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Lot 90
* CLAIRE HARKESS RSW (SCOTTISH b. 1970), GREAT BLUE HERON watercolour on paper, signedmounted, framed and under lgassimage size 29cm x 20cm, overall size 49cm x 39cm Note: Claire Harkess was born in Ayr, Scotland, graduating from Glasgow School of Art in the early 1990s. In recent years her painting has taken her to fragile lands to study and interpret life on the edge. Antarctica, Outback Australia and St Kilda are all places where, in such extreme environments, survival is difficult and the balance of life is delicate. Harkess has also worked on the Galápagos Islands, made famous by Charles Darwin’s ‘The Origin of the Species’. This isolated volcanic outpost remained relatively untouched by man, evolving to become one of the World’s unique ecosystems. The balance present in nature is clearly communicated through Claire's paintings. Painting in watercolour or gouache offers a unique directness; the essential qualities of light and energy present in the natural world are the very essence of the medium itself. The delicacy of her palette and oriental economy of her mark-making creates a subtle tension representing a world that is ‘holding still’, giving a sense of freedom, spirit, time and place. Claire's work is exhibited at The Scottish Gallery, where her most recent highly successful solo show was in July 2020, and at other prestigious galleries around the UK.
Lot 97
* DAVID MCLEOD MARTIN RSW RGI (SCOTTISH 1922 - 2018), RED ROSES mixed media on paper, signedmounted, framed and under glass image size 56cm x 76cm, overall size 78cm x 97cm Note: David Martin sold his paintings through our auctions from time to time and was always kind, courteous and well liked. David McLeod Martin was born in Glasgow in 1922. He studied at Glasgow School of Art from 1940 to 1942 before serving in India with the Royal Air Force between 1942 and 1946. He returned to Glasgow School of Art in 1946 where he studied under David Donaldson and met his future wife, the painter Isobel Smith. After graduating from Glasgow School of Art in 1948 he pursued a career in teaching. He married Isobel in 1949 and moved to Eaglesham where he lived for the rest of his life. He was elected a member of the Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts in 1959 and the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour in 1961. Between 1973 and his retirement in 1983, David Martin was Principal Teacher of Art at Hamilton Grammar School. After his retirement from teaching he concentrated full time on his painting. Numerous highly successful solo shows in London were to follow and he continued to enjoy commercial success and critical acclaim both at home and throughout the UK for the rest of his life. David Martin was widely regarded as one of the finest still life and landscape painters of his generation and his work is held in numerous public, corporate and notable private collections including The Arts Council of Scotland, The City of Edinburgh Art Collection, Perth Museum and Art Gallery, The Dick Institute, Kilmarnock, Robert Fleming and Company Ltd, Linklaters and Paine, Lord MacFarlane, The Earl of Moray, Credit Lyonnais Bank, Warburg Asset Management and the Clydesdale Bank. A major retrospective of his work was held at Perth Museum and Art Gallery in 1999.
Lot 1604
George Crichton, bombardment of Bologna, 8th October 1806, 35cm x 51.5cm excluding frame. A contemporary, an historically important watercolour painting, this was the first time Congreve rockets were used in naval warfare in this way. Lt. G Crichton was a naval officer and eyewitness at the scene, and this was painted around the date indicated above. Extensive notes accompany this painting, see photos.
Lot 182
Marion Rodger Hamilton Harvey (British, 1886-1971)A Russell Terrier signed 'M Harvey' (lower left)watercolour and bodycolour18 x 15cm (7 1/16 x 5 7/8in).Footnotes:Marion Harvey entered the Glasgow School of Art in 1903-4 aged 17, and she continued as a student there until 1906-7. As a day student, she studied drawing and painting from life. She trained under Paul Artot, a Belgian who taught 'the living animal', at the GSA, where a special studio was set up for this purpose. Her other teachers included James Morton Dunlop, who taught anatomy, and Maurice Greiffenhagen RA who was the life class professor. Specialising in animal paintings, including those of dogs and horses, Harvey exhibited extensively from 1916 to 1965. Venues included, the Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts (96), the Royal Scottish Academy (6), the Society of Women Artists (2), the Royal Society of Painters in Watercolour (1), the AAS (2), and the Walker Art Gallery (19). She also held exhibitions at Connell & Sons Gallery and at the McClures Gallery, Glasgow, usually in March, and at the Scottish Kennel Club Show.Harvey left a legacy of work, including a pair of red Dachshunds in the Kennel Club collection, and her work is represented in the Glasgow City Collection.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 195
Mabel Gear (British, 1900-1997)Black and White - A Pair of Poodles signed 'M. GEAR' (lower right)oil on canvas39 x 29.5cm (15 3/8 x 11 5/8in).Footnotes:Gear was born at Ashford Rectory in Suffolk. She studied at the Colchester School of Art, and at Bushy in Hertfordshire, where her tutor H. Septimus Power, an Australian animal and equestrian artist greatly influenced her. Between 1921 and 1928 Gear exhibited at the Royal Academy (11), and regularly at the Royal Institute of Oil Painters (25), the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour (10), the Royal Society of British Artists (2), the Royal Scottish Academy (1), the Society of Women Artists (3), the Walker Art Gallery (8), Goupil Gallery and in Sweden and Paris. She was elected to the ROI in 1925, and RI in 1927. Upon Gear's election to the ROI and RI, her ability at painting animals and her popularity were quickly recognised by the postcard publishers Valentine & Sons of Dundee and London. She became their biggest single selling artist. Her popularity continued and she worked extensively on other commercial commissions for The Medici Society, Raphael Tuck and Vivian Mansell. Like Maud Earl, Gear, produced work for Black and White whisky's advertising campaigns. Gear worked almost exclusively in watercolour, and to a lesser extent gouache, working over pencil with added white body colour, ideal for reproduction in print. Her oils are therefore quite rare.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 334
Chiang Yee (Chinese, 1903-1977)'Untitled: White Cat watching a Pigeon amongst Roses', watercolour, signed lower right with a seal, unframed, 38cm x 42cmProvenance: From the collection of Henry and Violet Keene (28 Southmoor Road, Oxford) who took Chiang Yee in after his flat was bombed in London during the Blitz in September 1940, thence by descent. Further details can be found here: https://www.oxonblueplaques.org.uk/plaques/chiang.html With signs of wear consistent with age and use. Losses to some corners of the painting and mount. With foxing. Marks to the mount and painting.
Lot 750
Books. Fine art and art techniques, including Tunnicliffe Sketchbook of Birds, Bellamy (David) Painting The Wild, Ranson (Ron) Ron Ranson on Skies, Big Brush Watercolour, and others, together with British Painters Series, published by Beaver Brook Newspapers Limited 1962, and VHS video tapes on painting techniques. (2 shelves)
Lot 762
Books. Painting techniques and artists, including Cooper (Douglas) Toulouse le Trek, Metropolitan Museum of Art Portfolios, Fletcher-Watson (James) Watercolour Secrets, The Magic of Watercolour, Outdoor Painting, The Secret of Watercolour, and Seddon (Richard) The Artist's Studio Book. (1 shelf)
Lot 380
Herbert Edward Cox (British, 1870-1941), watercolour on paper town scene of local interest, featuring three figures. Signed H E Cox, and dated 1919 lower left. Framed and glazed. Local artist, Cox was born in Coventry in 1870, he trained to paint at the Municipal School of Art in Coventry, becoming a designer and draughtsman. Herbert taught painting at the Coventry Technical Institute, (now the City College), and was soon recognised locally as an accomplished artist, recording street scenes of pre-war Coventry and many surrounding villages and towns. In June 1922, an exhibition of fifty of his works was held in Leamington Public Library. In September 2011 his considerable talent and contribution to art was recognized when a blue plaque was unveiled at the house where he lived for over a quarter of a century. 25.5cm x 18cm.
Lot 864
A group of various pictures and prints, including 2 framed prints entitled Steeple Chase, from the painting by Sir John Dean Paul, 42cm x 55cm, a framed watercolour, landscape scene, an unframed oil on board, flour mill in landscape, framed maps of Surrey and Middlesex etc, a framed needlework of a seated lady playing a mandolin, etc (9)
Lot 28
ARR Dod Procter (1891-1972) Cherub Fountain at Versailles, signed dated '12 lower left, watercolour and charcoal, 57 x 45.5 cm, frame 77 x 63 cm Provenance: collection of Mr Magdi Obeid (1943-2021), purchased Dominic Winter 25/2/2015, lot 300Condition:The painting is a work on paper, framed under glazing, not examined external to the frame. The sheet has some drawing pin sized holes scattered around (see additional images) and some small stains to the upper left. The paint surface appears well preserved and stable, colours are good. Glass is dirty, foxing present to the mount, the frame has general wear and tear.
Lot 5
Thomas Nash (1891-1968) Preparatory Sketch for Moses Ascending the Mountain, signed lower right, watercolour and ink, 35 x 51 cm, frame 51 x 62 cm Provenance: Collection of Mr Magdi Obeid (1943-2021), purchased Bonhams 27/11/2013 lot 96Condition:The painting is a work on paper, framed under glazing, not examined external to the frame. The sheet appears in generally good condition- there is some slight cockling to the sheet. There is a small tear to the lower right corner (see additional image) there is also a crumple to the lower right (image). The surface appears well preserved, colours are good, no obvious evidence for paint loss or deterioration. The frame has some general wear and tear, mount has some ageing.
Lot 254
BRIGADIER ALLEN ROBERT BETHAM SHUTTLEWORTH (BRITISH ACTIVE 1912-1920) WATERCOLOUR PAINTING OF ZIARAT IN PAKISTAN, 'Ziarat 1929' bottom left and signed by the artist to the bottom right. Brigadier Allen Robert Betham Shuttleworth (20 February 1873[1] – 30 July 1935) was an officer in the British Indian Army and player of The Great Game.[2] Shuttleworth was born in Dapoli, North-West Provinces, India, to Allen Thornton Shuttleworth, who won the Albert Medal of the First Class, and Laura Phoebe Betham. His younger brother was Sir Digby Shuttleworth. Shuttleworth joined the British Army relatively late, beginning his career in the militia. For a time in 1908, Shuttleworth was acting Consul in Kashgar while George Macartney was in England. During this time, Shuttleworth became involved in investigating the expeditions of Eizaburo Nomura and Zuicho Tachibana, even dining with them at Chini-Bagh. Shuttleworth reported his suspicions to Sir Francis Younghusband, and these suspicions about the two Japanese eventually made its way to Lord Morley, Secretary of State for India. Shuttleworth died suddenly in Ajmer, Rajasthan. Provenance: Property of a local resident of Wimbledon Village.
Lot 526
Property from a Private London CollectionRamkinkar Baij ( Indian 1910-1980), Landscape Series, 1940, watercolour on paper, signed and dated lower right in Bengali (2.12.40), mounted, glazed and framed, painting 18.5 x 27cm.Provenance: Acquired in Kolkata, 1998, auction house unknown, Lot 21; Private Collection, CalcuttaExhibited: "Landscape as Inspiration", Cymroza Gallery. Part of the The Intuitive-logic: A Festival of Indian Contemporary Painting, 1 March - 19 April 1997. Published: N. Tuli, The Flamed-mosaic: Indian Contemporary Painting, HEART in association with Mapin Publishers Pvt. Ltd., Ahmedabad, 1997, p. 101, pl. 40 (full colour illustration).Ramkinker Baij was born in 1910 in Bengal, India and trained at the Kala Bhavan in Santiniketan. Baij was renowned for his tendency towards abstraction at a time when the majority of British-founded art schools espoused academic realism. The present work on paper depicts an avenue of trees dappled with sunlight. The unusual attribution of sky blue and sunset yellow and amber to the trees, rather than to the sky, gives the impression of a landscape set alight by the glow of dusk. Baij adeptly creates a sense of depth and perspective with washes of darker colors, inviting the viewer to contemplate the last fleeting moments of twilight.Condition Report: Foxing to mount; paper slightly buckled
Lot 542
Abdul Qader Al-Rais (Emirati, b. 1951), Untitled, watercolour on paper, signed in Arabic and dated 2008, stamped with the artist's fingerprint (lower right), glazed and framed, 151 x 101cm. Painted in 2008.Provenance: Private UK Collection; Leila Heller GalleryAbdul Qader Al Rais (b.1951, United Arab Emirates) received a Bachelor of Sharia Law from the United Arab Emirates University in 1982 and is a self-taught artist. He was born twenty years before Dubai (and the United Arab Emirates) was formed and is considered one of the most iconic painters of the country.A founding member of the Emirates Fine Arts Society, Al Rais’ practice was truly self-driven and resourced. He began painting in 1964, at a time of limited cultural infrastructure, where sourcing paint posed difficulties. Being cut off from traditional international art markets and western artistic dialogues, his practice was deeply informed by Gulf traditions; of representations of the divine, culture and community – all grounded in humility. He spent time during his youth in Kuwait in the 60’s and 70’s, while the country experienced an artistic and literary renaissance, where he encountered key figures in the Gulf modern art movement, including Sami Mohammed, and Khalifa and Lidia Qattan. Al Rais’ early works were representational and rooted in realism. He mostly depicted traditional Emirati landscapes and architecture. After a hiatus between 1974 and the 1980s, his work began to take on political themes (particularly responsive to the first Palestinian Intifada, seen as the artist’s second period). In the 90s, Al Rais increasingly turned to abstraction and calligraphy (his third period) recognizing their shared meditative and spiritual qualities.Al Rais has held several solo exhibitions both locally and internationally. Notably, he was featured in the UAE Pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennale, Venice (2015). Al Rais’ work has also been displayed at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva and his public murals can be found in the Dubai Airport and the Dubai Metro. Retrospectives of Rais' extensive artistic career have been held at the Sharjah Art Museum and the Institut du Monde Arabe.Among his numerous awards are the Sheikh Khalifa Prize for Art and Literature, Abu Dhabi (2006); Golden Palm Award, Gulf Cooperation Council Art Exhibition, Doha (1999); first prize at The UAE in the Eyes of Its Artists, Abu Dhabi Cultural Foundation, Abu Dhabi (1999); Sultan Al Owais Award for Scientific Studies and Creativity, Dubai (1992, 1994, 1996) and first prize at the UAE Exhibition in China (1991).Al Rais’ work is held in the collections of the British Museum, London; Louvre, Paris; Northwest Museum of Culture and Arts, Spokane, Washington; Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai, Shanghai and the Museum of Modern Art, New Delhi. Al Rais lives and works in Abu Dhabi.
Lot 447
A BOX OF PAINTINGS AND PRINTS ETC, to include four signed Henry Rushbury etchings - two are in poor condition, one has foxing to the margins, frames distressed, Katherine Mary Fryer (1910-2017) two etchings depicting Canada Geese signed and dated 2002 & 2003 - glass broken, Michael W. King watercolour river landscape, signed and dated 1980, a student painting on steel depicting an industrial scene with soldiers approaching figures waving flags - distressed condition, assorted other prints etc
Lot 806
HARDEN SIDNEY MELVILLE (1824-1894) AN ENGLISH SCHOOL LANDSCAPE WITH FIGURES AND HORSES, signed and dated 1871 bottom left, watercolour on paper, approximate size 36cm x 61cm, Condition Report: the painting is in very good condition, modern frame and mount, bottom corners of the frame have some damage
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