Signed lower right, pastel on paper, unframed30cm x 45.5cm (12in x 17.5in)Footnote:Sold without reserve. Paul Maze was born in Normandy, the birthplace of impressionism. Fittingly, his biography is titled ‘The Lost Impressionist’, although he is also frequently described as a Post-Impressionist. His immersion in both movements is unsurprising. He knew Monet and Renoir, and Pisarro was an early teacher. He friends included Derain and Bonnard and he sketched with Raoul Dufy. George Braque was a lifelong friend and he was particularly close to Vuillard who encouraged his use of pastel. Maze had a strong Scottish connection; his first army post was as a volunteer interpreter with the Scots Greys. He served in both world wars and was a much-decorated hero who was awarded the Croix de Guerre, Legion D’honneur, the Military Medal and the Distinguished Conduct Medal. He developed a close friendship with Winston Churchill, whom he taught. He was a frequent visitor to Chartwell. Churchill wrote the preface to Maze’s autobiography and the forward to his 1939 New York exhibition. Then, he wrote “with the fewest of strokes, he can create an impression at once true and beautiful” His work was in the collection of the late Queen Mother and is held in many public collections, including the Tate and at Glasgow. This collection came from the artist’s family. It includes his favourite subjects, Trooping the Colour, still life, yachting, the Sussex landscape of his adopted country and, especially, his beloved wife, Jessie.
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Signed upper right, oil on board44.25cm x 33.5cm (17.5in x 13in)Footnote:Sold without reserve. Paul Maze was born in Normandy, the birthplace of impressionism. Fittingly, his biography is titled ‘The Lost Impressionist’, although he is also frequently described as a Post-Impressionist. His immersion in both movements is unsurprising. He knew Monet and Renoir, and Pisarro was an early teacher. He friends included Derain and Bonnard and he sketched with Raoul Dufy. George Braque was a lifelong friend and he was particularly close to Vuillard who encouraged his use of pastel. Maze had a strong Scottish connection; his first army post was as a volunteer interpreter with the Scots Greys. He served in both world wars and was a much-decorated hero who was awarded the Croix de Guerre, Legion D’honneur, the Military Medal and the Distinguished Conduct Medal. He developed a close friendship with Winston Churchill, whom he taught. He was a frequent visitor to Chartwell. Churchill wrote the preface to Maze’s autobiography and the forward to his 1939 New York exhibition. Then, he wrote “with the fewest of strokes, he can create an impression at once true and beautiful” His work was in the collection of the late Queen Mother and is held in many public collections, including the Tate and at Glasgow. This collection came from the artist’s family. It includes his favourite subjects, Trooping the Colour, still life, yachting, the Sussex landscape of his adopted country and, especially, his beloved wife, Jessie.
Signed lower right, inscribed 'Neva' lower left, pastel on green paper25.5cm x 35.5cm (10in x 13.75in)Footnote:Sold without reserve. Paul Maze was born in Normandy, the birthplace of impressionism. Fittingly, his biography is titled ‘The Lost Impressionist’, although he is also frequently described as a Post-Impressionist. His immersion in both movements is unsurprising. He knew Monet and Renoir, and Pisarro was an early teacher. He friends included Derain and Bonnard and he sketched with Raoul Dufy. George Braque was a lifelong friend and he was particularly close to Vuillard who encouraged his use of pastel. Maze had a strong Scottish connection; his first army post was as a volunteer interpreter with the Scots Greys. He served in both world wars and was a much-decorated hero who was awarded the Croix de Guerre, Legion D’honneur, the Military Medal and the Distinguished Conduct Medal. He developed a close friendship with Winston Churchill, whom he taught. He was a frequent visitor to Chartwell. Churchill wrote the preface to Maze’s autobiography and the forward to his 1939 New York exhibition. Then, he wrote “with the fewest of strokes, he can create an impression at once true and beautiful” His work was in the collection of the late Queen Mother and is held in many public collections, including the Tate and at Glasgow. This collection came from the artist’s family. It includes his favourite subjects, Trooping the Colour, still life, yachting, the Sussex landscape of his adopted country and, especially, his beloved wife, Jessie.
Signed lower right, pastel on buff paper26.5cm x 37.5cm (10.5in x 14.75in)Footnote:Sold without reserve. Paul Maze was born in Normandy, the birthplace of impressionism. Fittingly, his biography is titled ‘The Lost Impressionist’, although he is also frequently described as a Post-Impressionist. His immersion in both movements is unsurprising. He knew Monet and Renoir, and Pisarro was an early teacher. He friends included Derain and Bonnard and he sketched with Raoul Dufy. George Braque was a lifelong friend and he was particularly close to Vuillard who encouraged his use of pastel. Maze had a strong Scottish connection; his first army post was as a volunteer interpreter with the Scots Greys. He served in both world wars and was a much-decorated hero who was awarded the Croix de Guerre, Legion D’honneur, the Military Medal and the Distinguished Conduct Medal. He developed a close friendship with Winston Churchill, whom he taught. He was a frequent visitor to Chartwell. Churchill wrote the preface to Maze’s autobiography and the forward to his 1939 New York exhibition. Then, he wrote “with the fewest of strokes, he can create an impression at once true and beautiful” His work was in the collection of the late Queen Mother and is held in many public collections, including the Tate and at Glasgow. This collection came from the artist’s family. It includes his favourite subjects, Trooping the Colour, still life, yachting, the Sussex landscape of his adopted country and, especially, his beloved wife, Jessie.
Signed lower right, oil on board23.5cm x 32.75cm (9in x 12.5in)Provenance: Artist's studio sale. Footnote: Sold without reserve. Paul Maze was born in Normandy, the birthplace of impressionism. Fittingly, his biography is titled ‘The Lost Impressionist’, although he is also frequently described as a Post-Impressionist. His immersion in both movements is unsurprising. He knew Monet and Renoir, and Pisarro was an early teacher. He friends included Derain and Bonnard and he sketched with Raoul Dufy. George Braque was a lifelong friend and he was particularly close to Vuillard who encouraged his use of pastel. Maze had a strong Scottish connection; his first army post was as a volunteer interpreter with the Scots Greys. He served in both world wars and was a much-decorated hero who was awarded the Croix de Guerre, Legion D’honneur, the Military Medal and the Distinguished Conduct Medal. He developed a close friendship with Winston Churchill, whom he taught. He was a frequent visitor to Chartwell. Churchill wrote the preface to Maze’s autobiography and the forward to his 1939 New York exhibition. Then, he wrote “with the fewest of strokes, he can create an impression at once true and beautiful” His work was in the collection of the late Queen Mother and is held in many public collections, including the Tate and at Glasgow. This collection came from the artist’s family. It includes his favourite subjects, Trooping the Colour, still life, yachting, the Sussex landscape of his adopted country and, especially, his beloved wife, Jessie.
* Smith (Sir Matthew Arnold Bracy, 1879–1959). Still life of fruit and pots on a table, pen and blue ink on pale brown or buff paper, 207 x 197 mm (81/4 x 77/8 ins) mount aperture, green and gilt frame, glazed, together with a further pen and blue ink sheet of Studies of a girl, and a postage stamp, on a pale brown manilla envelope addressed to the artist with postage stamp, laid to card, a small loss at the upper left and lower right corners, minor discolouration, 260 mm x 190 mm (101/4 x 71/2 ins), framed and glazedQty: (2)NOTESProvenance: Thomas Alfred Good (1884 - 1916); Michael Hamburger, OBE, poet and critic, and by descent to his daughter Claire Hamburger. The envelope is addressed to Sir Matthew Smith, 62 Chelsea Cloisters, Slown Avenue, S. W. 3, and bears a Queen Elizabeth II fourpence stamp of circa 1952-1955.
* Attributed to Biagio Pupini (circa 1496-circa 1575). Nymph pouring water from an urn aided by putti, after Giulio Romano (1499-1546), pen and brown ink, brown wash with lead white and white chalk on pale blue paper, or 'carta azzurra', with a further composition to verso of the Madonna and Child with infant Saint John, brush and brown wash, and lead white and chalk, inscribed in an early hand to recto lower right in brown ink: R. Urbino, and with collector's mark (Lugt 2092) to lower right corner of Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680), some minor marks to sheet edges, sheet size 270 x 397 mm (10 5/8 x 15 5/8 ins), together with the lower edge only (23 x 287 mm) of an old (17th century) laid paper mount for the present work, with double rule border and inscription 'Raffaello d'Urbino' to centre and 'iv 3' towards right corner in brown ink, and 'Biaggio' in a later hand in dark brown ink to the leftQty: (1)NOTESProvenance: Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680), court painter to Charles II of England (Lugt 2092); Private collection, Wiltshire, England. Lely was one of the first great collectors of art in Britain, amassing an important collection that included 10,000 prints and drawings and nearly 600 paintings. The present work is a copy after the painted ceiling caisson, or sunken panel, in the Sala di Amore e Psiche at the Palazzo del Te in Mantua, Italy, by Giulio Romano (1499-1546), depicting a nymph pouring water from an urn aided by putti, completed in 1528. Biagio Pupini is mentioned only incidentally by Vasari in his life of Bartolomeo Ramenghi (called Bagnacavallo, 1484-1542), with whom he worked in Bologna. Pupini also worked alongside Girolamo da Carpi in 1537 on the frescoes of the Sala delle Vigne at the d’Este villa of Belriguardo, outside Ferrara. Malvasia's biography of the artist in his Pitture di Bologna (1686) lists several paintings by Pupini, almost all of which are lost or destroyed. As a consequence it is Pupini's distinctive drawings, often on prepared or coloured paper and employing extensive white heightening, which reflect the influence of both Raphael and Polidoro da Caravaggio, Parmigianino and Girolamo da Carpi. Pupini is known to have drawn numerous copies after the antique masters, as well as Raphael and his followers. The only major Renaissance artist who was a native of Rome, Giulio Romano was Raphael's chief pupil and assistant and later one of the outstanding figures of Mannerist art and architecture. Giulio began working for Raphael around 1515, when he was still very young; after the master's death in 1520 he became his main artistic executor, completing a number of his unfinished works.
JAN KING; mixed media with watercolour and gold pen, abstract still life study of floral sprays, signed, 67 x 52cm, framed and glazed, and watercolour and gold pen, abstract still life study of flowers, 60 x 45cm, framed and glazed.Additional InformationColours remain strong, the mount is a bit dirty, some scuffs to the frame.
L. ALEXIS; oil on canvas, harbour scene with boat, 19 x 24cm, framed, together with an oil on canvas, still life, flowers in a vase, signed Robert Cox, an oil on canvas, signed ME Armes depicting trees opposite a river bank, and a larger oil on canvas, river landscape, and a further still life oil on board of flowers in vase signed A Tweats (5).Additional InformationAll generally clean and bright, the larger oil painting with foxing and brown stains to the canvas mount of the frame, general scuffs to the frames.
EARLY 20TH CENTURY ENGLISH SCHOOL; watercolour, fishing boats in a harbour, initialed AES to the lower right, 31 x 24cm, framed and glazed, together with a watercolour of a Tudor house signed Culley, a large still life watercolour of daffodils, and two unframed watercolours, one of Casa San Juan, titled lower right and signed by the artist AJB Evans 1912 (5).
Collection of assorted furnishing prints, various including; still life studies of fruit and flowers, interiors, two reproduction furnishing prints on canvas depicting a young man in modern spectacles wearing 19th Century costume and an 18th Century lady after Marie Antoinette smoking a cigarette, unframed, overall 100 x 76cm approx, etc. Some framed and glazed. (9) (B.P. 21% + VAT)
Michael Hutchings (British, 1918 - 2020), 'Al Fresco', still life of picnic items (1997). Signed and dated lower right. Labelled verso. Acrylic on paper. 48 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."
Attributed to Michael Hutchings (British, 1918 - 2020), portrait of a man, with still life verso. Oil on canvas. Unsigned. 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), Bogonya, still life. Acrylic on board. Initialled and dated lower right 1987. Exhibition label verso. 54 x 74cm.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), still life with flowers. Watercolour on paper. Signed and dated 2008. Labels verso. 59 x 48cm.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), still life with corn flowers. Acrylic on canvas. Signed verso. 70 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), 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), '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."
Akinola Lasekan (Nigerian, 1921-1972)Ijo-ibile signed and dated 'akinola lasekan 1970' (lower left)oil on canvas61 x 75cm (24 x 29 1/2in).Footnotes:Painted in 1970, only two years before Lasekan's untimely death, this vibrant dance scene reveals an artist still at the height of his powers. The painting pulses with life; one can almost hear the rhythms of the drums. Lasekan depicts an ijo ibile (which loosely translates as traditional dance), an important aspect of Yoruba culture. The women, wearing brightly coloured Aso-Oke fabrics, dance to the drums played by the group of men on the right. We can see the distinctive hourglass shape of the bata and gangan drums. They are commonly referred to as talking drums, as their tones imitate Yoruba syllables. Ijo ibile are often performed on ritual or celebration days. We can see from the performers' facial expressions that this is a joyful occasion.Lasekan was born in Owo, in Ondo State, and and was steeped in Yoruba traditions. His works reveal a deep respect for this culture and proudly assert his identity.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
THOMAS SUTCLIFFE (BRITISH, 1828-1871) (2)Still life of Camellias; Still life of flowers, a pairone signed and inscribed 'T Sutcliffe Leeds' (lower right)watercolour heightened with whiteeach 24.5 x 23.5cm(2)Condition reportA little discolouration. Small area of foxing to one picture on pale flowers.Overall appearence generally good.
λ Tom Malone (British 1913-1986)Still life of apples with a striped plant potOil on board Signed (lower right), with a sketch of a man seated (verso)51 x 67cm (20 x 26¼ in.)Provenance:Estate of the artistThence by descent to the present owner A still life composition with apples, executed with thick brush strokes, heavy pigment, and a flattening of shapes displaying the influences of Fauvism and Cézanne's unique art style in Malone's painting. Tom Malone (1913-1986) was an accomplished portrait painter originally from Warrington. Despite being employed as Chief Inspector of Weights and Measures in Salford, he was always involved in the art scene of Manchester, being friends with artists L.S.Lowry and Ted Finley.He was often found painting on the weekends, his subjects ranging from his two sons, Nick and Peter, to local government officials such as the Warrington and Salford Mayors. His art style was influenced by the fauvist movement, which confers to his works a very painterly and textured quality, present even in the more traditional oil portraits.Malone was a member and chairman of the Salford Art Club, participating regularly in its annual exhibition along with artists Eric Satchwell, Jose Christoperson, Stella Platt and Richard Weisbrod. His portraits were shown at the Manchester Academy of Fine Arts' 93rd exhibition in 1952, as well as the 118th Exhibition at the Manchester City Art Gallery in 1976, with his contemporary Arthur Delaney. He continued to paint after retiring as Chief Inspector, holding several solo shows at Salford Art Gallery.Condition Report: Light surface dirt throughout. Some minor scuffs and scratches to the paint surface. Some small associated losses. Inspection under UV reveals no obvious evidence of restoration or repair. Appears to be in good original condition. Measurements inc. frame 66 x 81.5cm Condition Report Disclaimer
λ Hamish Mackie (British b. 1973)Sitting Leopard HeadBronze Signed, dated 2009 and numbered 5/12 to lower edge Height 45cm (17 3/4in.) 53cm (20 7/8in.)Provenance:Collier & Dobson, Fordingbridge, HampshireAcquired from the above by the present owner'You should be able to look wildlife sculpture in the eye and see life' (Hamish Mackie)Hamish Mackie (b.1973) is a considered one of the world's foremost wildlife sculptors. Largely self-taught, Mackie's subjects range from livestock to birds to wild animals, all observed in their natural environment. From the first impressionistic sketches and quick models in plasticine, Mackie works to build up a detailed and atomically accurate core covered with a vibrant skin which serves to capture each individual animal's personality. As with lots 174, 175 and 177 offered here, Mackie often works in bronze. Caracal Head, Leopard Turning in Tree and Sitting Leopard Head all demonstrate Mackie's ability to convey a spontaneous and instinctive moment of an animal's behaviour, from a leopard stretching out and relaxing in a tree to the caracal with his ears pricked up and eyes alert as though he may have just spotted potential prey. It is these intimate moments which Mackie so skilfully depicts which help to bring the sculptures to life. Mackie's love for animals developed at an early age when in 1978, aged five, he moved with his family to a farm in Lostwithiel, Cornwall and was often tasked with looking after the livestock. It was here that he made his first bronze sculpture - a calf's head, given to his father as a Christmas present and which still hangs in the kitchen today.After completing a course in design at Kingston University, Mackie travelled to Africa and in 1995, took a job on a hunting camp in Zimbabwe. It was here that he was able to observe the distinction between an animal in the wild and one in captivity. This interest led him to the conservationist organisation TUSK whom he still supports today. It was during his time in Africa that Mackie fell in love with African wildlife and produced his fist wax sculpture of a cheetah.On his return to the UK, Mackie worked with the sculptor Mark Coreth and began to cast his models in bronze for commercial sale. In 1997, Mackie was accepted into the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition following on from his first solo show with Fanshawe Somerset, London. Several successful solo shows followed and in 2013 Mackie was commissioned to produce six horses galloping through Berkeley Group Holdings in Spitalfields, London.In 2016, Mackie was awarded the Public Monuments and Sculpture Association's (PMSA) annual Marsh Award for Excellence in Public Sculpture and Public Fountains.Condition Report: Very light surface dirt. A few small patches of green verdigris to the back of head. Overall in good original condition. Condition Report Disclaimer
λ Hamish Mackie (British b. 1973)Caracal HeadBronze Signed, dated 2010 and numbered 2/2 to the undersideHeight: 27cm (10 5/8in.), Inc. base: 34cm (13 3/8in.)Provenance:Collier & Dobson, Fordingbridge, HampshireAcquired from the above by the present owner'You should be able to look wildlife sculpture in the eye and see life' (Hamish Mackie)Hamish Mackie (b.1973) is a considered one of the world's foremost wildlife sculptors. Largely self-taught, Mackie's subjects range from livestock to birds to wild animals, all observed in their natural environment. From the first impressionistic sketches and quick models in plasticine, Mackie works to build up a detailed and atomically accurate core covered with a vibrant skin which serves to capture each individual animal's personality. As with lots 174, 175 and 177 offered here, Mackie often works in bronze. Caracal Head, Leopard Turning in Tree and Sitting Leopard Head all demonstrate Mackie's ability to covey a spontaneous and instinctive moment of an animal's behaviour, from a leopard stretching out and relaxing in a tree to the caracal with his ears pricked up and eyes alert as though he may have just spotted potential prey. It is these intimate moments which Mackie so skilfully depicts which help to bring the sculptures to life. Mackie's love for animals developed at an early age when in 1978, aged five, he moved with his family to a farm in Lostwithiel, Cornwall and was often tasked with looking after the livestock. It was here that he made his first bronze sculpture - a calf's head, given to his father as a Christmas present and which still hangs in the kitchen today.After completing a course in design at Kingston University, Mackie travelled to Africa and in 1995, took a job on a hunting camp in Zimbabwe. It was here that he was able to observe the distinction between an animal in the wild and one in captivity. This interest led him to the conservationist organisation TUSK whom he still supports today. It was during his time in Africa that Mackie fell in love with African wildlife and produced his fist wax sculpture of a cheetah.On his return to the UK, Mackie worked with the sculptor Mark Coreth and began to cast his models in bronze for commercial sale. In 1997, Mackie was accepted into the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition following on from his first solo show with Fanshawe Somerset, London. Several successful solo shows followed and in 2013 Mackie was commissioned to produce six horses galloping through Berkeley Group Holdings in Spitalfields, London.In 2016, Mackie was awarded the Public Monuments and Sculpture Association's (PMSA) annual Marsh Award for Excellence in Public Sculpture and Public Fountains.Condition Report: Overall surface dirt. May benefit from a light clean. Otherwise in good original condition. Condition Report Disclaimer
λ Rowland Suddaby (British 1912-1978)Still Life on a Window SillOil on board Signed and dated 1945 (lower right)39 x 54cm (15¼ x 21¼ in.)Provenance:Sale, Tennants Auctioneers, 26 July 2014, lot 666Exhibited:Leeds, Leeds City Art Gallery & Temple Newsam House, date unknownPlease Note: This work is dated 45 and not 65 as stated in the printed catalogue. Condition Report: Under glass, unexamined out of glazed frame. Light surface dirt throughout. Scattered patches of craquelure, especially to the white pigment. Otherwise no other significant condition issues. Condition Report Disclaimer
Jacqueline Marval (French 1866-1932)Still life with roses in a vaseOil on canvas, oval Signed, dated 1911 and dedicated (lower right)40 x 32cm (15½ x 12½ in.)Provenance:Property sold to benefit a charitable trust created by the late William de GelseyThe authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the Comité Jacqueline Marval.
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