospital in Ladbroke Grove, specialising in haematology, with a particular interest in sickle cell disease.Despite this, art was omnipresent, and after also studying at Putney School of Art and the Open School of Art, he became a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited at a number of shows over the years, where he sold works and won several competitions."He was fairly private and kept his art private generally, but everybody he knew knew he painted," says his daughter Katherine. "If he had gone for art as a career, I think he could have made a name for himself."She recalls him telling the family that painting was his first love, and weekends were spent visiting the latest exhibition. He was especially keen on new developments in art and 'the latest thing'.So important was painting to him that he even chose his children's school, Dartington Hall, because of its devotion to teaching art, says Katherine."Even into his nineties he would take himself off on public transport to the Tate and continued buying paintings," she says. "He only stopped painting about seven or eight years before he died."Hutchings' longevity might have been, in part, the result of his fitness. Continuing to run marathons into his eighties, in his early seventies he came second for his age group in the London Marathon.His was an extraordinary life and he left behind a rich and accomplished body of work that is in this sale now we are privileged to be able to present now-."The volume, range and quality of the works in the sale present a real opportunity to establish an ongoing market for Michael Hutchings. He may not have been able to pursue his first love as a career during his lifetime, but his talent certainly deserves significant recognition now."

Michael Hutchings (British, 1918-2020), two faun collages. Initialled and dated '07. 70 x 52cm each. Biography and ProvenanceFaced with a choice between art and medicine as a career after serving in the Second World war, the late Michael Hutchings (1918-2020) became a pathologist, working in London hospitals. However, he never abandoned his first love, painting, and kept an active studio wherever he lived, spending most of his adult live in Barnes, in the south west of the capital.He was an extraordinarily long-lived artist, who witnessed arguably the greatest period of development in Western art across his lifetime. When he was born, Vorticism and Cubism had only recently emerged, and by the time he died, aged 101, we had entered the age of Conceptual art, video art, NFTs and Banksy.Hutchings' contribution to the exploration of painting can largely be summed up in a single word: Colour. For him it was not simply a filler to assist in the expression of form, it was the form itself.Now works from his studio will be offered for the first timein this dedicated auction.The title of the sale pays tribute to his driving belief that it was the artist's job to let the colour express itself: The Michael Hutchings Collection: Let The Colour Do The Drawing.Whether landscapes, portraits, character studies, abstracts and semi-abstracts, Hutchings' mastery of the palette led to the creation of vibrant compositions where line and form were strictly defined by the use of block colour and colour shade. As in nature, he found no need for separate outline.Having trained at Chelsea College of Art and The Slade, as well as the Open College of the Arts, for much of his life he developed his theories and style under his own steam.He used unusual colour combinations and tones to express mood and atmosphere in his paintings, showing how unexpected pairings across the spectrum could produce surprisingly effective results.The range of works in the sale illustrates his consistent mastery of this technique, which not only creates psychological and emotional studies of great depth and sophistication, but also results in some highly attractive and decorative pieces.Born in Frodsham, Cheshire, young Michael was a sensitive child who developed a stammer following an unexceptional, but for him traumatic, classroom experience. The incident gave an early insight into his unusual perception of the world around, which included a highly developed appreciation for natural beauty.It also led to him being treated by the renowned therapist Lionel Logue, celebrated as King George VI's specialist in the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speech. Hutchings became friends with Logue's son who visited him in later years.Having studied medicine at Liverpool University, Hutchings signed up for the Army Medical Corps, serving in Italy, Morocco and Austria during the Second World War. During this time, he continued his practice of painting and drawing wherever he went, sending home for materials as he travelled across Europe.It was when he returned from the war and enrolled at Chelsea College of Art and then The Slade that he faced arguably the hardest decision of his life: whether to pursue a career in art or medicine. It is thought family pressure directed him to the latter and that pathology may have allowed him to pursue a career out of the public eye in the quiet of the laboratory and so saved him from exposing his intermittent stammer any more than he needed to.Working first at Whipps Cross Hospital, where he met his future wife Kitty, he moved to St Charles's Hospital in Ladbroke Grove, specialising in haematology, with a particular interest in sickle cell disease.Despite this, art was omnipresent, and after also studying at Putney School of Art and the Open School of Art, he became a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited at a number of shows over the years, where he sold works and won several competitions."He was fairly private and kept his art private generally, but everybody he knew knew he painted," says his daughter Katherine. "If he had gone for art as a career, I think he could have made a name for himself."She recalls him telling the family that painting was his first love, and weekends were spent visiting the latest exhibition. He was especially keen on new developments in art and 'the latest thing'.So important was painting to him that he even chose his children's school, Dartington Hall, because of its devotion to teaching art, says Katherine."Even into his nineties he would take himself off on public transport to the Tate and continued buying paintings," she says. "He only stopped painting about seven or eight years before he died."Hutchings' longevity might have been, in part, the result of his fitness. Continuing to run marathons into his eighties, in his early seventies he came second for his age group in the London Marathon.His was an extraordinary life and he left behind a rich and accomplished body of work that is in this sale now we are privileged to be able to present now-."The volume, range and quality of the works in the sale present a real opportunity to establish an ongoing market for Michael Hutchings. He may not have been able to pursue his first love as a career during his lifetime, but his talent certainly deserves significant recognition now."

Michael Hutchings (British, 1918-2020), seated figure. Acrylic on paper. Initialled and dated 1980. 40 x 72cm.Biography and ProvenanceFaced with a choice between art and medicine as a career after serving in the Second World war, the late Michael Hutchings (1918-2020) became a pathologist, working in London hospitals. However, he never abandoned his first love, painting, and kept an active studio wherever he lived, spending most of his adult live in Barnes, in the south west of the capital.He was an extraordinarily long-lived artist, who witnessed arguably the greatest period of development in Western art across his lifetime. When he was born, Vorticism and Cubism had only recently emerged, and by the time he died, aged 101, we had entered the age of Conceptual art, video art, NFTs and Banksy.Hutchings' contribution to the exploration of painting can largely be summed up in a single word: Colour. For him it was not simply a filler to assist in the expression of form, it was the form itself.Now works from his studio will be offered for the first timein this dedicated auction.The title of the sale pays tribute to his driving belief that it was the artist's job to let the colour express itself: The Michael Hutchings Collection: Let The Colour Do The Drawing.Whether landscapes, portraits, character studies, abstracts and semi-abstracts, Hutchings' mastery of the palette led to the creation of vibrant compositions where line and form were strictly defined by the use of block colour and colour shade. As in nature, he found no need for separate outline.Having trained at Chelsea College of Art and The Slade, as well as the Open College of the Arts, for much of his life he developed his theories and style under his own steam.He used unusual colour combinations and tones to express mood and atmosphere in his paintings, showing how unexpected pairings across the spectrum could produce surprisingly effective results.The range of works in the sale illustrates his consistent mastery of this technique, which not only creates psychological and emotional studies of great depth and sophistication, but also results in some highly attractive and decorative pieces.Born in Frodsham, Cheshire, young Michael was a sensitive child who developed a stammer following an unexceptional, but for him traumatic, classroom experience. The incident gave an early insight into his unusual perception of the world around, which included a highly developed appreciation for natural beauty.It also led to him being treated by the renowned therapist Lionel Logue, celebrated as King George VI's specialist in the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speech. Hutchings became friends with Logue's son who visited him in later years.Having studied medicine at Liverpool University, Hutchings signed up for the Army Medical Corps, serving in Italy, Morocco and Austria during the Second World War. During this time, he continued his practice of painting and drawing wherever he went, sending home for materials as he travelled across Europe.It was when he returned from the war and enrolled at Chelsea College of Art and then The Slade that he faced arguably the hardest decision of his life: whether to pursue a career in art or medicine. It is thought family pressure directed him to the latter and that pathology may have allowed him to pursue a career out of the public eye in the quiet of the laboratory and so saved him from exposing his intermittent stammer any more than he needed to.Working first at Whipps Cross Hospital, where he met his future wife Kitty, he moved to St Charles's Hospital in Ladbroke Grove, specialising in haematology, with a particular interest in sickle cell disease.Despite this, art was omnipresent, and after also studying at Putney School of Art and the Open School of Art, he became a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited at a number of shows over the years, where he sold works and won several competitions."He was fairly private and kept his art private generally, but everybody he knew knew he painted," says his daughter Katherine. "If he had gone for art as a career, I think he could have made a name for himself."She recalls him telling the family that painting was his first love, and weekends were spent visiting the latest exhibition. He was especially keen on new developments in art and 'the latest thing'.So important was painting to him that he even chose his children's school, Dartington Hall, because of its devotion to teaching art, says Katherine."Even into his nineties he would take himself off on public transport to the Tate and continued buying paintings," she says. "He only stopped painting about seven or eight years before he died."Hutchings' longevity might have been, in part, the result of his fitness. Continuing to run marathons into his eighties, in his early seventies he came second for his age group in the London Marathon.His was an extraordinary life and he left behind a rich and accomplished body of work that is in this sale now we are privileged to be able to present now-."The volume, range and quality of the works in the sale present a real opportunity to establish an ongoing market for Michael Hutchings. He may not have been able to pursue his first love as a career during his lifetime, but his talent certainly deserves significant recognition now."

Michael Hutchings (British, 1918-2020), reclining nude. Mixed media. Initialled and dated lower right 1992. 52 x 50cm.Biography and ProvenanceFaced with a choice between art and medicine as a career after serving in the Second World war, the late Michael Hutchings (1918-2020) became a pathologist, working in London hospitals. However, he never abandoned his first love, painting, and kept an active studio wherever he lived, spending most of his adult live in Barnes, in the south west of the capital.He was an extraordinarily long-lived artist, who witnessed arguably the greatest period of development in Western art across his lifetime. When he was born, Vorticism and Cubism had only recently emerged, and by the time he died, aged 101, we had entered the age of Conceptual art, video art, NFTs and Banksy.Hutchings' contribution to the exploration of painting can largely be summed up in a single word: Colour. For him it was not simply a filler to assist in the expression of form, it was the form itself.Now works from his studio will be offered for the first timein this dedicated auction.The title of the sale pays tribute to his driving belief that it was the artist's job to let the colour express itself: The Michael Hutchings Collection: Let The Colour Do The Drawing.Whether landscapes, portraits, character studies, abstracts and semi-abstracts, Hutchings' mastery of the palette led to the creation of vibrant compositions where line and form were strictly defined by the use of block colour and colour shade. As in nature, he found no need for separate outline.Having trained at Chelsea College of Art and The Slade, as well as the Open College of the Arts, for much of his life he developed his theories and style under his own steam.He used unusual colour combinations and tones to express mood and atmosphere in his paintings, showing how unexpected pairings across the spectrum could produce surprisingly effective results.The range of works in the sale illustrates his consistent mastery of this technique, which not only creates psychological and emotional studies of great depth and sophistication, but also results in some highly attractive and decorative pieces.Born in Frodsham, Cheshire, young Michael was a sensitive child who developed a stammer following an unexceptional, but for him traumatic, classroom experience. The incident gave an early insight into his unusual perception of the world around, which included a highly developed appreciation for natural beauty.It also led to him being treated by the renowned therapist Lionel Logue, celebrated as King George VI's specialist in the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speech. Hutchings became friends with Logue's son who visited him in later years.Having studied medicine at Liverpool University, Hutchings signed up for the Army Medical Corps, serving in Italy, Morocco and Austria during the Second World War. During this time, he continued his practice of painting and drawing wherever he went, sending home for materials as he travelled across Europe.It was when he returned from the war and enrolled at Chelsea College of Art and then The Slade that he faced arguably the hardest decision of his life: whether to pursue a career in art or medicine. It is thought family pressure directed him to the latter and that pathology may have allowed him to pursue a career out of the public eye in the quiet of the laboratory and so saved him from exposing his intermittent stammer any more than he needed to.Working first at Whipps Cross Hospital, where he met his future wife Kitty, he moved to St Charles's Hospital in Ladbroke Grove, specialising in haematology, with a particular interest in sickle cell disease.Despite this, art was omnipresent, and after also studying at Putney School of Art and the Open School of Art, he became a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited at a number of shows over the years, where he sold works and won several competitions."He was fairly private and kept his art private generally, but everybody he knew knew he painted," says his daughter Katherine. "If he had gone for art as a career, I think he could have made a name for himself."She recalls him telling the family that painting was his first love, and weekends were spent visiting the latest exhibition. He was especially keen on new developments in art and 'the latest thing'.So important was painting to him that he even chose his children's school, Dartington Hall, because of its devotion to teaching art, says Katherine."Even into his nineties he would take himself off on public transport to the Tate and continued buying paintings," she says. "He only stopped painting about seven or eight years before he died."Hutchings' longevity might have been, in part, the result of his fitness. Continuing to run marathons into his eighties, in his early seventies he came second for his age group in the London Marathon.His was an extraordinary life and he left behind a rich and accomplished body of work that is in this sale now we are privileged to be able to present now-."The volume, range and quality of the works in the sale present a real opportunity to establish an ongoing market for Michael Hutchings. He may not have been able to pursue his first love as a career during his lifetime, but his talent certainly deserves significant recognition now."

Michael Hutchings (British, 1918-2020), 'Bridge at Mostar'. Acrylic on card. Initialled and dated mid-left 1999. 51 x 100cm.Biography and ProvenanceFaced with a choice between art and medicine as a career after serving in the Second World war, the late Michael Hutchings (1918-2020) became a pathologist, working in London hospitals. However, he never abandoned his first love, painting, and kept an active studio wherever he lived, spending most of his adult live in Barnes, in the south west of the capital.He was an extraordinarily long-lived artist, who witnessed arguably the greatest period of development in Western art across his lifetime. When he was born, Vorticism and Cubism had only recently emerged, and by the time he died, aged 101, we had entered the age of Conceptual art, video art, NFTs and Banksy.Hutchings' contribution to the exploration of painting can largely be summed up in a single word: Colour. For him it was not simply a filler to assist in the expression of form, it was the form itself.Now works from his studio will be offered for the first timein this dedicated auction.The title of the sale pays tribute to his driving belief that it was the artist's job to let the colour express itself: The Michael Hutchings Collection: Let The Colour Do The Drawing.Whether landscapes, portraits, character studies, abstracts and semi-abstracts, Hutchings' mastery of the palette led to the creation of vibrant compositions where line and form were strictly defined by the use of block colour and colour shade. As in nature, he found no need for separate outline.Having trained at Chelsea College of Art and The Slade, as well as the Open College of the Arts, for much of his life he developed his theories and style under his own steam.He used unusual colour combinations and tones to express mood and atmosphere in his paintings, showing how unexpected pairings across the spectrum could produce surprisingly effective results.The range of works in the sale illustrates his consistent mastery of this technique, which not only creates psychological and emotional studies of great depth and sophistication, but also results in some highly attractive and decorative pieces.Born in Frodsham, Cheshire, young Michael was a sensitive child who developed a stammer following an unexceptional, but for him traumatic, classroom experience. The incident gave an early insight into his unusual perception of the world around, which included a highly developed appreciation for natural beauty.It also led to him being treated by the renowned therapist Lionel Logue, celebrated as King George VI's specialist in the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speech. Hutchings became friends with Logue's son who visited him in later years.Having studied medicine at Liverpool University, Hutchings signed up for the Army Medical Corps, serving in Italy, Morocco and Austria during the Second World War. During this time, he continued his practice of painting and drawing wherever he went, sending home for materials as he travelled across Europe.It was when he returned from the war and enrolled at Chelsea College of Art and then The Slade that he faced arguably the hardest decision of his life: whether to pursue a career in art or medicine. It is thought family pressure directed him to the latter and that pathology may have allowed him to pursue a career out of the public eye in the quiet of the laboratory and so saved him from exposing his intermittent stammer any more than he needed to.Working first at Whipps Cross Hospital, where he met his future wife Kitty, he moved to St Charles's Hospital in Ladbroke Grove, specialising in haematology, with a particular interest in sickle cell disease.Despite this, art was omnipresent, and after also studying at Putney School of Art and the Open School of Art, he became a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited at a number of shows over the years, where he sold works and won several competitions."He was fairly private and kept his art private generally, but everybody he knew knew he painted," says his daughter Katherine. "If he had gone for art as a career, I think he could have made a name for himself."She recalls him telling the family that painting was his first love, and weekends were spent visiting the latest exhibition. He was especially keen on new developments in art and 'the latest thing'.So important was painting to him that he even chose his children's school, Dartington Hall, because of its devotion to teaching art, says Katherine."Even into his nineties he would take himself off on public transport to the Tate and continued buying paintings," she says. "He only stopped painting about seven or eight years before he died."Hutchings' longevity might have been, in part, the result of his fitness. Continuing to run marathons into his eighties, in his early seventies he came second for his age group in the London Marathon.His was an extraordinary life and he left behind a rich and accomplished body of work that is in this sale now we are privileged to be able to present now-."The volume, range and quality of the works in the sale present a real opportunity to establish an ongoing market for Michael Hutchings. He may not have been able to pursue his first love as a career during his lifetime, but his talent certainly deserves significant recognition now."

Michael Hutchings (British, 1918-2020), harbour scene. Acrylic on board. Inscribed verso. 100 x 82cm.Biography and ProvenanceFaced with a choice between art and medicine as a career after serving in the Second World war, the late Michael Hutchings (1918-2020) became a pathologist, working in London hospitals. However, he never abandoned his first love, painting, and kept an active studio wherever he lived, spending most of his adult live in Barnes, in the south west of the capital.He was an extraordinarily long-lived artist, who witnessed arguably the greatest period of development in Western art across his lifetime. When he was born, Vorticism and Cubism had only recently emerged, and by the time he died, aged 101, we had entered the age of Conceptual art, video art, NFTs and Banksy.Hutchings' contribution to the exploration of painting can largely be summed up in a single word: Colour. For him it was not simply a filler to assist in the expression of form, it was the form itself.Now works from his studio will be offered for the first timein this dedicated auction.The title of the sale pays tribute to his driving belief that it was the artist's job to let the colour express itself: The Michael Hutchings Collection: Let The Colour Do The Drawing.Whether landscapes, portraits, character studies, abstracts and semi-abstracts, Hutchings' mastery of the palette led to the creation of vibrant compositions where line and form were strictly defined by the use of block colour and colour shade. As in nature, he found no need for separate outline.Having trained at Chelsea College of Art and The Slade, as well as the Open College of the Arts, for much of his life he developed his theories and style under his own steam.He used unusual colour combinations and tones to express mood and atmosphere in his paintings, showing how unexpected pairings across the spectrum could produce surprisingly effective results.The range of works in the sale illustrates his consistent mastery of this technique, which not only creates psychological and emotional studies of great depth and sophistication, but also results in some highly attractive and decorative pieces.Born in Frodsham, Cheshire, young Michael was a sensitive child who developed a stammer following an unexceptional, but for him traumatic, classroom experience. The incident gave an early insight into his unusual perception of the world around, which included a highly developed appreciation for natural beauty.It also led to him being treated by the renowned therapist Lionel Logue, celebrated as King George VI's specialist in the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speech. Hutchings became friends with Logue's son who visited him in later years.Having studied medicine at Liverpool University, Hutchings signed up for the Army Medical Corps, serving in Italy, Morocco and Austria during the Second World War. During this time, he continued his practice of painting and drawing wherever he went, sending home for materials as he travelled across Europe.It was when he returned from the war and enrolled at Chelsea College of Art and then The Slade that he faced arguably the hardest decision of his life: whether to pursue a career in art or medicine. It is thought family pressure directed him to the latter and that pathology may have allowed him to pursue a career out of the public eye in the quiet of the laboratory and so saved him from exposing his intermittent stammer any more than he needed to.Working first at Whipps Cross Hospital, where he met his future wife Kitty, he moved to St Charles's Hospital in Ladbroke Grove, specialising in haematology, with a particular interest in sickle cell disease.Despite this, art was omnipresent, and after also studying at Putney School of Art and the Open School of Art, he became a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited at a number of shows over the years, where he sold works and won several competitions."He was fairly private and kept his art private generally, but everybody he knew knew he painted," says his daughter Katherine. "If he had gone for art as a career, I think he could have made a name for himself."She recalls him telling the family that painting was his first love, and weekends were spent visiting the latest exhibition. He was especially keen on new developments in art and 'the latest thing'.So important was painting to him that he even chose his children's school, Dartington Hall, because of its devotion to teaching art, says Katherine."Even into his nineties he would take himself off on public transport to the Tate and continued buying paintings," she says. "He only stopped painting about seven or eight years before he died."Hutchings' longevity might have been, in part, the result of his fitness. Continuing to run marathons into his eighties, in his early seventies he came second for his age group in the London Marathon.His was an extraordinary life and he left behind a rich and accomplished body of work that is in this sale now we are privileged to be able to present now-."The volume, range and quality of the works in the sale present a real opportunity to establish an ongoing market for Michael Hutchings. He may not have been able to pursue his first love as a career during his lifetime, but his talent certainly deserves significant recognition now."

Michael Hutchings (British, 1918-2020), 'Just a Moment', seated figure. Mixed media. Initialled and dated '91. Labelled verso. 77 x 58cm.Biography and ProvenanceFaced with a choice between art and medicine as a career after serving in the Second World war, the late Michael Hutchings (1918-2020) became a pathologist, working in London hospitals. However, he never abandoned his first love, painting, and kept an active studio wherever he lived, spending most of his adult live in Barnes, in the south west of the capital.He was an extraordinarily long-lived artist, who witnessed arguably the greatest period of development in Western art across his lifetime. When he was born, Vorticism and Cubism had only recently emerged, and by the time he died, aged 101, we had entered the age of Conceptual art, video art, NFTs and Banksy.Hutchings' contribution to the exploration of painting can largely be summed up in a single word: Colour. For him it was not simply a filler to assist in the expression of form, it was the form itself.Now works from his studio will be offered for the first timein this dedicated auction.The title of the sale pays tribute to his driving belief that it was the artist's job to let the colour express itself: The Michael Hutchings Collection: Let The Colour Do The Drawing.Whether landscapes, portraits, character studies, abstracts and semi-abstracts, Hutchings' mastery of the palette led to the creation of vibrant compositions where line and form were strictly defined by the use of block colour and colour shade. As in nature, he found no need for separate outline.Having trained at Chelsea College of Art and The Slade, as well as the Open College of the Arts, for much of his life he developed his theories and style under his own steam.He used unusual colour combinations and tones to express mood and atmosphere in his paintings, showing how unexpected pairings across the spectrum could produce surprisingly effective results.The range of works in the sale illustrates his consistent mastery of this technique, which not only creates psychological and emotional studies of great depth and sophistication, but also results in some highly attractive and decorative pieces.Born in Frodsham, Cheshire, young Michael was a sensitive child who developed a stammer following an unexceptional, but for him traumatic, classroom experience. The incident gave an early insight into his unusual perception of the world around, which included a highly developed appreciation for natural beauty.It also led to him being treated by the renowned therapist Lionel Logue, celebrated as King George VI's specialist in the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speech. Hutchings became friends with Logue's son who visited him in later years.Having studied medicine at Liverpool University, Hutchings signed up for the Army Medical Corps, serving in Italy, Morocco and Austria during the Second World War. During this time, he continued his practice of painting and drawing wherever he went, sending home for materials as he travelled across Europe.It was when he returned from the war and enrolled at Chelsea College of Art and then The Slade that he faced arguably the hardest decision of his life: whether to pursue a career in art or medicine. It is thought family pressure directed him to the latter and that pathology may have allowed him to pursue a career out of the public eye in the quiet of the laboratory and so saved him from exposing his intermittent stammer any more than he needed to.Working first at Whipps Cross Hospital, where he met his future wife Kitty, he moved to St Charles's Hospital in Ladbroke Grove, specialising in haematology, with a particular interest in sickle cell disease.Despite this, art was omnipresent, and after also studying at Putney School of Art and the Open School of Art, he became a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited at a number of shows over the years, where he sold works and won several competitions."He was fairly private and kept his art private generally, but everybody he knew knew he painted," says his daughter Katherine. "If he had gone for art as a career, I think he could have made a name for himself."She recalls him telling the family that painting was his first love, and weekends were spent visiting the latest exhibition. He was especially keen on new developments in art and 'the latest thing'.So important was painting to him that he even chose his children's school, Dartington Hall, because of its devotion to teaching art, says Katherine."Even into his nineties he would take himself off on public transport to the Tate and continued buying paintings," she says. "He only stopped painting about seven or eight years before he died."Hutchings' longevity might have been, in part, the result of his fitness. Continuing to run marathons into his eighties, in his early seventies he came second for his age group in the London Marathon.His was an extraordinary life and he left behind a rich and accomplished body of work that is in this sale now we are privileged to be able to present now-."The volume, range and quality of the works in the sale present a real opportunity to establish an ongoing market for Michael Hutchings. He may not have been able to pursue his first love as a career during his lifetime, but his talent certainly deserves significant recognition now."

Michael Hutchings (British, 1918-2020), pensive woman, nude study. Acrylic on canvas. Initialled and dated '79. 92 x 61cm.Biography and ProvenanceFaced with a choice between art and medicine as a career after serving in the Second World war, the late Michael Hutchings (1918-2020) became a pathologist, working in London hospitals. However, he never abandoned his first love, painting, and kept an active studio wherever he lived, spending most of his adult live in Barnes, in the south west of the capital.He was an extraordinarily long-lived artist, who witnessed arguably the greatest period of development in Western art across his lifetime. When he was born, Vorticism and Cubism had only recently emerged, and by the time he died, aged 101, we had entered the age of Conceptual art, video art, NFTs and Banksy.Hutchings' contribution to the exploration of painting can largely be summed up in a single word: Colour. For him it was not simply a filler to assist in the expression of form, it was the form itself.Now works from his studio will be offered for the first timein this dedicated auction.The title of the sale pays tribute to his driving belief that it was the artist's job to let the colour express itself: The Michael Hutchings Collection: Let The Colour Do The Drawing.Whether landscapes, portraits, character studies, abstracts and semi-abstracts, Hutchings' mastery of the palette led to the creation of vibrant compositions where line and form were strictly defined by the use of block colour and colour shade. As in nature, he found no need for separate outline.Having trained at Chelsea College of Art and The Slade, as well as the Open College of the Arts, for much of his life he developed his theories and style under his own steam.He used unusual colour combinations and tones to express mood and atmosphere in his paintings, showing how unexpected pairings across the spectrum could produce surprisingly effective results.The range of works in the sale illustrates his consistent mastery of this technique, which not only creates psychological and emotional studies of great depth and sophistication, but also results in some highly attractive and decorative pieces.Born in Frodsham, Cheshire, young Michael was a sensitive child who developed a stammer following an unexceptional, but for him traumatic, classroom experience. The incident gave an early insight into his unusual perception of the world around, which included a highly developed appreciation for natural beauty.It also led to him being treated by the renowned therapist Lionel Logue, celebrated as King George VI's specialist in the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speech. Hutchings became friends with Logue's son who visited him in later years.Having studied medicine at Liverpool University, Hutchings signed up for the Army Medical Corps, serving in Italy, Morocco and Austria during the Second World War. During this time, he continued his practice of painting and drawing wherever he went, sending home for materials as he travelled across Europe.It was when he returned from the war and enrolled at Chelsea College of Art and then The Slade that he faced arguably the hardest decision of his life: whether to pursue a career in art or medicine. It is thought family pressure directed him to the latter and that pathology may have allowed him to pursue a career out of the public eye in the quiet of the laboratory and so saved him from exposing his intermittent stammer any more than he needed to.Working first at Whipps Cross Hospital, where he met his future wife Kitty, he moved to St Charles's Hospital in Ladbroke Grove, specialising in haematology, with a particular interest in sickle cell disease.Despite this, art was omnipresent, and after also studying at Putney School of Art and the Open School of Art, he became a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited at a number of shows over the years, where he sold works and won several competitions."He was fairly private and kept his art private generally, but everybody he knew knew he painted," says his daughter Katherine. "If he had gone for art as a career, I think he could have made a name for himself."She recalls him telling the family that painting was his first love, and weekends were spent visiting the latest exhibition. He was especially keen on new developments in art and 'the latest thing'.So important was painting to him that he even chose his children's school, Dartington Hall, because of its devotion to teaching art, says Katherine."Even into his nineties he would take himself off on public transport to the Tate and continued buying paintings," she says. "He only stopped painting about seven or eight years before he died."Hutchings' longevity might have been, in part, the result of his fitness. Continuing to run marathons into his eighties, in his early seventies he came second for his age group in the London Marathon.His was an extraordinary life and he left behind a rich and accomplished body of work that is in this sale now we are privileged to be able to present now-."The volume, range and quality of the works in the sale present a real opportunity to establish an ongoing market for Michael Hutchings. He may not have been able to pursue his first love as a career during his lifetime, but his talent certainly deserves significant recognition now."

Michael Hutchings (British, 1918-2020), abstract composition in beige and black. Oil on board. Signed and dated 1961. 88 x 73cm.Biography and ProvenanceFaced with a choice between art and medicine as a career after serving in the Second World war, the late Michael Hutchings (1918-2020) became a pathologist, working in London hospitals. However, he never abandoned his first love, painting, and kept an active studio wherever he lived, spending most of his adult live in Barnes, in the south west of the capital.He was an extraordinarily long-lived artist, who witnessed arguably the greatest period of development in Western art across his lifetime. When he was born, Vorticism and Cubism had only recently emerged, and by the time he died, aged 101, we had entered the age of Conceptual art, video art, NFTs and Banksy.Hutchings' contribution to the exploration of painting can largely be summed up in a single word: Colour. For him it was not simply a filler to assist in the expression of form, it was the form itself.Now works from his studio will be offered for the first timein this dedicated auction.The title of the sale pays tribute to his driving belief that it was the artist's job to let the colour express itself: The Michael Hutchings Collection: Let The Colour Do The Drawing.Whether landscapes, portraits, character studies, abstracts and semi-abstracts, Hutchings' mastery of the palette led to the creation of vibrant compositions where line and form were strictly defined by the use of block colour and colour shade. As in nature, he found no need for separate outline.Having trained at Chelsea College of Art and The Slade, as well as the Open College of the Arts, for much of his life he developed his theories and style under his own steam.He used unusual colour combinations and tones to express mood and atmosphere in his paintings, showing how unexpected pairings across the spectrum could produce surprisingly effective results.The range of works in the sale illustrates his consistent mastery of this technique, which not only creates psychological and emotional studies of great depth and sophistication, but also results in some highly attractive and decorative pieces.Born in Frodsham, Cheshire, young Michael was a sensitive child who developed a stammer following an unexceptional, but for him traumatic, classroom experience. The incident gave an early insight into his unusual perception of the world around, which included a highly developed appreciation for natural beauty.It also led to him being treated by the renowned therapist Lionel Logue, celebrated as King George VI's specialist in the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speech. Hutchings became friends with Logue's son who visited him in later years.Having studied medicine at Liverpool University, Hutchings signed up for the Army Medical Corps, serving in Italy, Morocco and Austria during the Second World War. During this time, he continued his practice of painting and drawing wherever he went, sending home for materials as he travelled across Europe.It was when he returned from the war and enrolled at Chelsea College of Art and then The Slade that he faced arguably the hardest decision of his life: whether to pursue a career in art or medicine. It is thought family pressure directed him to the latter and that pathology may have allowed him to pursue a career out of the public eye in the quiet of the laboratory and so saved him from exposing his intermittent stammer any more than he needed to.Working first at Whipps Cross Hospital, where he met his future wife Kitty, he moved to St Charles's Hospital in Ladbroke Grove, specialising in haematology, with a particular interest in sickle cell disease.Despite this, art was omnipresent, and after also studying at Putney School of Art and the Open School of Art, he became a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited at a number of shows over the years, where he sold works and won several competitions."He was fairly private and kept his art private generally, but everybody he knew knew he painted," says his daughter Katherine. "If he had gone for art as a career, I think he could have made a name for himself."She recalls him telling the family that painting was his first love, and weekends were spent visiting the latest exhibition. He was especially keen on new developments in art and 'the latest thing'.So important was painting to him that he even chose his children's school, Dartington Hall, because of its devotion to teaching art, says Katherine."Even into his nineties he would take himself off on public transport to the Tate and continued buying paintings," she says. "He only stopped painting about seven or eight years before he died."Hutchings' longevity might have been, in part, the result of his fitness. Continuing to run marathons into his eighties, in his early seventies he came second for his age group in the London Marathon.His was an extraordinary life and he left behind a rich and accomplished body of work that is in this sale now we are privileged to be able to present now-."The volume, range and quality of the works in the sale present a real opportunity to establish an ongoing market for Michael Hutchings. He may not have been able to pursue his first love as a career during his lifetime, but his talent certainly deserves significant recognition now."

Michael Hutchings (British, 1918-2020), seated nude. Oil on board. Initialled and dated '78. 96 x 64cm.Biography and ProvenanceFaced with a choice between art and medicine as a career after serving in the Second World war, the late Michael Hutchings (1918-2020) became a pathologist, working in London hospitals. However, he never abandoned his first love, painting, and kept an active studio wherever he lived, spending most of his adult live in Barnes, in the south west of the capital.He was an extraordinarily long-lived artist, who witnessed arguably the greatest period of development in Western art across his lifetime. When he was born, Vorticism and Cubism had only recently emerged, and by the time he died, aged 101, we had entered the age of Conceptual art, video art, NFTs and Banksy.Hutchings' contribution to the exploration of painting can largely be summed up in a single word: Colour. For him it was not simply a filler to assist in the expression of form, it was the form itself.Now works from his studio will be offered for the first timein this dedicated auction.The title of the sale pays tribute to his driving belief that it was the artist's job to let the colour express itself: The Michael Hutchings Collection: Let The Colour Do The Drawing.Whether landscapes, portraits, character studies, abstracts and semi-abstracts, Hutchings' mastery of the palette led to the creation of vibrant compositions where line and form were strictly defined by the use of block colour and colour shade. As in nature, he found no need for separate outline.Having trained at Chelsea College of Art and The Slade, as well as the Open College of the Arts, for much of his life he developed his theories and style under his own steam.He used unusual colour combinations and tones to express mood and atmosphere in his paintings, showing how unexpected pairings across the spectrum could produce surprisingly effective results.The range of works in the sale illustrates his consistent mastery of this technique, which not only creates psychological and emotional studies of great depth and sophistication, but also results in some highly attractive and decorative pieces.Born in Frodsham, Cheshire, young Michael was a sensitive child who developed a stammer following an unexceptional, but for him traumatic, classroom experience. The incident gave an early insight into his unusual perception of the world around, which included a highly developed appreciation for natural beauty.It also led to him being treated by the renowned therapist Lionel Logue, celebrated as King George VI's specialist in the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speech. Hutchings became friends with Logue's son who visited him in later years.Having studied medicine at Liverpool University, Hutchings signed up for the Army Medical Corps, serving in Italy, Morocco and Austria during the Second World War. During this time, he continued his practice of painting and drawing wherever he went, sending home for materials as he travelled across Europe.It was when he returned from the war and enrolled at Chelsea College of Art and then The Slade that he faced arguably the hardest decision of his life: whether to pursue a career in art or medicine. It is thought family pressure directed him to the latter and that pathology may have allowed him to pursue a career out of the public eye in the quiet of the laboratory and so saved him from exposing his intermittent stammer any more than he needed to.Working first at Whipps Cross Hospital, where he met his future wife Kitty, he moved to St Charles's Hospital in Ladbroke Grove, specialising in haematology, with a particular interest in sickle cell disease.Despite this, art was omnipresent, and after also studying at Putney School of Art and the Open School of Art, he became a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited at a number of shows over the years, where he sold works and won several competitions."He was fairly private and kept his art private generally, but everybody he knew knew he painted," says his daughter Katherine. "If he had gone for art as a career, I think he could have made a name for himself."She recalls him telling the family that painting was his first love, and weekends were spent visiting the latest exhibition. He was especially keen on new developments in art and 'the latest thing'.So important was painting to him that he even chose his children's school, Dartington Hall, because of its devotion to teaching art, says Katherine."Even into his nineties he would take himself off on public transport to the Tate and continued buying paintings," she says. "He only stopped painting about seven or eight years before he died."Hutchings' longevity might have been, in part, the result of his fitness. Continuing to run marathons into his eighties, in his early seventies he came second for his age group in the London Marathon.His was an extraordinary life and he left behind a rich and accomplished body of work that is in this sale now we are privileged to be able to present now-."The volume, range and quality of the works in the sale present a real opportunity to establish an ongoing market for Michael Hutchings. He may not have been able to pursue his first love as a career during his lifetime, but his talent certainly deserves significant recognition now."

Michael Hutchings (British, 1918-2020), abstract figure sitting. Pen and pastel. Initialled and dated 1990. 63 x 72cm. With standing figure. Pastel. Labelled verso. 88 x 57.Biography and ProvenanceFaced with a choice between art and medicine as a career after serving in the Second World war, the late Michael Hutchings (1918-2020) became a pathologist, working in London hospitals. However, he never abandoned his first love, painting, and kept an active studio wherever he lived, spending most of his adult live in Barnes, in the south west of the capital.He was an extraordinarily long-lived artist, who witnessed arguably the greatest period of development in Western art across his lifetime. When he was born, Vorticism and Cubism had only recently emerged, and by the time he died, aged 101, we had entered the age of Conceptual art, video art, NFTs and Banksy.Hutchings' contribution to the exploration of painting can largely be summed up in a single word: Colour. For him it was not simply a filler to assist in the expression of form, it was the form itself.Now works from his studio will be offered for the first timein this dedicated auction.The title of the sale pays tribute to his driving belief that it was the artist's job to let the colour express itself: The Michael Hutchings Collection: Let The Colour Do The Drawing.Whether landscapes, portraits, character studies, abstracts and semi-abstracts, Hutchings' mastery of the palette led to the creation of vibrant compositions where line and form were strictly defined by the use of block colour and colour shade. As in nature, he found no need for separate outline.Having trained at Chelsea College of Art and The Slade, as well as the Open College of the Arts, for much of his life he developed his theories and style under his own steam.He used unusual colour combinations and tones to express mood and atmosphere in his paintings, showing how unexpected pairings across the spectrum could produce surprisingly effective results.The range of works in the sale illustrates his consistent mastery of this technique, which not only creates psychological and emotional studies of great depth and sophistication, but also results in some highly attractive and decorative pieces.Born in Frodsham, Cheshire, young Michael was a sensitive child who developed a stammer following an unexceptional, but for him traumatic, classroom experience. The incident gave an early insight into his unusual perception of the world around, which included a highly developed appreciation for natural beauty.It also led to him being treated by the renowned therapist Lionel Logue, celebrated as King George VI's specialist in the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speech. Hutchings became friends with Logue's son who visited him in later years.Having studied medicine at Liverpool University, Hutchings signed up for the Army Medical Corps, serving in Italy, Morocco and Austria during the Second World War. During this time, he continued his practice of painting and drawing wherever he went, sending home for materials as he travelled across Europe.It was when he returned from the war and enrolled at Chelsea College of Art and then The Slade that he faced arguably the hardest decision of his life: whether to pursue a career in art or medicine. It is thought family pressure directed him to the latter and that pathology may have allowed him to pursue a career out of the public eye in the quiet of the laboratory and so saved him from exposing his intermittent stammer any more than he needed to.Working first at Whipps Cross Hospital, where he met his future wife Kitty, he moved to St Charles's Hospital in Ladbroke Grove, specialising in haematology, with a particular interest in sickle cell disease.Despite this, art was omnipresent, and after also studying at Putney School of Art and the Open School of Art, he became a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited at a number of shows over the years, where he sold works and won several competitions."He was fairly private and kept his art private generally, but everybody he knew knew he painted," says his daughter Katherine. "If he had gone for art as a career, I think he could have made a name for himself."She recalls him telling the family that painting was his first love, and weekends were spent visiting the latest exhibition. He was especially keen on new developments in art and 'the latest thing'.So important was painting to him that he even chose his children's school, Dartington Hall, because of its devotion to teaching art, says Katherine."Even into his nineties he would take himself off on public transport to the Tate and continued buying paintings," she says. "He only stopped painting about seven or eight years before he died."Hutchings' longevity might have been, in part, the result of his fitness. Continuing to run marathons into his eighties, in his early seventies he came second for his age group in the London Marathon.His was an extraordinary life and he left behind a rich and accomplished body of work that is in this sale now we are privileged to be able to present now-."The volume, range and quality of the works in the sale present a real opportunity to establish an ongoing market for Michael Hutchings. He may not have been able to pursue his first love as a career during his lifetime, but his talent certainly deserves significant recognition now."

Michael Hutchings (British, 1918-2020), 'Red Can'. Abstract oil on canvas. Signed with initials verso. 51 x 61cm.Biography and ProvenanceFaced with a choice between art and medicine as a career after serving in the Second World war, the late Michael Hutchings (1918-2020) became a pathologist, working in London hospitals. However, he never abandoned his first love, painting, and kept an active studio wherever he lived, spending most of his adult live in Barnes, in the south west of the capital.He was an extraordinarily long-lived artist, who witnessed arguably the greatest period of development in Western art across his lifetime. When he was born, Vorticism and Cubism had only recently emerged, and by the time he died, aged 101, we had entered the age of Conceptual art, video art, NFTs and Banksy.Hutchings' contribution to the exploration of painting can largely be summed up in a single word: Colour. For him it was not simply a filler to assist in the expression of form, it was the form itself.Now works from his studio will be offered for the first timein this dedicated auction.The title of the sale pays tribute to his driving belief that it was the artist's job to let the colour express itself: The Michael Hutchings Collection: Let The Colour Do The Drawing.Whether landscapes, portraits, character studies, abstracts and semi-abstracts, Hutchings' mastery of the palette led to the creation of vibrant compositions where line and form were strictly defined by the use of block colour and colour shade. As in nature, he found no need for separate outline.Having trained at Chelsea College of Art and The Slade, as well as the Open College of the Arts, for much of his life he developed his theories and style under his own steam.He used unusual colour combinations and tones to express mood and atmosphere in his paintings, showing how unexpected pairings across the spectrum could produce surprisingly effective results.The range of works in the sale illustrates his consistent mastery of this technique, which not only creates psychological and emotional studies of great depth and sophistication, but also results in some highly attractive and decorative pieces.Born in Frodsham, Cheshire, young Michael was a sensitive child who developed a stammer following an unexceptional, but for him traumatic, classroom experience. The incident gave an early insight into his unusual perception of the world around, which included a highly developed appreciation for natural beauty.It also led to him being treated by the renowned therapist Lionel Logue, celebrated as King George VI's specialist in the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speech. Hutchings became friends with Logue's son who visited him in later years.Having studied medicine at Liverpool University, Hutchings signed up for the Army Medical Corps, serving in Italy, Morocco and Austria during the Second World War. During this time, he continued his practice of painting and drawing wherever he went, sending home for materials as he travelled across Europe.It was when he returned from the war and enrolled at Chelsea College of Art and then The Slade that he faced arguably the hardest decision of his life: whether to pursue a career in art or medicine. It is thought family pressure directed him to the latter and that pathology may have allowed him to pursue a career out of the public eye in the quiet of the laboratory and so saved him from exposing his intermittent stammer any more than he needed to.Working first at Whipps Cross Hospital, where he met his future wife Kitty, he moved to St Charles's Hospital in Ladbroke Grove, specialising in haematology, with a particular interest in sickle cell disease.Despite this, art was omnipresent, and after also studying at Putney School of Art and the Open School of Art, he became a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited at a number of shows over the years, where he sold works and won several competitions."He was fairly private and kept his art private generally, but everybody he knew knew he painted," says his daughter Katherine. "If he had gone for art as a career, I think he could have made a name for himself."She recalls him telling the family that painting was his first love, and weekends were spent visiting the latest exhibition. He was especially keen on new developments in art and 'the latest thing'.So important was painting to him that he even chose his children's school, Dartington Hall, because of its devotion to teaching art, says Katherine."Even into his nineties he would take himself off on public transport to the Tate and continued buying paintings," she says. "He only stopped painting about seven or eight years before he died."Hutchings' longevity might have been, in part, the result of his fitness. Continuing to run marathons into his eighties, in his early seventies he came second for his age group in the London Marathon.His was an extraordinary life and he left behind a rich and accomplished body of work that is in this sale now we are privileged to be able to present now-."The volume, range and quality of the works in the sale present a real opportunity to establish an ongoing market for Michael Hutchings. He may not have been able to pursue his first love as a career during his lifetime, but his talent certainly deserves significant recognition now."

Michael Hutchings (British, 1918-2020), abstract self-portrait (1994). Acrylic on board. Labelled verso. 55 x 45cm.Biography and ProvenanceFaced with a choice between art and medicine as a career after serving in the Second World war, the late Michael Hutchings (1918-2020) became a pathologist, working in London hospitals. However, he never abandoned his first love, painting, and kept an active studio wherever he lived, spending most of his adult live in Barnes, in the south west of the capital.He was an extraordinarily long-lived artist, who witnessed arguably the greatest period of development in Western art across his lifetime. When he was born, Vorticism and Cubism had only recently emerged, and by the time he died, aged 101, we had entered the age of Conceptual art, video art, NFTs and Banksy.Hutchings' contribution to the exploration of painting can largely be summed up in a single word: Colour. For him it was not simply a filler to assist in the expression of form, it was the form itself.Now works from his studio will be offered for the first timein this dedicated auction.The title of the sale pays tribute to his driving belief that it was the artist's job to let the colour express itself: The Michael Hutchings Collection: Let The Colour Do The Drawing.Whether landscapes, portraits, character studies, abstracts and semi-abstracts, Hutchings' mastery of the palette led to the creation of vibrant compositions where line and form were strictly defined by the use of block colour and colour shade. As in nature, he found no need for separate outline.Having trained at Chelsea College of Art and The Slade, as well as the Open College of the Arts, for much of his life he developed his theories and style under his own steam.He used unusual colour combinations and tones to express mood and atmosphere in his paintings, showing how unexpected pairings across the spectrum could produce surprisingly effective results.The range of works in the sale illustrates his consistent mastery of this technique, which not only creates psychological and emotional studies of great depth and sophistication, but also results in some highly attractive and decorative pieces.Born in Frodsham, Cheshire, young Michael was a sensitive child who developed a stammer following an unexceptional, but for him traumatic, classroom experience. The incident gave an early insight into his unusual perception of the world around, which included a highly developed appreciation for natural beauty.It also led to him being treated by the renowned therapist Lionel Logue, celebrated as King George VI's specialist in the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speech. Hutchings became friends with Logue's son who visited him in later years.Having studied medicine at Liverpool University, Hutchings signed up for the Army Medical Corps, serving in Italy, Morocco and Austria during the Second World War. During this time, he continued his practice of painting and drawing wherever he went, sending home for materials as he travelled across Europe.It was when he returned from the war and enrolled at Chelsea College of Art and then The Slade that he faced arguably the hardest decision of his life: whether to pursue a career in art or medicine. It is thought family pressure directed him to the latter and that pathology may have allowed him to pursue a career out of the public eye in the quiet of the laboratory and so saved him from exposing his intermittent stammer any more than he needed to.Working first at Whipps Cross Hospital, where he met his future wife Kitty, he moved to St Charles's Hospital in Ladbroke Grove, specialising in haematology, with a particular interest in sickle cell disease.Despite this, art was omnipresent, and after also studying at Putney School of Art and the Open School of Art, he became a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited at a number of shows over the years, where he sold works and won several competitions."He was fairly private and kept his art private generally, but everybody he knew knew he painted," says his daughter Katherine. "If he had gone for art as a career, I think he could have made a name for himself."She recalls him telling the family that painting was his first love, and weekends were spent visiting the latest exhibition. He was especially keen on new developments in art and 'the latest thing'.So important was painting to him that he even chose his children's school, Dartington Hall, because of its devotion to teaching art, says Katherine."Even into his nineties he would take himself off on public transport to the Tate and continued buying paintings," she says. "He only stopped painting about seven or eight years before he died."Hutchings' longevity might have been, in part, the result of his fitness. Continuing to run marathons into his eighties, in his early seventies he came second for his age group in the London Marathon.His was an extraordinary life and he left behind a rich and accomplished body of work that is in this sale now we are privileged to be able to present now-."The volume, range and quality of the works in the sale present a real opportunity to establish an ongoing market for Michael Hutchings. He may not have been able to pursue his first love as a career during his lifetime, but his talent certainly deserves significant recognition now."

Michael Hutchings (British, 1918-2020), 'Study for the Old Harbour, Thassos' (1985). Acrylic on canvas. Initialled lower right. Labelled verso. 56 x 50cm.Biography and ProvenanceFaced with a choice between art and medicine as a career after serving in the Second World war, the late Michael Hutchings (1918-2020) became a pathologist, working in London hospitals. However, he never abandoned his first love, painting, and kept an active studio wherever he lived, spending most of his adult live in Barnes, in the south west of the capital.He was an extraordinarily long-lived artist, who witnessed arguably the greatest period of development in Western art across his lifetime. When he was born, Vorticism and Cubism had only recently emerged, and by the time he died, aged 101, we had entered the age of Conceptual art, video art, NFTs and Banksy.Hutchings' contribution to the exploration of painting can largely be summed up in a single word: Colour. For him it was not simply a filler to assist in the expression of form, it was the form itself.Now works from his studio will be offered for the first timein this dedicated auction.The title of the sale pays tribute to his driving belief that it was the artist's job to let the colour express itself: The Michael Hutchings Collection: Let The Colour Do The Drawing.Whether landscapes, portraits, character studies, abstracts and semi-abstracts, Hutchings' mastery of the palette led to the creation of vibrant compositions where line and form were strictly defined by the use of block colour and colour shade. As in nature, he found no need for separate outline.Having trained at Chelsea College of Art and The Slade, as well as the Open College of the Arts, for much of his life he developed his theories and style under his own steam.He used unusual colour combinations and tones to express mood and atmosphere in his paintings, showing how unexpected pairings across the spectrum could produce surprisingly effective results.The range of works in the sale illustrates his consistent mastery of this technique, which not only creates psychological and emotional studies of great depth and sophistication, but also results in some highly attractive and decorative pieces.Born in Frodsham, Cheshire, young Michael was a sensitive child who developed a stammer following an unexceptional, but for him traumatic, classroom experience. The incident gave an early insight into his unusual perception of the world around, which included a highly developed appreciation for natural beauty.It also led to him being treated by the renowned therapist Lionel Logue, celebrated as King George VI's specialist in the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speech. Hutchings became friends with Logue's son who visited him in later years.Having studied medicine at Liverpool University, Hutchings signed up for the Army Medical Corps, serving in Italy, Morocco and Austria during the Second World War. During this time, he continued his practice of painting and drawing wherever he went, sending home for materials as he travelled across Europe.It was when he returned from the war and enrolled at Chelsea College of Art and then The Slade that he faced arguably the hardest decision of his life: whether to pursue a career in art or medicine. It is thought family pressure directed him to the latter and that pathology may have allowed him to pursue a career out of the public eye in the quiet of the laboratory and so saved him from exposing his intermittent stammer any more than he needed to.Working first at Whipps Cross Hospital, where he met his future wife Kitty, he moved to St Charles's Hospital in Ladbroke Grove, specialising in haematology, with a particular interest in sickle cell disease.Despite this, art was omnipresent, and after also studying at Putney School of Art and the Open School of Art, he became a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited at a number of shows over the years, where he sold works and won several competitions."He was fairly private and kept his art private generally, but everybody he knew knew he painted," says his daughter Katherine. "If he had gone for art as a career, I think he could have made a name for himself."She recalls him telling the family that painting was his first love, and weekends were spent visiting the latest exhibition. He was especially keen on new developments in art and 'the latest thing'.So important was painting to him that he even chose his children's school, Dartington Hall, because of its devotion to teaching art, says Katherine."Even into his nineties he would take himself off on public transport to the Tate and continued buying paintings," she says. "He only stopped painting about seven or eight years before he died."Hutchings' longevity might have been, in part, the result of his fitness. Continuing to run marathons into his eighties, in his early seventies he came second for his age group in the London Marathon.His was an extraordinary life and he left behind a rich and accomplished body of work that is in this sale now we are privileged to be able to present now-."The volume, range and quality of the works in the sale present a real opportunity to establish an ongoing market for Michael Hutchings. He may not have been able to pursue his first love as a career during his lifetime, but his talent certainly deserves significant recognition now."

Michael Hutchings (British, 1918-2020), blue and brown abstract composition. Oil on board. Signed and dated 1965. 82 x 50cm.Biography and ProvenanceFaced with a choice between art and medicine as a career after serving in the Second World war, the late Michael Hutchings (1918-2020) became a pathologist, working in London hospitals. However, he never abandoned his first love, painting, and kept an active studio wherever he lived, spending most of his adult live in Barnes, in the south west of the capital.He was an extraordinarily long-lived artist, who witnessed arguably the greatest period of development in Western art across his lifetime. When he was born, Vorticism and Cubism had only recently emerged, and by the time he died, aged 101, we had entered the age of Conceptual art, video art, NFTs and Banksy.Hutchings' contribution to the exploration of painting can largely be summed up in a single word: Colour. For him it was not simply a filler to assist in the expression of form, it was the form itself.Now works from his studio will be offered for the first timein this dedicated auction.The title of the sale pays tribute to his driving belief that it was the artist's job to let the colour express itself: The Michael Hutchings Collection: Let The Colour Do The Drawing.Whether landscapes, portraits, character studies, abstracts and semi-abstracts, Hutchings' mastery of the palette led to the creation of vibrant compositions where line and form were strictly defined by the use of block colour and colour shade. As in nature, he found no need for separate outline.Having trained at Chelsea College of Art and The Slade, as well as the Open College of the Arts, for much of his life he developed his theories and style under his own steam.He used unusual colour combinations and tones to express mood and atmosphere in his paintings, showing how unexpected pairings across the spectrum could produce surprisingly effective results.The range of works in the sale illustrates his consistent mastery of this technique, which not only creates psychological and emotional studies of great depth and sophistication, but also results in some highly attractive and decorative pieces.Born in Frodsham, Cheshire, young Michael was a sensitive child who developed a stammer following an unexceptional, but for him traumatic, classroom experience. The incident gave an early insight into his unusual perception of the world around, which included a highly developed appreciation for natural beauty.It also led to him being treated by the renowned therapist Lionel Logue, celebrated as King George VI's specialist in the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speech. Hutchings became friends with Logue's son who visited him in later years.Having studied medicine at Liverpool University, Hutchings signed up for the Army Medical Corps, serving in Italy, Morocco and Austria during the Second World War. During this time, he continued his practice of painting and drawing wherever he went, sending home for materials as he travelled across Europe.It was when he returned from the war and enrolled at Chelsea College of Art and then The Slade that he faced arguably the hardest decision of his life: whether to pursue a career in art or medicine. It is thought family pressure directed him to the latter and that pathology may have allowed him to pursue a career out of the public eye in the quiet of the laboratory and so saved him from exposing his intermittent stammer any more than he needed to.Working first at Whipps Cross Hospital, where he met his future wife Kitty, he moved to St Charles's Hospital in Ladbroke Grove, specialising in haematology, with a particular interest in sickle cell disease.Despite this, art was omnipresent, and after also studying at Putney School of Art and the Open School of Art, he became a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited at a number of shows over the years, where he sold works and won several competitions."He was fairly private and kept his art private generally, but everybody he knew knew he painted," says his daughter Katherine. "If he had gone for art as a career, I think he could have made a name for himself."She recalls him telling the family that painting was his first love, and weekends were spent visiting the latest exhibition. He was especially keen on new developments in art and 'the latest thing'.So important was painting to him that he even chose his children's school, Dartington Hall, because of its devotion to teaching art, says Katherine."Even into his nineties he would take himself off on public transport to the Tate and continued buying paintings," she says. "He only stopped painting about seven or eight years before he died."Hutchings' longevity might have been, in part, the result of his fitness. Continuing to run marathons into his eighties, in his early seventies he came second for his age group in the London Marathon.His was an extraordinary life and he left behind a rich and accomplished body of work that is in this sale now we are privileged to be able to present now-."The volume, range and quality of the works in the sale present a real opportunity to establish an ongoing market for Michael Hutchings. He may not have been able to pursue his first love as a career during his lifetime, but his talent certainly deserves significant recognition now."

Michael Hutchings (British, 1918-2020), 'Thames at Laleham'. Acrylic on canvas. Signed lower right. 41 x 51cm.Biography and ProvenanceFaced with a choice between art and medicine as a career after serving in the Second World war, the late Michael Hutchings (1918-2020) became a pathologist, working in London hospitals. However, he never abandoned his first love, painting, and kept an active studio wherever he lived, spending most of his adult live in Barnes, in the south west of the capital.He was an extraordinarily long-lived artist, who witnessed arguably the greatest period of development in Western art across his lifetime. When he was born, Vorticism and Cubism had only recently emerged, and by the time he died, aged 101, we had entered the age of Conceptual art, video art, NFTs and Banksy.Hutchings' contribution to the exploration of painting can largely be summed up in a single word: Colour. For him it was not simply a filler to assist in the expression of form, it was the form itself.Now works from his studio will be offered for the first timein this dedicated auction.The title of the sale pays tribute to his driving belief that it was the artist's job to let the colour express itself: The Michael Hutchings Collection: Let The Colour Do The Drawing.Whether landscapes, portraits, character studies, abstracts and semi-abstracts, Hutchings' mastery of the palette led to the creation of vibrant compositions where line and form were strictly defined by the use of block colour and colour shade. As in nature, he found no need for separate outline.Having trained at Chelsea College of Art and The Slade, as well as the Open College of the Arts, for much of his life he developed his theories and style under his own steam.He used unusual colour combinations and tones to express mood and atmosphere in his paintings, showing how unexpected pairings across the spectrum could produce surprisingly effective results.The range of works in the sale illustrates his consistent mastery of this technique, which not only creates psychological and emotional studies of great depth and sophistication, but also results in some highly attractive and decorative pieces.Born in Frodsham, Cheshire, young Michael was a sensitive child who developed a stammer following an unexceptional, but for him traumatic, classroom experience. The incident gave an early insight into his unusual perception of the world around, which included a highly developed appreciation for natural beauty.It also led to him being treated by the renowned therapist Lionel Logue, celebrated as King George VI's specialist in the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speech. Hutchings became friends with Logue's son who visited him in later years.Having studied medicine at Liverpool University, Hutchings signed up for the Army Medical Corps, serving in Italy, Morocco and Austria during the Second World War. During this time, he continued his practice of painting and drawing wherever he went, sending home for materials as he travelled across Europe.It was when he returned from the war and enrolled at Chelsea College of Art and then The Slade that he faced arguably the hardest decision of his life: whether to pursue a career in art or medicine. It is thought family pressure directed him to the latter and that pathology may have allowed him to pursue a career out of the public eye in the quiet of the laboratory and so saved him from exposing his intermittent stammer any more than he needed to.Working first at Whipps Cross Hospital, where he met his future wife Kitty, he moved to St Charles's Hospital in Ladbroke Grove, specialising in haematology, with a particular interest in sickle cell disease.Despite this, art was omnipresent, and after also studying at Putney School of Art and the Open School of Art, he became a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited at a number of shows over the years, where he sold works and won several competitions."He was fairly private and kept his art private generally, but everybody he knew knew he painted," says his daughter Katherine. "If he had gone for art as a career, I think he could have made a name for himself."She recalls him telling the family that painting was his first love, and weekends were spent visiting the latest exhibition. He was especially keen on new developments in art and 'the latest thing'.So important was painting to him that he even chose his children's school, Dartington Hall, because of its devotion to teaching art, says Katherine."Even into his nineties he would take himself off on public transport to the Tate and continued buying paintings," she says. "He only stopped painting about seven or eight years before he died."Hutchings' longevity might have been, in part, the result of his fitness. Continuing to run marathons into his eighties, in his early seventies he came second for his age group in the London Marathon.His was an extraordinary life and he left behind a rich and accomplished body of work that is in this sale now we are privileged to be able to present now-."The volume, range and quality of the works in the sale present a real opportunity to establish an ongoing market for Michael Hutchings. He may not have been able to pursue his first love as a career during his lifetime, but his talent certainly deserves significant recognition now."

Michael Hutchings (British, 1918-2020), 'Bantry Bay, County Cork'. Watercolour. Initialled and dated '65. Inscribed verso. 43 x 53cm.Biography and ProvenanceFaced with a choice between art and medicine as a career after serving in the Second World war, the late Michael Hutchings (1918-2020) became a pathologist, working in London hospitals. However, he never abandoned his first love, painting, and kept an active studio wherever he lived, spending most of his adult live in Barnes, in the south west of the capital.He was an extraordinarily long-lived artist, who witnessed arguably the greatest period of development in Western art across his lifetime. When he was born, Vorticism and Cubism had only recently emerged, and by the time he died, aged 101, we had entered the age of Conceptual art, video art, NFTs and Banksy.Hutchings' contribution to the exploration of painting can largely be summed up in a single word: Colour. For him it was not simply a filler to assist in the expression of form, it was the form itself.Now works from his studio will be offered for the first timein this dedicated auction.The title of the sale pays tribute to his driving belief that it was the artist's job to let the colour express itself: The Michael Hutchings Collection: Let The Colour Do The Drawing.Whether landscapes, portraits, character studies, abstracts and semi-abstracts, Hutchings' mastery of the palette led to the creation of vibrant compositions where line and form were strictly defined by the use of block colour and colour shade. As in nature, he found no need for separate outline.Having trained at Chelsea College of Art and The Slade, as well as the Open College of the Arts, for much of his life he developed his theories and style under his own steam.He used unusual colour combinations and tones to express mood and atmosphere in his paintings, showing how unexpected pairings across the spectrum could produce surprisingly effective results.The range of works in the sale illustrates his consistent mastery of this technique, which not only creates psychological and emotional studies of great depth and sophistication, but also results in some highly attractive and decorative pieces.Born in Frodsham, Cheshire, young Michael was a sensitive child who developed a stammer following an unexceptional, but for him traumatic, classroom experience. The incident gave an early insight into his unusual perception of the world around, which included a highly developed appreciation for natural beauty.It also led to him being treated by the renowned therapist Lionel Logue, celebrated as King George VI's specialist in the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speech. Hutchings became friends with Logue's son who visited him in later years.Having studied medicine at Liverpool University, Hutchings signed up for the Army Medical Corps, serving in Italy, Morocco and Austria during the Second World War. During this time, he continued his practice of painting and drawing wherever he went, sending home for materials as he travelled across Europe.It was when he returned from the war and enrolled at Chelsea College of Art and then The Slade that he faced arguably the hardest decision of his life: whether to pursue a career in art or medicine. It is thought family pressure directed him to the latter and that pathology may have allowed him to pursue a career out of the public eye in the quiet of the laboratory and so saved him from exposing his intermittent stammer any more than he needed to.Working first at Whipps Cross Hospital, where he met his future wife Kitty, he moved to St Charles's Hospital in Ladbroke Grove, specialising in haematology, with a particular interest in sickle cell disease.Despite this, art was omnipresent, and after also studying at Putney School of Art and the Open School of Art, he became a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited at a number of shows over the years, where he sold works and won several competitions."He was fairly private and kept his art private generally, but everybody he knew knew he painted," says his daughter Katherine. "If he had gone for art as a career, I think he could have made a name for himself."She recalls him telling the family that painting was his first love, and weekends were spent visiting the latest exhibition. He was especially keen on new developments in art and 'the latest thing'.So important was painting to him that he even chose his children's school, Dartington Hall, because of its devotion to teaching art, says Katherine."Even into his nineties he would take himself off on public transport to the Tate and continued buying paintings," she says. "He only stopped painting about seven or eight years before he died."Hutchings' longevity might have been, in part, the result of his fitness. Continuing to run marathons into his eighties, in his early seventies he came second for his age group in the London Marathon.His was an extraordinary life and he left behind a rich and accomplished body of work that is in this sale now we are privileged to be able to present now-."The volume, range and quality of the works in the sale present a real opportunity to establish an ongoing market for Michael Hutchings. He may not have been able to pursue his first love as a career during his lifetime, but his talent certainly deserves significant recognition now."

Attributed Michael Hutchings. St Davids Head, Pembroke. Oil on canvas, titled verso. 57 x 73cm. Biography and ProvenanceFaced with a choice between art and medicine as a career after serving in the Second World war, the late Michael Hutchings (1918-2020) became a pathologist, working in London hospitals. However, he never abandoned his first love, painting, and kept an active studio wherever he lived, spending most of his adult live in Barnes, in the south west of the capital.He was an extraordinarily long-lived artist, who witnessed arguably the greatest period of development in Western art across his lifetime. When he was born, Vorticism and Cubism had only recently emerged, and by the time he died, aged 101, we had entered the age of Conceptual art, video art, NFTs and Banksy.Hutchings' contribution to the exploration of painting can largely be summed up in a single word: Colour. For him it was not simply a filler to assist in the expression of form, it was the form itself.Now works from his studio will be offered for the first timein this dedicated auction.The title of the sale pays tribute to his driving belief that it was the artist's job to let the colour express itself: The Michael Hutchings Collection: Let The Colour Do The Drawing.Whether landscapes, portraits, character studies, abstracts and semi-abstracts, Hutchings' mastery of the palette led to the creation of vibrant compositions where line and form were strictly defined by the use of block colour and colour shade. As in nature, he found no need for separate outline.Having trained at Chelsea College of Art and The Slade, as well as the Open College of the Arts, for much of his life he developed his theories and style under his own steam.He used unusual colour combinations and tones to express mood and atmosphere in his paintings, showing how unexpected pairings across the spectrum could produce surprisingly effective results.The range of works in the sale illustrates his consistent mastery of this technique, which not only creates psychological and emotional studies of great depth and sophistication, but also results in some highly attractive and decorative pieces.Born in Frodsham, Cheshire, young Michael was a sensitive child who developed a stammer following an unexceptional, but for him traumatic, classroom experience. The incident gave an early insight into his unusual perception of the world around, which included a highly developed appreciation for natural beauty.It also led to him being treated by the renowned therapist Lionel Logue, celebrated as King George VI's specialist in the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speech. Hutchings became friends with Logue's son who visited him in later years.Having studied medicine at Liverpool University, Hutchings signed up for the Army Medical Corps, serving in Italy, Morocco and Austria during the Second World War. During this time, he continued his practice of painting and drawing wherever he went, sending home for materials as he travelled across Europe.It was when he returned from the war and enrolled at Chelsea College of Art and then The Slade that he faced arguably the hardest decision of his life: whether to pursue a career in art or medicine. It is thought family pressure directed him to the latter and that pathology may have allowed him to pursue a career out of the public eye in the quiet of the laboratory and so saved him from exposing his intermittent stammer any more than he needed to.Working first at Whipps Cross Hospital, where he met his future wife Kitty, he moved to St Charles's Hospital in Ladbroke Grove, specialising in haematology, with a particular interest in sickle cell disease.Despite this, art was omnipresent, and after also studying at Putney School of Art and the Open School of Art, he became a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited at a number of shows over the years, where he sold works and won several competitions."He was fairly private and kept his art private generally, but everybody he knew knew he painted," says his daughter Katherine. "If he had gone for art as a career, I think he could have made a name for himself."She recalls him telling the family that painting was his first love, and weekends were spent visiting the latest exhibition. He was especially keen on new developments in art and 'the latest thing'.So important was painting to him that he even chose his children's school, Dartington Hall, because of its devotion to teaching art, says Katherine."Even into his nineties he would take himself off on public transport to the Tate and continued buying paintings," she says. "He only stopped painting about seven or eight years before he died."Hutchings' longevity might have been, in part, the result of his fitness. Continuing to run marathons into his eighties, in his early seventies he came second for his age group in the London Marathon.His was an extraordinary life and he left behind a rich and accomplished body of work that is in this sale now we are privileged to be able to present now-."The volume, range and quality of the works in the sale present a real opportunity to establish an ongoing market for Michael Hutchings. He may not have been able to pursue his first love as a career during his lifetime, but his talent certainly deserves significant recognition now."

Fara? Continental cottages on the Coast. Oil on canvas, signed indistinctly lower right. 59 x 85cm. Biography and ProvenanceFaced with a choice between art and medicine as a career after serving in the Second World war, the late Michael Hutchings (1918-2020) became a pathologist, working in London hospitals. However, he never abandoned his first love, painting, and kept an active studio wherever he lived, spending most of his adult live in Barnes, in the south west of the capital.He was an extraordinarily long-lived artist, who witnessed arguably the greatest period of development in Western art across his lifetime. When he was born, Vorticism and Cubism had only recently emerged, and by the time he died, aged 101, we had entered the age of Conceptual art, video art, NFTs and Banksy.Hutchings' contribution to the exploration of painting can largely be summed up in a single word: Colour. For him it was not simply a filler to assist in the expression of form, it was the form itself.Now works from his studio will be offered for the first timein this dedicated auction.The title of the sale pays tribute to his driving belief that it was the artist's job to let the colour express itself: The Michael Hutchings Collection: Let The Colour Do The Drawing.Whether landscapes, portraits, character studies, abstracts and semi-abstracts, Hutchings' mastery of the palette led to the creation of vibrant compositions where line and form were strictly defined by the use of block colour and colour shade. As in nature, he found no need for separate outline.Having trained at Chelsea College of Art and The Slade, as well as the Open College of the Arts, for much of his life he developed his theories and style under his own steam.He used unusual colour combinations and tones to express mood and atmosphere in his paintings, showing how unexpected pairings across the spectrum could produce surprisingly effective results.The range of works in the sale illustrates his consistent mastery of this technique, which not only creates psychological and emotional studies of great depth and sophistication, but also results in some highly attractive and decorative pieces.Born in Frodsham, Cheshire, young Michael was a sensitive child who developed a stammer following an unexceptional, but for him traumatic, classroom experience. The incident gave an early insight into his unusual perception of the world around, which included a highly developed appreciation for natural beauty.It also led to him being treated by the renowned therapist Lionel Logue, celebrated as King George VI's specialist in the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speech. Hutchings became friends with Logue's son who visited him in later years.Having studied medicine at Liverpool University, Hutchings signed up for the Army Medical Corps, serving in Italy, Morocco and Austria during the Second World War. During this time, he continued his practice of painting and drawing wherever he went, sending home for materials as he travelled across Europe.It was when he returned from the war and enrolled at Chelsea College of Art and then The Slade that he faced arguably the hardest decision of his life: whether to pursue a career in art or medicine. It is thought family pressure directed him to the latter and that pathology may have allowed him to pursue a career out of the public eye in the quiet of the laboratory and so saved him from exposing his intermittent stammer any more than he needed to.Working first at Whipps Cross Hospital, where he met his future wife Kitty, he moved to St Charles's Hospital in Ladbroke Grove, specialising in haematology, with a particular interest in sickle cell disease.Despite this, art was omnipresent, and after also studying at Putney School of Art and the Open School of Art, he became a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited at a number of shows over the years, where he sold works and won several competitions."He was fairly private and kept his art private generally, but everybody he knew knew he painted," says his daughter Katherine. "If he had gone for art as a career, I think he could have made a name for himself."She recalls him telling the family that painting was his first love, and weekends were spent visiting the latest exhibition. He was especially keen on new developments in art and 'the latest thing'.So important was painting to him that he even chose his children's school, Dartington Hall, because of its devotion to teaching art, says Katherine."Even into his nineties he would take himself off on public transport to the Tate and continued buying paintings," she says. "He only stopped painting about seven or eight years before he died."Hutchings' longevity might have been, in part, the result of his fitness. Continuing to run marathons into his eighties, in his early seventies he came second for his age group in the London Marathon.His was an extraordinary life and he left behind a rich and accomplished body of work that is in this sale now we are privileged to be able to present now-."The volume, range and quality of the works in the sale present a real opportunity to establish an ongoing market for Michael Hutchings. He may not have been able to pursue his first love as a career during his lifetime, but his talent certainly deserves significant recognition now."

Arthur William Hutchings (father of Michael), Townscape with Tudor Cottage, watercolour signed with monogram. 44 x 56cm. Together with another by the same hand depicting a bridge in a mountain landscape. (2). Biography and ProvenanceFaced with a choice between art and medicine as a career after serving in the Second World war, the late Michael Hutchings (1918-2020) became a pathologist, working in London hospitals. However, he never abandoned his first love, painting, and kept an active studio wherever he lived, spending most of his adult live in Barnes, in the south west of the capital.He was an extraordinarily long-lived artist, who witnessed arguably the greatest period of development in Western art across his lifetime. When he was born, Vorticism and Cubism had only recently emerged, and by the time he died, aged 101, we had entered the age of Conceptual art, video art, NFTs and Banksy.Hutchings' contribution to the exploration of painting can largely be summed up in a single word: Colour. For him it was not simply a filler to assist in the expression of form, it was the form itself.Now works from his studio will be offered for the first timein this dedicated auction.The title of the sale pays tribute to his driving belief that it was the artist's job to let the colour express itself: The Michael Hutchings Collection: Let The Colour Do The Drawing.Whether landscapes, portraits, character studies, abstracts and semi-abstracts, Hutchings' mastery of the palette led to the creation of vibrant compositions where line and form were strictly defined by the use of block colour and colour shade. As in nature, he found no need for separate outline.Having trained at Chelsea College of Art and The Slade, as well as the Open College of the Arts, for much of his life he developed his theories and style under his own steam.He used unusual colour combinations and tones to express mood and atmosphere in his paintings, showing how unexpected pairings across the spectrum could produce surprisingly effective results.The range of works in the sale illustrates his consistent mastery of this technique, which not only creates psychological and emotional studies of great depth and sophistication, but also results in some highly attractive and decorative pieces.Born in Frodsham, Cheshire, young Michael was a sensitive child who developed a stammer following an unexceptional, but for him traumatic, classroom experience. The incident gave an early insight into his unusual perception of the world around, which included a highly developed appreciation for natural beauty.It also led to him being treated by the renowned therapist Lionel Logue, celebrated as King George VI's specialist in the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speech. Hutchings became friends with Logue's son who visited him in later years.Having studied medicine at Liverpool University, Hutchings signed up for the Army Medical Corps, serving in Italy, Morocco and Austria during the Second World War. During this time, he continued his practice of painting and drawing wherever he went, sending home for materials as he travelled across Europe.It was when he returned from the war and enrolled at Chelsea College of Art and then The Slade that he faced arguably the hardest decision of his life: whether to pursue a career in art or medicine. It is thought family pressure directed him to the latter and that pathology may have allowed him to pursue a career out of the public eye in the quiet of the laboratory and so saved him from exposing his intermittent stammer any more than he needed to.Working first at Whipps Cross Hospital, where he met his future wife Kitty, he moved to St Charles's Hospital in Ladbroke Grove, specialising in haematology, with a particular interest in sickle cell disease.Despite this, art was omnipresent, and after also studying at Putney School of Art and the Open School of Art, he became a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited at a number of shows over the years, where he sold works and won several competitions."He was fairly private and kept his art private generally, but everybody he knew knew he painted," says his daughter Katherine. "If he had gone for art as a career, I think he could have made a name for himself."She recalls him telling the family that painting was his first love, and weekends were spent visiting the latest exhibition. He was especially keen on new developments in art and 'the latest thing'.So important was painting to him that he even chose his children's school, Dartington Hall, because of its devotion to teaching art, says Katherine."Even into his nineties he would take himself off on public transport to the Tate and continued buying paintings," she says. "He only stopped painting about seven or eight years before he died."Hutchings' longevity might have been, in part, the result of his fitness. Continuing to run marathons into his eighties, in his early seventies he came second for his age group in the London Marathon.His was an extraordinary life and he left behind a rich and accomplished body of work that is in this sale now we are privileged to be able to present now-."The volume, range and quality of the works in the sale present a real opportunity to establish an ongoing market for Michael Hutchings. He may not have been able to pursue his first love as a career during his lifetime, but his talent certainly deserves significant recognition now."

AS. Street scene, oil on board. Signed with monogram. 31 x 36cm. Biography and ProvenanceFaced with a choice between art and medicine as a career after serving in the Second World war, the late Michael Hutchings (1918-2020) became a pathologist, working in London hospitals. However, he never abandoned his first love, painting, and kept an active studio wherever he lived, spending most of his adult live in Barnes, in the south west of the capital.He was an extraordinarily long-lived artist, who witnessed arguably the greatest period of development in Western art across his lifetime. When he was born, Vorticism and Cubism had only recently emerged, and by the time he died, aged 101, we had entered the age of Conceptual art, video art, NFTs and Banksy.Hutchings' contribution to the exploration of painting can largely be summed up in a single word: Colour. For him it was not simply a filler to assist in the expression of form, it was the form itself.Now works from his studio will be offered for the first timein this dedicated auction.The title of the sale pays tribute to his driving belief that it was the artist's job to let the colour express itself: The Michael Hutchings Collection: Let The Colour Do The Drawing.Whether landscapes, portraits, character studies, abstracts and semi-abstracts, Hutchings' mastery of the palette led to the creation of vibrant compositions where line and form were strictly defined by the use of block colour and colour shade. As in nature, he found no need for separate outline.Having trained at Chelsea College of Art and The Slade, as well as the Open College of the Arts, for much of his life he developed his theories and style under his own steam.He used unusual colour combinations and tones to express mood and atmosphere in his paintings, showing how unexpected pairings across the spectrum could produce surprisingly effective results.The range of works in the sale illustrates his consistent mastery of this technique, which not only creates psychological and emotional studies of great depth and sophistication, but also results in some highly attractive and decorative pieces.Born in Frodsham, Cheshire, young Michael was a sensitive child who developed a stammer following an unexceptional, but for him traumatic, classroom experience. The incident gave an early insight into his unusual perception of the world around, which included a highly developed appreciation for natural beauty.It also led to him being treated by the renowned therapist Lionel Logue, celebrated as King George VI's specialist in the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speech. Hutchings became friends with Logue's son who visited him in later years.Having studied medicine at Liverpool University, Hutchings signed up for the Army Medical Corps, serving in Italy, Morocco and Austria during the Second World War. During this time, he continued his practice of painting and drawing wherever he went, sending home for materials as he travelled across Europe.It was when he returned from the war and enrolled at Chelsea College of Art and then The Slade that he faced arguably the hardest decision of his life: whether to pursue a career in art or medicine. It is thought family pressure directed him to the latter and that pathology may have allowed him to pursue a career out of the public eye in the quiet of the laboratory and so saved him from exposing his intermittent stammer any more than he needed to.Working first at Whipps Cross Hospital, where he met his future wife Kitty, he moved to St Charles's Hospital in Ladbroke Grove, specialising in haematology, with a particular interest in sickle cell disease.Despite this, art was omnipresent, and after also studying at Putney School of Art and the Open School of Art, he became a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited at a number of shows over the years, where he sold works and won several competitions."He was fairly private and kept his art private generally, but everybody he knew knew he painted," says his daughter Katherine. "If he had gone for art as a career, I think he could have made a name for himself."She recalls him telling the family that painting was his first love, and weekends were spent visiting the latest exhibition. He was especially keen on new developments in art and 'the latest thing'.So important was painting to him that he even chose his children's school, Dartington Hall, because of its devotion to teaching art, says Katherine."Even into his nineties he would take himself off on public transport to the Tate and continued buying paintings," she says. "He only stopped painting about seven or eight years before he died."Hutchings' longevity might have been, in part, the result of his fitness. Continuing to run marathons into his eighties, in his early seventies he came second for his age group in the London Marathon.His was an extraordinary life and he left behind a rich and accomplished body of work that is in this sale now we are privileged to be able to present now-."The volume, range and quality of the works in the sale present a real opportunity to establish an ongoing market for Michael Hutchings. He may not have been able to pursue his first love as a career during his lifetime, but his talent certainly deserves significant recognition now."

Michael Hutchings (1918-2020). Seven small sketchbooks containing figure studies, landscapes and personal notes. Biography and ProvenanceFaced with a choice between art and medicine as a career after serving in the Second World war, the late Michael Hutchings (1918-2020) became a pathologist, working in London hospitals. However, he never abandoned his first love, painting, and kept an active studio wherever he lived, spending most of his adult live in Barnes, in the south west of the capital.He was an extraordinarily long-lived artist, who witnessed arguably the greatest period of development in Western art across his lifetime. When he was born, Vorticism and Cubism had only recently emerged, and by the time he died, aged 101, we had entered the age of Conceptual art, video art, NFTs and Banksy.Hutchings' contribution to the exploration of painting can largely be summed up in a single word: Colour. For him it was not simply a filler to assist in the expression of form, it was the form itself.Now works from his studio will be offered for the first timein this dedicated auction.The title of the sale pays tribute to his driving belief that it was the artist's job to let the colour express itself: The Michael Hutchings Collection: Let The Colour Do The Drawing.Whether landscapes, portraits, character studies, abstracts and semi-abstracts, Hutchings' mastery of the palette led to the creation of vibrant compositions where line and form were strictly defined by the use of block colour and colour shade. As in nature, he found no need for separate outline.Having trained at Chelsea College of Art and The Slade, as well as the Open College of the Arts, for much of his life he developed his theories and style under his own steam.He used unusual colour combinations and tones to express mood and atmosphere in his paintings, showing how unexpected pairings across the spectrum could produce surprisingly effective results.The range of works in the sale illustrates his consistent mastery of this technique, which not only creates psychological and emotional studies of great depth and sophistication, but also results in some highly attractive and decorative pieces.Born in Frodsham, Cheshire, young Michael was a sensitive child who developed a stammer following an unexceptional, but for him traumatic, classroom experience. The incident gave an early insight into his unusual perception of the world around, which included a highly developed appreciation for natural beauty.It also led to him being treated by the renowned therapist Lionel Logue, celebrated as King George VI's specialist in the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speech. Hutchings became friends with Logue's son who visited him in later years.Having studied medicine at Liverpool University, Hutchings signed up for the Army Medical Corps, serving in Italy, Morocco and Austria during the Second World War. During this time, he continued his practice of painting and drawing wherever he went, sending home for materials as he travelled across Europe.It was when he returned from the war and enrolled at Chelsea College of Art and then The Slade that he faced arguably the hardest decision of his life: whether to pursue a career in art or medicine. It is thought family pressure directed him to the latter and that pathology may have allowed him to pursue a career out of the public eye in the quiet of the laboratory and so saved him from exposing his intermittent stammer any more than he needed to.Working first at Whipps Cross Hospital, where he met his future wife Kitty, he moved to St Charles's Hospital in Ladbroke Grove, specialising in haematology, with a particular interest in sickle cell disease.Despite this, art was omnipresent, and after also studying at Putney School of Art and the Open School of Art, he became a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited at a number of shows over the years, where he sold works and won several competitions."He was fairly private and kept his art private generally, but everybody he knew knew he painted," says his daughter Katherine. "If he had gone for art as a career, I think he could have made a name for himself."She recalls him telling the family that painting was his first love, and weekends were spent visiting the latest exhibition. He was especially keen on new developments in art and 'the latest thing'.So important was painting to him that he even chose his children's school, Dartington Hall, because of its devotion to teaching art, says Katherine."Even into his nineties he would take himself off on public transport to the Tate and continued buying paintings," she says. "He only stopped painting about seven or eight years before he died."Hutchings' longevity might have been, in part, the result of his fitness. Continuing to run marathons into his eighties, in his early seventies he came second for his age group in the London Marathon.His was an extraordinary life and he left behind a rich and accomplished body of work that is in this sale now we are privileged to be able to present now-."The volume, range and quality of the works in the sale present a real opportunity to establish an ongoing market for Michael Hutchings. He may not have been able to pursue his first love as a career during his lifetime, but his talent certainly deserves significant recognition now."

Alexander Hodgkinson (1912-1984). Light in a Dark Place. Oil on canvas, inscribed verso with artists name and title. 41 x 51cm. Biography and ProvenanceFaced with a choice between art and medicine as a career after serving in the Second World war, the late Michael Hutchings (1918-2020) became a pathologist, working in London hospitals. However, he never abandoned his first love, painting, and kept an active studio wherever he lived, spending most of his adult live in Barnes, in the south west of the capital.He was an extraordinarily long-lived artist, who witnessed arguably the greatest period of development in Western art across his lifetime. When he was born, Vorticism and Cubism had only recently emerged, and by the time he died, aged 101, we had entered the age of Conceptual art, video art, NFTs and Banksy.Hutchings' contribution to the exploration of painting can largely be summed up in a single word: Colour. For him it was not simply a filler to assist in the expression of form, it was the form itself.Now works from his studio will be offered for the first timein this dedicated auction.The title of the sale pays tribute to his driving belief that it was the artist's job to let the colour express itself: The Michael Hutchings Collection: Let The Colour Do The Drawing.Whether landscapes, portraits, character studies, abstracts and semi-abstracts, Hutchings' mastery of the palette led to the creation of vibrant compositions where line and form were strictly defined by the use of block colour and colour shade. As in nature, he found no need for separate outline.Having trained at Chelsea College of Art and The Slade, as well as the Open College of the Arts, for much of his life he developed his theories and style under his own steam.He used unusual colour combinations and tones to express mood and atmosphere in his paintings, showing how unexpected pairings across the spectrum could produce surprisingly effective results.The range of works in the sale illustrates his consistent mastery of this technique, which not only creates psychological and emotional studies of great depth and sophistication, but also results in some highly attractive and decorative pieces.Born in Frodsham, Cheshire, young Michael was a sensitive child who developed a stammer following an unexceptional, but for him traumatic, classroom experience. The incident gave an early insight into his unusual perception of the world around, which included a highly developed appreciation for natural beauty.It also led to him being treated by the renowned therapist Lionel Logue, celebrated as King George VI's specialist in the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speech. Hutchings became friends with Logue's son who visited him in later years.Having studied medicine at Liverpool University, Hutchings signed up for the Army Medical Corps, serving in Italy, Morocco and Austria during the Second World War. During this time, he continued his practice of painting and drawing wherever he went, sending home for materials as he travelled across Europe.It was when he returned from the war and enrolled at Chelsea College of Art and then The Slade that he faced arguably the hardest decision of his life: whether to pursue a career in art or medicine. It is thought family pressure directed him to the latter and that pathology may have allowed him to pursue a career out of the public eye in the quiet of the laboratory and so saved him from exposing his intermittent stammer any more than he needed to.Working first at Whipps Cross Hospital, where he met his future wife Kitty, he moved to St Charles's Hospital in Ladbroke Grove, specialising in haematology, with a particular interest in sickle cell disease.Despite this, art was omnipresent, and after also studying at Putney School of Art and the Open School of Art, he became a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited at a number of shows over the years, where he sold works and won several competitions."He was fairly private and kept his art private generally, but everybody he knew knew he painted," says his daughter Katherine. "If he had gone for art as a career, I think he could have made a name for himself."She recalls him telling the family that painting was his first love, and weekends were spent visiting the latest exhibition. He was especially keen on new developments in art and 'the latest thing'.So important was painting to him that he even chose his children's school, Dartington Hall, because of its devotion to teaching art, says Katherine."Even into his nineties he would take himself off on public transport to the Tate and continued buying paintings," she says. "He only stopped painting about seven or eight years before he died."Hutchings' longevity might have been, in part, the result of his fitness. Continuing to run marathons into his eighties, in his early seventies he came second for his age group in the London Marathon.His was an extraordinary life and he left behind a rich and accomplished body of work that is in this sale now we are privileged to be able to present now-."The volume, range and quality of the works in the sale present a real opportunity to establish an ongoing market for Michael Hutchings. He may not have been able to pursue his first love as a career during his lifetime, but his talent certainly deserves significant recognition now."

Helen Pennell (20th century). Scilly Isles. Pastel, signed and titled to the mount. 43 x 51cm.Biography and ProvenanceFaced with a choice between art and medicine as a career after serving in the Second World war, the late Michael Hutchings (1918-2020) became a pathologist, working in London hospitals. However, he never abandoned his first love, painting, and kept an active studio wherever he lived, spending most of his adult live in Barnes, in the south west of the capital.He was an extraordinarily long-lived artist, who witnessed arguably the greatest period of development in Western art across his lifetime. When he was born, Vorticism and Cubism had only recently emerged, and by the time he died, aged 101, we had entered the age of Conceptual art, video art, NFTs and Banksy.Hutchings' contribution to the exploration of painting can largely be summed up in a single word: Colour. For him it was not simply a filler to assist in the expression of form, it was the form itself.Now works from his studio will be offered for the first timein this dedicated auction.The title of the sale pays tribute to his driving belief that it was the artist's job to let the colour express itself: The Michael Hutchings Collection: Let The Colour Do The Drawing.Whether landscapes, portraits, character studies, abstracts and semi-abstracts, Hutchings' mastery of the palette led to the creation of vibrant compositions where line and form were strictly defined by the use of block colour and colour shade. As in nature, he found no need for separate outline.Having trained at Chelsea College of Art and The Slade, as well as the Open College of the Arts, for much of his life he developed his theories and style under his own steam.He used unusual colour combinations and tones to express mood and atmosphere in his paintings, showing how unexpected pairings across the spectrum could produce surprisingly effective results.The range of works in the sale illustrates his consistent mastery of this technique, which not only creates psychological and emotional studies of great depth and sophistication, but also results in some highly attractive and decorative pieces.Born in Frodsham, Cheshire, young Michael was a sensitive child who developed a stammer following an unexceptional, but for him traumatic, classroom experience. The incident gave an early insight into his unusual perception of the world around, which included a highly developed appreciation for natural beauty.It also led to him being treated by the renowned therapist Lionel Logue, celebrated as King George VI's specialist in the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speech. Hutchings became friends with Logue's son who visited him in later years.Having studied medicine at Liverpool University, Hutchings signed up for the Army Medical Corps, serving in Italy, Morocco and Austria during the Second World War. During this time, he continued his practice of painting and drawing wherever he went, sending home for materials as he travelled across Europe.It was when he returned from the war and enrolled at Chelsea College of Art and then The Slade that he faced arguably the hardest decision of his life: whether to pursue a career in art or medicine. It is thought family pressure directed him to the latter and that pathology may have allowed him to pursue a career out of the public eye in the quiet of the laboratory and so saved him from exposing his intermittent stammer any more than he needed to.Working first at Whipps Cross Hospital, where he met his future wife Kitty, he moved to St Charles's Hospital in Ladbroke Grove, specialising in haematology, with a particular interest in sickle cell disease.Despite this, art was omnipresent, and after also studying at Putney School of Art and the Open School of Art, he became a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited at a number of shows over the years, where he sold works and won several competitions."He was fairly private and kept his art private generally, but everybody he knew knew he painted," says his daughter Katherine. "If he had gone for art as a career, I think he could have made a name for himself."She recalls him telling the family that painting was his first love, and weekends were spent visiting the latest exhibition. He was especially keen on new developments in art and 'the latest thing'.So important was painting to him that he even chose his children's school, Dartington Hall, because of its devotion to teaching art, says Katherine."Even into his nineties he would take himself off on public transport to the Tate and continued buying paintings," she says. "He only stopped painting about seven or eight years before he died."Hutchings' longevity might have been, in part, the result of his fitness. Continuing to run marathons into his eighties, in his early seventies he came second for his age group in the London Marathon.His was an extraordinary life and he left behind a rich and accomplished body of work that is in this sale now we are privileged to be able to present now-."The volume, range and quality of the works in the sale present a real opportunity to establish an ongoing market for Michael Hutchings. He may not have been able to pursue his first love as a career during his lifetime, but his talent certainly deserves significant recognition now."

Alexander Hodgkinson (1912-1984). View in Rome. Watercolour, signed lower and right and verso. 46 x 56cm. Biography and ProvenanceFaced with a choice between art and medicine as a career after serving in the Second World war, the late Michael Hutchings (1918-2020) became a pathologist, working in London hospitals. However, he never abandoned his first love, painting, and kept an active studio wherever he lived, spending most of his adult live in Barnes, in the south west of the capital.He was an extraordinarily long-lived artist, who witnessed arguably the greatest period of development in Western art across his lifetime. When he was born, Vorticism and Cubism had only recently emerged, and by the time he died, aged 101, we had entered the age of Conceptual art, video art, NFTs and Banksy.Hutchings' contribution to the exploration of painting can largely be summed up in a single word: Colour. For him it was not simply a filler to assist in the expression of form, it was the form itself.Now works from his studio will be offered for the first timein this dedicated auction.The title of the sale pays tribute to his driving belief that it was the artist's job to let the colour express itself: The Michael Hutchings Collection: Let The Colour Do The Drawing.Whether landscapes, portraits, character studies, abstracts and semi-abstracts, Hutchings' mastery of the palette led to the creation of vibrant compositions where line and form were strictly defined by the use of block colour and colour shade. As in nature, he found no need for separate outline.Having trained at Chelsea College of Art and The Slade, as well as the Open College of the Arts, for much of his life he developed his theories and style under his own steam.He used unusual colour combinations and tones to express mood and atmosphere in his paintings, showing how unexpected pairings across the spectrum could produce surprisingly effective results.The range of works in the sale illustrates his consistent mastery of this technique, which not only creates psychological and emotional studies of great depth and sophistication, but also results in some highly attractive and decorative pieces.Born in Frodsham, Cheshire, young Michael was a sensitive child who developed a stammer following an unexceptional, but for him traumatic, classroom experience. The incident gave an early insight into his unusual perception of the world around, which included a highly developed appreciation for natural beauty.It also led to him being treated by the renowned therapist Lionel Logue, celebrated as King George VI's specialist in the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speech. Hutchings became friends with Logue's son who visited him in later years.Having studied medicine at Liverpool University, Hutchings signed up for the Army Medical Corps, serving in Italy, Morocco and Austria during the Second World War. During this time, he continued his practice of painting and drawing wherever he went, sending home for materials as he travelled across Europe.It was when he returned from the war and enrolled at Chelsea College of Art and then The Slade that he faced arguably the hardest decision of his life: whether to pursue a career in art or medicine. It is thought family pressure directed him to the latter and that pathology may have allowed him to pursue a career out of the public eye in the quiet of the laboratory and so saved him from exposing his intermittent stammer any more than he needed to.Working first at Whipps Cross Hospital, where he met his future wife Kitty, he moved to St Charles's Hospital in Ladbroke Grove, specialising in haematology, with a particular interest in sickle cell disease.Despite this, art was omnipresent, and after also studying at Putney School of Art and the Open School of Art, he became a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited at a number of shows over the years, where he sold works and won several competitions."He was fairly private and kept his art private generally, but everybody he knew knew he painted," says his daughter Katherine. "If he had gone for art as a career, I think he could have made a name for himself."She recalls him telling the family that painting was his first love, and weekends were spent visiting the latest exhibition. He was especially keen on new developments in art and 'the latest thing'.So important was painting to him that he even chose his children's school, Dartington Hall, because of its devotion to teaching art, says Katherine."Even into his nineties he would take himself off on public transport to the Tate and continued buying paintings," she says. "He only stopped painting about seven or eight years before he died."Hutchings' longevity might have been, in part, the result of his fitness. Continuing to run marathons into his eighties, in his early seventies he came second for his age group in the London Marathon.His was an extraordinary life and he left behind a rich and accomplished body of work that is in this sale now we are privileged to be able to present now-."The volume, range and quality of the works in the sale present a real opportunity to establish an ongoing market for Michael Hutchings. He may not have been able to pursue his first love as a career during his lifetime, but his talent certainly deserves significant recognition now."

Michael Hutchings (British, 1918-2020). Self Portrait. Felt tip. Initialled lower right, labelled verso. 28 x 28cm. Biography and ProvenanceFaced with a choice between art and medicine as a career after serving in the Second World war, the late Michael Hutchings (1918-2020) became a pathologist, working in London hospitals. However, he never abandoned his first love, painting, and kept an active studio wherever he lived, spending most of his adult live in Barnes, in the south west of the capital.He was an extraordinarily long-lived artist, who witnessed arguably the greatest period of development in Western art across his lifetime. When he was born, Vorticism and Cubism had only recently emerged, and by the time he died, aged 101, we had entered the age of Conceptual art, video art, NFTs and Banksy.Hutchings' contribution to the exploration of painting can largely be summed up in a single word: Colour. For him it was not simply a filler to assist in the expression of form, it was the form itself.Now works from his studio will be offered for the first timein this dedicated auction.The title of the sale pays tribute to his driving belief that it was the artist's job to let the colour express itself: The Michael Hutchings Collection: Let The Colour Do The Drawing.Whether landscapes, portraits, character studies, abstracts and semi-abstracts, Hutchings' mastery of the palette led to the creation of vibrant compositions where line and form were strictly defined by the use of block colour and colour shade. As in nature, he found no need for separate outline.Having trained at Chelsea College of Art and The Slade, as well as the Open College of the Arts, for much of his life he developed his theories and style under his own steam.He used unusual colour combinations and tones to express mood and atmosphere in his paintings, showing how unexpected pairings across the spectrum could produce surprisingly effective results.The range of works in the sale illustrates his consistent mastery of this technique, which not only creates psychological and emotional studies of great depth and sophistication, but also results in some highly attractive and decorative pieces.Born in Frodsham, Cheshire, young Michael was a sensitive child who developed a stammer following an unexceptional, but for him traumatic, classroom experience. The incident gave an early insight into his unusual perception of the world around, which included a highly developed appreciation for natural beauty.It also led to him being treated by the renowned therapist Lionel Logue, celebrated as King George VI's specialist in the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speech. Hutchings became friends with Logue's son who visited him in later years.Having studied medicine at Liverpool University, Hutchings signed up for the Army Medical Corps, serving in Italy, Morocco and Austria during the Second World War. During this time, he continued his practice of painting and drawing wherever he went, sending home for materials as he travelled across Europe.It was when he returned from the war and enrolled at Chelsea College of Art and then The Slade that he faced arguably the hardest decision of his life: whether to pursue a career in art or medicine. It is thought family pressure directed him to the latter and that pathology may have allowed him to pursue a career out of the public eye in the quiet of the laboratory and so saved him from exposing his intermittent stammer any more than he needed to.Working first at Whipps Cross Hospital, where he met his future wife Kitty, he moved to St Charles's Hospital in Ladbroke Grove, specialising in haematology, with a particular interest in sickle cell disease.Despite this, art was omnipresent, and after also studying at Putney School of Art and the Open School of Art, he became a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited at a number of shows over the years, where he sold works and won several competitions."He was fairly private and kept his art private generally, but everybody he knew knew he painted," says his daughter Katherine. "If he had gone for art as a career, I think he could have made a name for himself."She recalls him telling the family that painting was his first love, and weekends were spent visiting the latest exhibition. He was especially keen on new developments in art and 'the latest thing'.So important was painting to him that he even chose his children's school, Dartington Hall, because of its devotion to teaching art, says Katherine."Even into his nineties he would take himself off on public transport to the Tate and continued buying paintings," she says. "He only stopped painting about seven or eight years before he died."Hutchings' longevity might have been, in part, the result of his fitness. Continuing to run marathons into his eighties, in his early seventies he came second for his age group in the London Marathon.His was an extraordinary life and he left behind a rich and accomplished body of work that is in this sale now we are privileged to be able to present now-."The volume, range and quality of the works in the sale present a real opportunity to establish an ongoing market for Michael Hutchings. He may not have been able to pursue his first love as a career during his lifetime, but his talent certainly deserves significant recognition now."

20th Century British school. The Shetland Hotel, Lerwick. Gouache, appears unsigned but has slipped in mount so signature may be hidden. 87 x 109cm. Biography and ProvenanceFaced with a choice between art and medicine as a career after serving in the Second World war, the late Michael Hutchings (1918-2020) became a pathologist, working in London hospitals. However, he never abandoned his first love, painting, and kept an active studio wherever he lived, spending most of his adult live in Barnes, in the south west of the capital.He was an extraordinarily long-lived artist, who witnessed arguably the greatest period of development in Western art across his lifetime. When he was born, Vorticism and Cubism had only recently emerged, and by the time he died, aged 101, we had entered the age of Conceptual art, video art, NFTs and Banksy.Hutchings' contribution to the exploration of painting can largely be summed up in a single word: Colour. For him it was not simply a filler to assist in the expression of form, it was the form itself.Now works from his studio will be offered for the first timein this dedicated auction.The title of the sale pays tribute to his driving belief that it was the artist's job to let the colour express itself: The Michael Hutchings Collection: Let The Colour Do The Drawing.Whether landscapes, portraits, character studies, abstracts and semi-abstracts, Hutchings' mastery of the palette led to the creation of vibrant compositions where line and form were strictly defined by the use of block colour and colour shade. As in nature, he found no need for separate outline.Having trained at Chelsea College of Art and The Slade, as well as the Open College of the Arts, for much of his life he developed his theories and style under his own steam.He used unusual colour combinations and tones to express mood and atmosphere in his paintings, showing how unexpected pairings across the spectrum could produce surprisingly effective results.The range of works in the sale illustrates his consistent mastery of this technique, which not only creates psychological and emotional studies of great depth and sophistication, but also results in some highly attractive and decorative pieces.Born in Frodsham, Cheshire, young Michael was a sensitive child who developed a stammer following an unexceptional, but for him traumatic, classroom experience. The incident gave an early insight into his unusual perception of the world around, which included a highly developed appreciation for natural beauty.It also led to him being treated by the renowned therapist Lionel Logue, celebrated as King George VI's specialist in the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speech. Hutchings became friends with Logue's son who visited him in later years.Having studied medicine at Liverpool University, Hutchings signed up for the Army Medical Corps, serving in Italy, Morocco and Austria during the Second World War. During this time, he continued his practice of painting and drawing wherever he went, sending home for materials as he travelled across Europe.It was when he returned from the war and enrolled at Chelsea College of Art and then The Slade that he faced arguably the hardest decision of his life: whether to pursue a career in art or medicine. It is thought family pressure directed him to the latter and that pathology may have allowed him to pursue a career out of the public eye in the quiet of the laboratory and so saved him from exposing his intermittent stammer any more than he needed to.Working first at Whipps Cross Hospital, where he met his future wife Kitty, he moved to St Charles's Hospital in Ladbroke Grove, specialising in haematology, with a particular interest in sickle cell disease.Despite this, art was omnipresent, and after also studying at Putney School of Art and the Open School of Art, he became a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited at a number of shows over the years, where he sold works and won several competitions."He was fairly private and kept his art private generally, but everybody he knew knew he painted," says his daughter Katherine. "If he had gone for art as a career, I think he could have made a name for himself."She recalls him telling the family that painting was his first love, and weekends were spent visiting the latest exhibition. He was especially keen on new developments in art and 'the latest thing'.So important was painting to him that he even chose his children's school, Dartington Hall, because of its devotion to teaching art, says Katherine."Even into his nineties he would take himself off on public transport to the Tate and continued buying paintings," she says. "He only stopped painting about seven or eight years before he died."Hutchings' longevity might have been, in part, the result of his fitness. Continuing to run marathons into his eighties, in his early seventies he came second for his age group in the London Marathon.His was an extraordinary life and he left behind a rich and accomplished body of work that is in this sale now we are privileged to be able to present now-."The volume, range and quality of the works in the sale present a real opportunity to establish an ongoing market for Michael Hutchings. He may not have been able to pursue his first love as a career during his lifetime, but his talent certainly deserves significant recognition now."

Caroline Sayer (Contemporary). Life Painting, watercolour. Signed to the mount, labelled verso. Biography and ProvenanceFaced with a choice between art and medicine as a career after serving in the Second World war, the late Michael Hutchings (1918-2020) became a pathologist, working in London hospitals. However, he never abandoned his first love, painting, and kept an active studio wherever he lived, spending most of his adult live in Barnes, in the south west of the capital.He was an extraordinarily long-lived artist, who witnessed arguably the greatest period of development in Western art across his lifetime. When he was born, Vorticism and Cubism had only recently emerged, and by the time he died, aged 101, we had entered the age of Conceptual art, video art, NFTs and Banksy.Hutchings' contribution to the exploration of painting can largely be summed up in a single word: Colour. For him it was not simply a filler to assist in the expression of form, it was the form itself.Now works from his studio will be offered for the first timein this dedicated auction.The title of the sale pays tribute to his driving belief that it was the artist's job to let the colour express itself: The Michael Hutchings Collection: Let The Colour Do The Drawing.Whether landscapes, portraits, character studies, abstracts and semi-abstracts, Hutchings' mastery of the palette led to the creation of vibrant compositions where line and form were strictly defined by the use of block colour and colour shade. As in nature, he found no need for separate outline.Having trained at Chelsea College of Art and The Slade, as well as the Open College of the Arts, for much of his life he developed his theories and style under his own steam.He used unusual colour combinations and tones to express mood and atmosphere in his paintings, showing how unexpected pairings across the spectrum could produce surprisingly effective results.The range of works in the sale illustrates his consistent mastery of this technique, which not only creates psychological and emotional studies of great depth and sophistication, but also results in some highly attractive and decorative pieces.Born in Frodsham, Cheshire, young Michael was a sensitive child who developed a stammer following an unexceptional, but for him traumatic, classroom experience. The incident gave an early insight into his unusual perception of the world around, which included a highly developed appreciation for natural beauty.It also led to him being treated by the renowned therapist Lionel Logue, celebrated as King George VI's specialist in the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speech. Hutchings became friends with Logue's son who visited him in later years.Having studied medicine at Liverpool University, Hutchings signed up for the Army Medical Corps, serving in Italy, Morocco and Austria during the Second World War. During this time, he continued his practice of painting and drawing wherever he went, sending home for materials as he travelled across Europe.It was when he returned from the war and enrolled at Chelsea College of Art and then The Slade that he faced arguably the hardest decision of his life: whether to pursue a career in art or medicine. It is thought family pressure directed him to the latter and that pathology may have allowed him to pursue a career out of the public eye in the quiet of the laboratory and so saved him from exposing his intermittent stammer any more than he needed to.Working first at Whipps Cross Hospital, where he met his future wife Kitty, he moved to St Charles's Hospital in Ladbroke Grove, specialising in haematology, with a particular interest in sickle cell disease.Despite this, art was omnipresent, and after also studying at Putney School of Art and the Open School of Art, he became a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited at a number of shows over the years, where he sold works and won several competitions."He was fairly private and kept his art private generally, but everybody he knew knew he painted," says his daughter Katherine. "If he had gone for art as a career, I think he could have made a name for himself."She recalls him telling the family that painting was his first love, and weekends were spent visiting the latest exhibition. He was especially keen on new developments in art and 'the latest thing'.So important was painting to him that he even chose his children's school, Dartington Hall, because of its devotion to teaching art, says Katherine."Even into his nineties he would take himself off on public transport to the Tate and continued buying paintings," she says. "He only stopped painting about seven or eight years before he died."Hutchings' longevity might have been, in part, the result of his fitness. Continuing to run marathons into his eighties, in his early seventies he came second for his age group in the London Marathon.His was an extraordinary life and he left behind a rich and accomplished body of work that is in this sale now we are privileged to be able to present now-."The volume, range and quality of the works in the sale present a real opportunity to establish an ongoing market for Michael Hutchings. He may not have been able to pursue his first love as a career during his lifetime, but his talent certainly deserves significant recognition now."

Michael Hutchings (British, 1918-2020). Have a Go, Collage in beige and orange. 2007. Initialled and dated. 51 x 70cm. Biography and ProvenanceFaced with a choice between art and medicine as a career after serving in the Second World war, the late Michael Hutchings (1918-2020) became a pathologist, working in London hospitals. However, he never abandoned his first love, painting, and kept an active studio wherever he lived, spending most of his adult live in Barnes, in the south west of the capital.He was an extraordinarily long-lived artist, who witnessed arguably the greatest period of development in Western art across his lifetime. When he was born, Vorticism and Cubism had only recently emerged, and by the time he died, aged 101, we had entered the age of Conceptual art, video art, NFTs and Banksy.Hutchings' contribution to the exploration of painting can largely be summed up in a single word: Colour. For him it was not simply a filler to assist in the expression of form, it was the form itself.Now works from his studio will be offered for the first timein this dedicated auction.The title of the sale pays tribute to his driving belief that it was the artist's job to let the colour express itself: The Michael Hutchings Collection: Let The Colour Do The Drawing.Whether landscapes, portraits, character studies, abstracts and semi-abstracts, Hutchings' mastery of the palette led to the creation of vibrant compositions where line and form were strictly defined by the use of block colour and colour shade. As in nature, he found no need for separate outline.Having trained at Chelsea College of Art and The Slade, as well as the Open College of the Arts, for much of his life he developed his theories and style under his own steam.He used unusual colour combinations and tones to express mood and atmosphere in his paintings, showing how unexpected pairings across the spectrum could produce surprisingly effective results.The range of works in the sale illustrates his consistent mastery of this technique, which not only creates psychological and emotional studies of great depth and sophistication, but also results in some highly attractive and decorative pieces.Born in Frodsham, Cheshire, young Michael was a sensitive child who developed a stammer following an unexceptional, but for him traumatic, classroom experience. The incident gave an early insight into his unusual perception of the world around, which included a highly developed appreciation for natural beauty.It also led to him being treated by the renowned therapist Lionel Logue, celebrated as King George VI's specialist in the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speech. Hutchings became friends with Logue's son who visited him in later years.Having studied medicine at Liverpool University, Hutchings signed up for the Army Medical Corps, serving in Italy, Morocco and Austria during the Second World War. During this time, he continued his practice of painting and drawing wherever he went, sending home for materials as he travelled across Europe.It was when he returned from the war and enrolled at Chelsea College of Art and then The Slade that he faced arguably the hardest decision of his life: whether to pursue a career in art or medicine. It is thought family pressure directed him to the latter and that pathology may have allowed him to pursue a career out of the public eye in the quiet of the laboratory and so saved him from exposing his intermittent stammer any more than he needed to.Working first at Whipps Cross Hospital, where he met his future wife Kitty, he moved to St Charles's Hospital in Ladbroke Grove, specialising in haematology, with a particular interest in sickle cell disease.Despite this, art was omnipresent, and after also studying at Putney School of Art and the Open School of Art, he became a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited at a number of shows over the years, where he sold works and won several competitions."He was fairly private and kept his art private generally, but everybody he knew knew he painted," says his daughter Katherine. "If he had gone for art as a career, I think he could have made a name for himself."She recalls him telling the family that painting was his first love, and weekends were spent visiting the latest exhibition. He was especially keen on new developments in art and 'the latest thing'.So important was painting to him that he even chose his children's school, Dartington Hall, because of its devotion to teaching art, says Katherine."Even into his nineties he would take himself off on public transport to the Tate and continued buying paintings," she says. "He only stopped painting about seven or eight years before he died."Hutchings' longevity might have been, in part, the result of his fitness. Continuing to run marathons into his eighties, in his early seventies he came second for his age group in the London Marathon.His was an extraordinary life and he left behind a rich and accomplished body of work that is in this sale now we are privileged to be able to present now-."The volume, range and quality of the works in the sale present a real opportunity to establish an ongoing market for Michael Hutchings. He may not have been able to pursue his first love as a career during his lifetime, but his talent certainly deserves significant recognition now."

Michael Hutching (1918-2020). Eseley Valley, Lower House Farm, Watercolour 1973, signed and dated lower right. Unframed with original backing board with New English Art Club labels. Biography and ProvenanceFaced with a choice between art and medicine as a career after serving in the Second World war, the late Michael Hutchings (1918-2020) became a pathologist, working in London hospitals. However, he never abandoned his first love, painting, and kept an active studio wherever he lived, spending most of his adult live in Barnes, in the south west of the capital.He was an extraordinarily long-lived artist, who witnessed arguably the greatest period of development in Western art across his lifetime. When he was born, Vorticism and Cubism had only recently emerged, and by the time he died, aged 101, we had entered the age of Conceptual art, video art, NFTs and Banksy.Hutchings' contribution to the exploration of painting can largely be summed up in a single word: Colour. For him it was not simply a filler to assist in the expression of form, it was the form itself.Now works from his studio will be offered for the first timein this dedicated auction.The title of the sale pays tribute to his driving belief that it was the artist's job to let the colour express itself: The Michael Hutchings Collection: Let The Colour Do The Drawing.Whether landscapes, portraits, character studies, abstracts and semi-abstracts, Hutchings' mastery of the palette led to the creation of vibrant compositions where line and form were strictly defined by the use of block colour and colour shade. As in nature, he found no need for separate outline.Having trained at Chelsea College of Art and The Slade, as well as the Open College of the Arts, for much of his life he developed his theories and style under his own steam.He used unusual colour combinations and tones to express mood and atmosphere in his paintings, showing how unexpected pairings across the spectrum could produce surprisingly effective results.The range of works in the sale illustrates his consistent mastery of this technique, which not only creates psychological and emotional studies of great depth and sophistication, but also results in some highly attractive and decorative pieces.Born in Frodsham, Cheshire, young Michael was a sensitive child who developed a stammer following an unexceptional, but for him traumatic, classroom experience. The incident gave an early insight into his unusual perception of the world around, which included a highly developed appreciation for natural beauty.It also led to him being treated by the renowned therapist Lionel Logue, celebrated as King George VI's specialist in the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speech. Hutchings became friends with Logue's son who visited him in later years.Having studied medicine at Liverpool University, Hutchings signed up for the Army Medical Corps, serving in Italy, Morocco and Austria during the Second World War. During this time, he continued his practice of painting and drawing wherever he went, sending home for materials as he travelled across Europe.It was when he returned from the war and enrolled at Chelsea College of Art and then The Slade that he faced arguably the hardest decision of his life: whether to pursue a career in art or medicine. It is thought family pressure directed him to the latter and that pathology may have allowed him to pursue a career out of the public eye in the quiet of the laboratory and so saved him from exposing his intermittent stammer any more than he needed to.Working first at Whipps Cross Hospital, where he met his future wife Kitty, he moved to St Charles's Hospital in Ladbroke Grove, specialising in haematology, with a particular interest in sickle cell disease.Despite this, art was omnipresent, and after also studying at Putney School of Art and the Open School of Art, he became a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited at a number of shows over the years, where he sold works and won several competitions."He was fairly private and kept his art private generally, but everybody he knew knew he painted," says his daughter Katherine. "If he had gone for art as a career, I think he could have made a name for himself."She recalls him telling the family that painting was his first love, and weekends were spent visiting the latest exhibition. He was especially keen on new developments in art and 'the latest thing'.So important was painting to him that he even chose his children's school, Dartington Hall, because of its devotion to teaching art, says Katherine."Even into his nineties he would take himself off on public transport to the Tate and continued buying paintings," she says. "He only stopped painting about seven or eight years before he died."Hutchings' longevity might have been, in part, the result of his fitness. Continuing to run marathons into his eighties, in his early seventies he came second for his age group in the London Marathon.His was an extraordinary life and he left behind a rich and accomplished body of work that is in this sale now we are privileged to be able to present now-."The volume, range and quality of the works in the sale present a real opportunity to establish an ongoing market for Michael Hutchings. He may not have been able to pursue his first love as a career during his lifetime, but his talent certainly deserves significant recognition now."

Michael Hutchings (British, 1918-2020), 'Poissons d'Avril', still life with fish. Acrylic. Signed and dated '88. 46 x 64cm.Biography and ProvenanceFaced with a choice between art and medicine as a career after serving in the Second World war, the late Michael Hutchings (1918-2020) became a pathologist, working in London hospitals. However, he never abandoned his first love, painting, and kept an active studio wherever he lived, spending most of his adult live in Barnes, in the south west of the capital.He was an extraordinarily long-lived artist, who witnessed arguably the greatest period of development in Western art across his lifetime. When he was born, Vorticism and Cubism had only recently emerged, and by the time he died, aged 101, we had entered the age of Conceptual art, video art, NFTs and Banksy.Hutchings' contribution to the exploration of painting can largely be summed up in a single word: Colour. For him it was not simply a filler to assist in the expression of form, it was the form itself.Now works from his studio will be offered for the first timein this dedicated auction.The title of the sale pays tribute to his driving belief that it was the artist's job to let the colour express itself: The Michael Hutchings Collection: Let The Colour Do The Drawing.Whether landscapes, portraits, character studies, abstracts and semi-abstracts, Hutchings' mastery of the palette led to the creation of vibrant compositions where line and form were strictly defined by the use of block colour and colour shade. As in nature, he found no need for separate outline.Having trained at Chelsea College of Art and The Slade, as well as the Open College of the Arts, for much of his life he developed his theories and style under his own steam.He used unusual colour combinations and tones to express mood and atmosphere in his paintings, showing how unexpected pairings across the spectrum could produce surprisingly effective results.The range of works in the sale illustrates his consistent mastery of this technique, which not only creates psychological and emotional studies of great depth and sophistication, but also results in some highly attractive and decorative pieces.Born in Frodsham, Cheshire, young Michael was a sensitive child who developed a stammer following an unexceptional, but for him traumatic, classroom experience. The incident gave an early insight into his unusual perception of the world around, which included a highly developed appreciation for natural beauty.It also led to him being treated by the renowned therapist Lionel Logue, celebrated as King George VI's specialist in the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speech. Hutchings became friends with Logue's son who visited him in later years.Having studied medicine at Liverpool University, Hutchings signed up for the Army Medical Corps, serving in Italy, Morocco and Austria during the Second World War. During this time, he continued his practice of painting and drawing wherever he went, sending home for materials as he travelled across Europe.It was when he returned from the war and enrolled at Chelsea College of Art and then The Slade that he faced arguably the hardest decision of his life: whether to pursue a career in art or medicine. It is thought family pressure directed him to the latter and that pathology may have allowed him to pursue a career out of the public eye in the quiet of the laboratory and so saved him from exposing his intermittent stammer any more than he needed to.Working first at Whipps Cross Hospital, where he met his future wife Kitty, he moved to St Charles's Hospital in Ladbroke Grove, specialising in haematology, with a particular interest in sickle cell disease.Despite this, art was omnipresent, and after also studying at Putney School of Art and the Open School of Art, he became a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited at a number of shows over the years, where he sold works and won several competitions."He was fairly private and kept his art private generally, but everybody he knew knew he painted," says his daughter Katherine. "If he had gone for art as a career, I think he could have made a name for himself."She recalls him telling the family that painting was his first love, and weekends were spent visiting the latest exhibition. He was especially keen on new developments in art and 'the latest thing'.So important was painting to him that he even chose his children's school, Dartington Hall, because of its devotion to teaching art, says Katherine."Even into his nineties he would take himself off on public transport to the Tate and continued buying paintings," she says. "He only stopped painting about seven or eight years before he died."Hutchings' longevity might have been, in part, the result of his fitness. Continuing to run marathons into his eighties, in his early seventies he came second for his age group in the London Marathon.His was an extraordinary life and he left behind a rich and accomplished body of work that is in this sale now we are privileged to be able to present now-."The volume, range and quality of the works in the sale present a real opportunity to establish an ongoing market for Michael Hutchings. He may not have been able to pursue his first love as a career during his lifetime, but his talent certainly deserves significant recognition now."

Michael Hutchings (British, 1918-2020), 'Back Gardens'. Acrylic and collage on canvas board. Labels verso. 62 x 82cm.Biography and ProvenanceFaced with a choice between art and medicine as a career after serving in the Second World war, the late Michael Hutchings (1918-2020) became a pathologist, working in London hospitals. However, he never abandoned his first love, painting, and kept an active studio wherever he lived, spending most of his adult live in Barnes, in the south west of the capital.He was an extraordinarily long-lived artist, who witnessed arguably the greatest period of development in Western art across his lifetime. When he was born, Vorticism and Cubism had only recently emerged, and by the time he died, aged 101, we had entered the age of Conceptual art, video art, NFTs and Banksy.Hutchings' contribution to the exploration of painting can largely be summed up in a single word: Colour. For him it was not simply a filler to assist in the expression of form, it was the form itself.Now works from his studio will be offered for the first timein this dedicated auction.The title of the sale pays tribute to his driving belief that it was the artist's job to let the colour express itself: The Michael Hutchings Collection: Let The Colour Do The Drawing.Whether landscapes, portraits, character studies, abstracts and semi-abstracts, Hutchings' mastery of the palette led to the creation of vibrant compositions where line and form were strictly defined by the use of block colour and colour shade. As in nature, he found no need for separate outline.Having trained at Chelsea College of Art and The Slade, as well as the Open College of the Arts, for much of his life he developed his theories and style under his own steam.He used unusual colour combinations and tones to express mood and atmosphere in his paintings, showing how unexpected pairings across the spectrum could produce surprisingly effective results.The range of works in the sale illustrates his consistent mastery of this technique, which not only creates psychological and emotional studies of great depth and sophistication, but also results in some highly attractive and decorative pieces.Born in Frodsham, Cheshire, young Michael was a sensitive child who developed a stammer following an unexceptional, but for him traumatic, classroom experience. The incident gave an early insight into his unusual perception of the world around, which included a highly developed appreciation for natural beauty.It also led to him being treated by the renowned therapist Lionel Logue, celebrated as King George VI's specialist in the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speech. Hutchings became friends with Logue's son who visited him in later years.Having studied medicine at Liverpool University, Hutchings signed up for the Army Medical Corps, serving in Italy, Morocco and Austria during the Second World War. During this time, he continued his practice of painting and drawing wherever he went, sending home for materials as he travelled across Europe.It was when he returned from the war and enrolled at Chelsea College of Art and then The Slade that he faced arguably the hardest decision of his life: whether to pursue a career in art or medicine. It is thought family pressure directed him to the latter and that pathology may have allowed him to pursue a career out of the public eye in the quiet of the laboratory and so saved him from exposing his intermittent stammer any more than he needed to.Working first at Whipps Cross Hospital, where he met his future wife Kitty, he moved to St Charles's Hospital in Ladbroke Grove, specialising in haematology, with a particular interest in sickle cell disease.Despite this, art was omnipresent, and after also studying at Putney School of Art and the Open School of Art, he became a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited at a number of shows over the years, where he sold works and won several competitions."He was fairly private and kept his art private generally, but everybody he knew knew he painted," says his daughter Katherine. "If he had gone for art as a career, I think he could have made a name for himself."She recalls him telling the family that painting was his first love, and weekends were spent visiting the latest exhibition. He was especially keen on new developments in art and 'the latest thing'.So important was painting to him that he even chose his children's school, Dartington Hall, because of its devotion to teaching art, says Katherine."Even into his nineties he would take himself off on public transport to the Tate and continued buying paintings," she says. "He only stopped painting about seven or eight years before he died."Hutchings' longevity might have been, in part, the result of his fitness. Continuing to run marathons into his eighties, in his early seventies he came second for his age group in the London Marathon.His was an extraordinary life and he left behind a rich and accomplished body of work that is in this sale now we are privileged to be able to present now-."The volume, range and quality of the works in the sale present a real opportunity to establish an ongoing market for Michael Hutchings. He may not have been able to pursue his first love as a career during his lifetime, but his talent certainly deserves significant recognition now."

Michael Hutchings (British, 1918-2020), 'Welsh Pastoral', sheep and cattle on a hillside (1990). Acrylic and oil on board. Signed with initials. Labels verso. 61 x 84cm.Biography and ProvenanceFaced with a choice between art and medicine as a career after serving in the Second World war, the late Michael Hutchings (1918-2020) became a pathologist, working in London hospitals. However, he never abandoned his first love, painting, and kept an active studio wherever he lived, spending most of his adult live in Barnes, in the south west of the capital.He was an extraordinarily long-lived artist, who witnessed arguably the greatest period of development in Western art across his lifetime. When he was born, Vorticism and Cubism had only recently emerged, and by the time he died, aged 101, we had entered the age of Conceptual art, video art, NFTs and Banksy.Hutchings' contribution to the exploration of painting can largely be summed up in a single word: Colour. For him it was not simply a filler to assist in the expression of form, it was the form itself.Now works from his studio will be offered for the first timein this dedicated auction.The title of the sale pays tribute to his driving belief that it was the artist's job to let the colour express itself: The Michael Hutchings Collection: Let The Colour Do The Drawing.Whether landscapes, portraits, character studies, abstracts and semi-abstracts, Hutchings' mastery of the palette led to the creation of vibrant compositions where line and form were strictly defined by the use of block colour and colour shade. As in nature, he found no need for separate outline.Having trained at Chelsea College of Art and The Slade, as well as the Open College of the Arts, for much of his life he developed his theories and style under his own steam.He used unusual colour combinations and tones to express mood and atmosphere in his paintings, showing how unexpected pairings across the spectrum could produce surprisingly effective results.The range of works in the sale illustrates his consistent mastery of this technique, which not only creates psychological and emotional studies of great depth and sophistication, but also results in some highly attractive and decorative pieces.Born in Frodsham, Cheshire, young Michael was a sensitive child who developed a stammer following an unexceptional, but for him traumatic, classroom experience. The incident gave an early insight into his unusual perception of the world around, which included a highly developed appreciation for natural beauty.It also led to him being treated by the renowned therapist Lionel Logue, celebrated as King George VI's specialist in the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speech. Hutchings became friends with Logue's son who visited him in later years.Having studied medicine at Liverpool University, Hutchings signed up for the Army Medical Corps, serving in Italy, Morocco and Austria during the Second World War. During this time, he continued his practice of painting and drawing wherever he went, sending home for materials as he travelled across Europe.It was when he returned from the war and enrolled at Chelsea College of Art and then The Slade that he faced arguably the hardest decision of his life: whether to pursue a career in art or medicine. It is thought family pressure directed him to the latter and that pathology may have allowed him to pursue a career out of the public eye in the quiet of the laboratory and so saved him from exposing his intermittent stammer any more than he needed to.Working first at Whipps Cross Hospital, where he met his future wife Kitty, he moved to St Charles's Hospital in Ladbroke Grove, specialising in haematology, with a particular interest in sickle cell disease.Despite this, art was omnipresent, and after also studying at Putney School of Art and the Open School of Art, he became a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited at a number of shows over the years, where he sold works and won several competitions."He was fairly private and kept his art private generally, but everybody he knew knew he painted," says his daughter Katherine. "If he had gone for art as a career, I think he could have made a name for himself."She recalls him telling the family that painting was his first love, and weekends were spent visiting the latest exhibition. He was especially keen on new developments in art and 'the latest thing'.So important was painting to him that he even chose his children's school, Dartington Hall, because of its devotion to teaching art, says Katherine."Even into his nineties he would take himself off on public transport to the Tate and continued buying paintings," she says. "He only stopped painting about seven or eight years before he died."Hutchings' longevity might have been, in part, the result of his fitness. Continuing to run marathons into his eighties, in his early seventies he came second for his age group in the London Marathon.His was an extraordinary life and he left behind a rich and accomplished body of work that is in this sale now we are privileged to be able to present now-."The volume, range and quality of the works in the sale present a real opportunity to establish an ongoing market for Michael Hutchings. He may not have been able to pursue his first love as a career during his lifetime, but his talent certainly deserves significant recognition now."

Michael Hutchings (1918-2020). A View in the Park. Acrylic on canvas, 1991/2. Initialled and dated lower left, labelled verso. 100 x 79cm. Biography and ProvenanceFaced with a choice between art and medicine as a career after serving in the Second World war, the late Michael Hutchings (1918-2020) became a pathologist, working in London hospitals. However, he never abandoned his first love, painting, and kept an active studio wherever he lived, spending most of his adult live in Barnes, in the south west of the capital.He was an extraordinarily long-lived artist, who witnessed arguably the greatest period of development in Western art across his lifetime. When he was born, Vorticism and Cubism had only recently emerged, and by the time he died, aged 101, we had entered the age of Conceptual art, video art, NFTs and Banksy.Hutchings' contribution to the exploration of painting can largely be summed up in a single word: Colour. For him it was not simply a filler to assist in the expression of form, it was the form itself.Now works from his studio will be offered for the first timein this dedicated auction.The title of the sale pays tribute to his driving belief that it was the artist's job to let the colour express itself: The Michael Hutchings Collection: Let The Colour Do The Drawing.Whether landscapes, portraits, character studies, abstracts and semi-abstracts, Hutchings' mastery of the palette led to the creation of vibrant compositions where line and form were strictly defined by the use of block colour and colour shade. As in nature, he found no need for separate outline.Having trained at Chelsea College of Art and The Slade, as well as the Open College of the Arts, for much of his life he developed his theories and style under his own steam.He used unusual colour combinations and tones to express mood and atmosphere in his paintings, showing how unexpected pairings across the spectrum could produce surprisingly effective results.The range of works in the sale illustrates his consistent mastery of this technique, which not only creates psychological and emotional studies of great depth and sophistication, but also results in some highly attractive and decorative pieces.Born in Frodsham, Cheshire, young Michael was a sensitive child who developed a stammer following an unexceptional, but for him traumatic, classroom experience. The incident gave an early insight into his unusual perception of the world around, which included a highly developed appreciation for natural beauty.It also led to him being treated by the renowned therapist Lionel Logue, celebrated as King George VI's specialist in the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speech. Hutchings became friends with Logue's son who visited him in later years.Having studied medicine at Liverpool University, Hutchings signed up for the Army Medical Corps, serving in Italy, Morocco and Austria during the Second World War. During this time, he continued his practice of painting and drawing wherever he went, sending home for materials as he travelled across Europe.It was when he returned from the war and enrolled at Chelsea College of Art and then The Slade that he faced arguably the hardest decision of his life: whether to pursue a career in art or medicine. It is thought family pressure directed him to the latter and that pathology may have allowed him to pursue a career out of the public eye in the quiet of the laboratory and so saved him from exposing his intermittent stammer any more than he needed to.Working first at Whipps Cross Hospital, where he met his future wife Kitty, he moved to St Charles's Hospital in Ladbroke Grove, specialising in haematology, with a particular interest in sickle cell disease.Despite this, art was omnipresent, and after also studying at Putney School of Art and the Open School of Art, he became a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited at a number of shows over the years, where he sold works and won several competitions."He was fairly private and kept his art private generally, but everybody he knew knew he painted," says his daughter Katherine. "If he had gone for art as a career, I think he could have made a name for himself."She recalls him telling the family that painting was his first love, and weekends were spent visiting the latest exhibition. He was especially keen on new developments in art and 'the latest thing'.So important was painting to him that he even chose his children's school, Dartington Hall, because of its devotion to teaching art, says Katherine."Even into his nineties he would take himself off on public transport to the Tate and continued buying paintings," she says. "He only stopped painting about seven or eight years before he died."Hutchings' longevity might have been, in part, the result of his fitness. Continuing to run marathons into his eighties, in his early seventies he came second for his age group in the London Marathon.His was an extraordinary life and he left behind a rich and accomplished body of work that is in this sale now we are privileged to be able to present now-."The volume, range and quality of the works in the sale present a real opportunity to establish an ongoing market for Michael Hutchings. He may not have been able to pursue his first love as a career during his lifetime, but his talent certainly deserves significant recognition now."

Michael Hutchings (1918-2020). Geometric Abstract. Acrylic on canvas. Signed and dated lower right and verso.Biography and ProvenanceFaced with a choice between art and medicine as a career after serving in the Second World war, the late Michael Hutchings (1918-2020) became a pathologist, working in London hospitals. However, he never abandoned his first love, painting, and kept an active studio wherever he lived, spending most of his adult live in Barnes, in the south west of the capital.He was an extraordinarily long-lived artist, who witnessed arguably the greatest period of development in Western art across his lifetime. When he was born, Vorticism and Cubism had only recently emerged, and by the time he died, aged 101, we had entered the age of Conceptual art, video art, NFTs and Banksy.Hutchings' contribution to the exploration of painting can largely be summed up in a single word: Colour. For him it was not simply a filler to assist in the expression of form, it was the form itself.Now works from his studio will be offered for the first timein this dedicated auction.The title of the sale pays tribute to his driving belief that it was the artist's job to let the colour express itself: The Michael Hutchings Collection: Let The Colour Do The Drawing.Whether landscapes, portraits, character studies, abstracts and semi-abstracts, Hutchings' mastery of the palette led to the creation of vibrant compositions where line and form were strictly defined by the use of block colour and colour shade. As in nature, he found no need for separate outline.Having trained at Chelsea College of Art and The Slade, as well as the Open College of the Arts, for much of his life he developed his theories and style under his own steam.He used unusual colour combinations and tones to express mood and atmosphere in his paintings, showing how unexpected pairings across the spectrum could produce surprisingly effective results.The range of works in the sale illustrates his consistent mastery of this technique, which not only creates psychological and emotional studies of great depth and sophistication, but also results in some highly attractive and decorative pieces.Born in Frodsham, Cheshire, young Michael was a sensitive child who developed a stammer following an unexceptional, but for him traumatic, classroom experience. The incident gave an early insight into his unusual perception of the world around, which included a highly developed appreciation for natural beauty.It also led to him being treated by the renowned therapist Lionel Logue, celebrated as King George VI's specialist in the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speech. Hutchings became friends with Logue's son who visited him in later years.Having studied medicine at Liverpool University, Hutchings signed up for the Army Medical Corps, serving in Italy, Morocco and Austria during the Second World War. During this time, he continued his practice of painting and drawing wherever he went, sending home for materials as he travelled across Europe.It was when he returned from the war and enrolled at Chelsea College of Art and then The Slade that he faced arguably the hardest decision of his life: whether to pursue a career in art or medicine. It is thought family pressure directed him to the latter and that pathology may have allowed him to pursue a career out of the public eye in the quiet of the laboratory and so saved him from exposing his intermittent stammer any more than he needed to.Working first at Whipps Cross Hospital, where he met his future wife Kitty, he moved to St Charles's Hospital in Ladbroke Grove, specialising in haematology, with a particular interest in sickle cell disease.Despite this, art was omnipresent, and after also studying at Putney School of Art and the Open School of Art, he became a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited at a number of shows over the years, where he sold works and won several competitions."He was fairly private and kept his art private generally, but everybody he knew knew he painted," says his daughter Katherine. "If he had gone for art as a career, I think he could have made a name for himself."She recalls him telling the family that painting was his first love, and weekends were spent visiting the latest exhibition. He was especially keen on new developments in art and 'the latest thing'.So important was painting to him that he even chose his children's school, Dartington Hall, because of its devotion to teaching art, says Katherine."Even into his nineties he would take himself off on public transport to the Tate and continued buying paintings," she says. "He only stopped painting about seven or eight years before he died."Hutchings' longevity might have been, in part, the result of his fitness. Continuing to run marathons into his eighties, in his early seventies he came second for his age group in the London Marathon.His was an extraordinary life and he left behind a rich and accomplished body of work that is in this sale now we are privileged to be able to present now-."The volume, range and quality of the works in the sale present a real opportunity to establish an ongoing market for Michael Hutchings. He may not have been able to pursue his first love as a career during his lifetime, but his talent certainly deserves significant recognition now."

Vera Hickmott (20th Century). Celtic Cross. Intaglio Etching (1985). Titled, signed and dated. 43 x 31cm. Biography and ProvenanceFaced with a choice between art and medicine as a career after serving in the Second World war, the late Michael Hutchings (1918-2020) became a pathologist, working in London hospitals. However, he never abandoned his first love, painting, and kept an active studio wherever he lived, spending most of his adult live in Barnes, in the south west of the capital.He was an extraordinarily long-lived artist, who witnessed arguably the greatest period of development in Western art across his lifetime. When he was born, Vorticism and Cubism had only recently emerged, and by the time he died, aged 101, we had entered the age of Conceptual art, video art, NFTs and Banksy.Hutchings' contribution to the exploration of painting can largely be summed up in a single word: Colour. For him it was not simply a filler to assist in the expression of form, it was the form itself.Now works from his studio will be offered for the first timein this dedicated auction.The title of the sale pays tribute to his driving belief that it was the artist's job to let the colour express itself: The Michael Hutchings Collection: Let The Colour Do The Drawing.Whether landscapes, portraits, character studies, abstracts and semi-abstracts, Hutchings' mastery of the palette led to the creation of vibrant compositions where line and form were strictly defined by the use of block colour and colour shade. As in nature, he found no need for separate outline.Having trained at Chelsea College of Art and The Slade, as well as the Open College of the Arts, for much of his life he developed his theories and style under his own steam.He used unusual colour combinations and tones to express mood and atmosphere in his paintings, showing how unexpected pairings across the spectrum could produce surprisingly effective results.The range of works in the sale illustrates his consistent mastery of this technique, which not only creates psychological and emotional studies of great depth and sophistication, but also results in some highly attractive and decorative pieces.Born in Frodsham, Cheshire, young Michael was a sensitive child who developed a stammer following an unexceptional, but for him traumatic, classroom experience. The incident gave an early insight into his unusual perception of the world around, which included a highly developed appreciation for natural beauty.It also led to him being treated by the renowned therapist Lionel Logue, celebrated as King George VI's specialist in the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speech. Hutchings became friends with Logue's son who visited him in later years.Having studied medicine at Liverpool University, Hutchings signed up for the Army Medical Corps, serving in Italy, Morocco and Austria during the Second World War. During this time, he continued his practice of painting and drawing wherever he went, sending home for materials as he travelled across Europe.It was when he returned from the war and enrolled at Chelsea College of Art and then The Slade that he faced arguably the hardest decision of his life: whether to pursue a career in art or medicine. It is thought family pressure directed him to the latter and that pathology may have allowed him to pursue a career out of the public eye in the quiet of the laboratory and so saved him from exposing his intermittent stammer any more than he needed to.Working first at Whipps Cross Hospital, where he met his future wife Kitty, he moved to St Charles's Hospital in Ladbroke Grove, specialising in haematology, with a particular interest in sickle cell disease.Despite this, art was omnipresent, and after also studying at Putney School of Art and the Open School of Art, he became a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited at a number of shows over the years, where he sold works and won several competitions."He was fairly private and kept his art private generally, but everybody he knew knew he painted," says his daughter Katherine. "If he had gone for art as a career, I think he could have made a name for himself."She recalls him telling the family that painting was his first love, and weekends were spent visiting the latest exhibition. He was especially keen on new developments in art and 'the latest thing'.So important was painting to him that he even chose his children's school, Dartington Hall, because of its devotion to teaching art, says Katherine."Even into his nineties he would take himself off on public transport to the Tate and continued buying paintings," she says. "He only stopped painting about seven or eight years before he died."Hutchings' longevity might have been, in part, the result of his fitness. Continuing to run marathons into his eighties, in his early seventies he came second for his age group in the London Marathon.His was an extraordinary life and he left behind a rich and accomplished body of work that is in this sale now we are privileged to be able to present now-."The volume, range and quality of the works in the sale present a real opportunity to establish an ongoing market for Michael Hutchings. He may not have been able to pursue his first love as a career during his lifetime, but his talent certainly deserves significant recognition now."

Michael Hutchings (British, 1918-2020). Masked River Etching, 1970, signed, titled and dated lower margin. 56 x 42cm. Biography and ProvenanceFaced with a choice between art and medicine as a career after serving in the Second World war, the late Michael Hutchings (1918-2020) became a pathologist, working in London hospitals. However, he never abandoned his first love, painting, and kept an active studio wherever he lived, spending most of his adult live in Barnes, in the south west of the capital.He was an extraordinarily long-lived artist, who witnessed arguably the greatest period of development in Western art across his lifetime. When he was born, Vorticism and Cubism had only recently emerged, and by the time he died, aged 101, we had entered the age of Conceptual art, video art, NFTs and Banksy.Hutchings' contribution to the exploration of painting can largely be summed up in a single word: Colour. For him it was not simply a filler to assist in the expression of form, it was the form itself.Now works from his studio will be offered for the first timein this dedicated auction.The title of the sale pays tribute to his driving belief that it was the artist's job to let the colour express itself: The Michael Hutchings Collection: Let The Colour Do The Drawing.Whether landscapes, portraits, character studies, abstracts and semi-abstracts, Hutchings' mastery of the palette led to the creation of vibrant compositions where line and form were strictly defined by the use of block colour and colour shade. As in nature, he found no need for separate outline.Having trained at Chelsea College of Art and The Slade, as well as the Open College of the Arts, for much of his life he developed his theories and style under his own steam.He used unusual colour combinations and tones to express mood and atmosphere in his paintings, showing how unexpected pairings across the spectrum could produce surprisingly effective results.The range of works in the sale illustrates his consistent mastery of this technique, which not only creates psychological and emotional studies of great depth and sophistication, but also results in some highly attractive and decorative pieces.Born in Frodsham, Cheshire, young Michael was a sensitive child who developed a stammer following an unexceptional, but for him traumatic, classroom experience. The incident gave an early insight into his unusual perception of the world around, which included a highly developed appreciation for natural beauty.It also led to him being treated by the renowned therapist Lionel Logue, celebrated as King George VI's specialist in the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speech. Hutchings became friends with Logue's son who visited him in later years.Having studied medicine at Liverpool University, Hutchings signed up for the Army Medical Corps, serving in Italy, Morocco and Austria during the Second World War. During this time, he continued his practice of painting and drawing wherever he went, sending home for materials as he travelled across Europe.It was when he returned from the war and enrolled at Chelsea College of Art and then The Slade that he faced arguably the hardest decision of his life: whether to pursue a career in art or medicine. It is thought family pressure directed him to the latter and that pathology may have allowed him to pursue a career out of the public eye in the quiet of the laboratory and so saved him from exposing his intermittent stammer any more than he needed to.Working first at Whipps Cross Hospital, where he met his future wife Kitty, he moved to St Charles's Hospital in Ladbroke Grove, specialising in haematology, with a particular interest in sickle cell disease.Despite this, art was omnipresent, and after also studying at Putney School of Art and the Open School of Art, he became a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited at a number of shows over the years, where he sold works and won several competitions."He was fairly private and kept his art private generally, but everybody he knew knew he painted," says his daughter Katherine. "If he had gone for art as a career, I think he could have made a name for himself."She recalls him telling the family that painting was his first love, and weekends were spent visiting the latest exhibition. He was especially keen on new developments in art and 'the latest thing'.So important was painting to him that he even chose his children's school, Dartington Hall, because of its devotion to teaching art, says Katherine."Even into his nineties he would take himself off on public transport to the Tate and continued buying paintings," she says. "He only stopped painting about seven or eight years before he died."Hutchings' longevity might have been, in part, the result of his fitness. Continuing to run marathons into his eighties, in his early seventies he came second for his age group in the London Marathon.His was an extraordinary life and he left behind a rich and accomplished body of work that is in this sale now we are privileged to be able to present now-."The volume, range and quality of the works in the sale present a real opportunity to establish an ongoing market for Michael Hutchings. He may not have been able to pursue his first love as a career during his lifetime, but his talent certainly deserves significant recognition now."

After Henri Matisse. Barques a Collioure. A pair of limited edition lithographs, each from an edition of 500. Published by Sebastian Ceret. Each 40 x 58cm. Biography and ProvenanceFaced with a choice between art and medicine as a career after serving in the Second World war, the late Michael Hutchings (1918-2020) became a pathologist, working in London hospitals. However, he never abandoned his first love, painting, and kept an active studio wherever he lived, spending most of his adult live in Barnes, in the south west of the capital.He was an extraordinarily long-lived artist, who witnessed arguably the greatest period of development in Western art across his lifetime. When he was born, Vorticism and Cubism had only recently emerged, and by the time he died, aged 101, we had entered the age of Conceptual art, video art, NFTs and Banksy.Hutchings' contribution to the exploration of painting can largely be summed up in a single word: Colour. For him it was not simply a filler to assist in the expression of form, it was the form itself.Now works from his studio will be offered for the first timein this dedicated auction.The title of the sale pays tribute to his driving belief that it was the artist's job to let the colour express itself: The Michael Hutchings Collection: Let The Colour Do The Drawing.Whether landscapes, portraits, character studies, abstracts and semi-abstracts, Hutchings' mastery of the palette led to the creation of vibrant compositions where line and form were strictly defined by the use of block colour and colour shade. As in nature, he found no need for separate outline.Having trained at Chelsea College of Art and The Slade, as well as the Open College of the Arts, for much of his life he developed his theories and style under his own steam.He used unusual colour combinations and tones to express mood and atmosphere in his paintings, showing how unexpected pairings across the spectrum could produce surprisingly effective results.The range of works in the sale illustrates his consistent mastery of this technique, which not only creates psychological and emotional studies of great depth and sophistication, but also results in some highly attractive and decorative pieces.Born in Frodsham, Cheshire, young Michael was a sensitive child who developed a stammer following an unexceptional, but for him traumatic, classroom experience. The incident gave an early insight into his unusual perception of the world around, which included a highly developed appreciation for natural beauty.It also led to him being treated by the renowned therapist Lionel Logue, celebrated as King George VI's specialist in the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speech. Hutchings became friends with Logue's son who visited him in later years.Having studied medicine at Liverpool University, Hutchings signed up for the Army Medical Corps, serving in Italy, Morocco and Austria during the Second World War. During this time, he continued his practice of painting and drawing wherever he went, sending home for materials as he travelled across Europe.It was when he returned from the war and enrolled at Chelsea College of Art and then The Slade that he faced arguably the hardest decision of his life: whether to pursue a career in art or medicine. It is thought family pressure directed him to the latter and that pathology may have allowed him to pursue a career out of the public eye in the quiet of the laboratory and so saved him from exposing his intermittent stammer any more than he needed to.Working first at Whipps Cross Hospital, where he met his future wife Kitty, he moved to St Charles's Hospital in Ladbroke Grove, specialising in haematology, with a particular interest in sickle cell disease.Despite this, art was omnipresent, and after also studying at Putney School of Art and the Open School of Art, he became a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited at a number of shows over the years, where he sold works and won several competitions."He was fairly private and kept his art private generally, but everybody he knew knew he painted," says his daughter Katherine. "If he had gone for art as a career, I think he could have made a name for himself."She recalls him telling the family that painting was his first love, and weekends were spent visiting the latest exhibition. He was especially keen on new developments in art and 'the latest thing'.So important was painting to him that he even chose his children's school, Dartington Hall, because of its devotion to teaching art, says Katherine."Even into his nineties he would take himself off on public transport to the Tate and continued buying paintings," she says. "He only stopped painting about seven or eight years before he died."Hutchings' longevity might have been, in part, the result of his fitness. Continuing to run marathons into his eighties, in his early seventies he came second for his age group in the London Marathon.His was an extraordinary life and he left behind a rich and accomplished body of work that is in this sale now we are privileged to be able to present now-."The volume, range and quality of the works in the sale present a real opportunity to establish an ongoing market for Michael Hutchings. He may not have been able to pursue his first love as a career during his lifetime, but his talent certainly deserves significant recognition now."