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Click here to subscribeGrenville Cottingham (British school, 1943 - 2007) - 'Parliament Square in Winter' - a late 20th century mixed media watercolour & chalk painting depicting a snowy scene of Parliament Square, the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben in London. Signed lower left hand corner. Framed and glazed. Measures approx. 34cm x 26cm, 59cm x 49cm to include frame.
ROBERT MCGOWAN COVENTRY RSW ARSA (SCOTTISH 1855 - 1914), THE RIVER SEINE AT NOTRE DAME, PARIS oil on board, signedframed image size 40cm x 50cm, overall size 91cm x 72cm Note 1: The Scottish artist Robert McGown (McGowan) Coventry (1855–1914) was born in Glasgow and trained at the Glasgow School of Art under Robert Greenlees and in Paris. He travelled on the Continent and to the Middle East but found most of his subject matter in the fishing communities of Scotland and in the Scottish Highlands. He was not closely associated with the group of young painters known as the Glasgow Boys, but shared their interest in rustic realism, in painting in the open air, and in French-inspired tonal and compositional technique. He was based in Glasgow throughout his professional life. In 1889 he became a member of the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour and in 1906 was elected associate of the Royal Scottish Academy, exhibiting regularly with both organisations and with the Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts.Note 2: The work on offer is a rare Paris scene depicting the activities of everyday life on the river Seine in the late nineteenth century, which demonstrates the influences of the French masters in the freedom of the brushwork and strong use of colour.
ROBERT MCGOWN COVENTRY RSW ARSA (SCOTTISH 1855 - 1914), THE WOODCUTTERS oil on canvas, signedframedimage 89cm x 130cm, overall 109cm x 150cmNote: Coventry was born in Glasgow and studied at the Glasgow School of Art under Robert Greenlees and in Paris. Although he travelled much to the continent and the Middle East, many of his paintings depict quayside and highland scenes from eastern Scotland. When visiting and painting in Belgium and Holland, he was influenced by the work of Mesdag and Maris. He used the signature "R M G COVENTRY". In 1889 Coventry was elected as a member of the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour (RSW) and in 1906 he was elected an associate of the Royal Scottish Academy (RSA). He exhibited his marine and landscape paintings mainly at the RSA from 1875 until the year of his death (1914). Although "The Woodcutters" is undated, he painted several works of similar subject matter in the early 1900s including "The Forest Mill" which is held in the collection of The Royal Scottish Academy.
BENJAMIN JOHN OTTEWELL RI (BRITISH 1847 - 1937), LOCHNAGAR, ROYAL DEESIDE watercolour on paper, signed, dated 1907, titled label versomounted, framed and under glassimage size 44cm x 60cm, overall size 64cm x 82cmLabel verso: Eduardo Alessandro Studios, Dundee.Note: Ben Ottewell was a regular visitor to Braemar and latterly Balmoral painting scenes of the valley of the Upper Dee. Queen Victoria thought highly of him: in June 1895 she wrote "saw some beautiful sketches by an artist by the name of Ottewell, who had spent several months in Braemar painting, having been snowed up for some weeks in the winter at the Linn of Dee". Ottewell went on to receive numerous commissions for his watercolours from Queen Victoria, HRH The Prince of Wales, and the Duke and Duchess of York. Ottewell was also engaged to teach his painting skills to Princess Beatrice.The Old Man of Lochnagar is a 1980 children's book written by then Prince of Wales, HM King Charles III and illustrated by Sir Hugh Casson. The story revolves around an old man who lives in a cave in the cliffs surrounding the Corrie Loch under the Lochnagar, a mountain which overlooks the Royal Estate at Balmoral, where the Royal Family spend much of their summer holidays. The story of the old man of Lochnagar was one Prince Charles had told some years earlier to entertain his brothers when they were young. The book was published in 1980 in aid of The Prince's Trust charity. The book was later adapted into an animated short film by the BBC, with the late Robbie Coltrane providing the voice of the hermit and Prince Charles narrating. The film was titled The Old Man of Lochnagar in the UK and The Legend of Lochnagar in North America. The book was also adapted into a musical stage play. In 1984, Prince Charles read the story on the BBC children's programme Jackanory. He has also read it in Scottish Gaelic and in Welsh translations on television. In 2007, the National Youth Ballet of Great Britain received permission from the Prince of Wales to create a new ballet based on the story. With choreography by Drew McOnie and a commissioned score by Nigel Hess, the ballet received its première at Sadler's Wells Theatre (London) on 14 October 2007.
ROBERT GEMMELL HUTCHISON RSA RBA ROI RSW (SCOTTISH 1855 - 1936), A YOUNG GIRL READING watercolour on paper, signed mounted, framed and under glass image size 35cm x 25cm, overall size 65cm x 55cm Note: The child depicted is almost certainly Jean, the daughter of Bertie (Roberta), the artist's eldest daughter, and his only grand-daughter. Jean was deaf and dumb and as a child featured in many of her grandfather's paintings. Gemmell Hutchison was devoted to his grand-daughter and they spent much time together, especially on painting trips to nearby St Abbs. The location is likely the interior of Bertie's cottage home in the beautiful coastal village of Coldingham (Berwickshire, Scottish Borders) where Gemmell Hutchison visited frequently. He eventually died there on 23rd August 1936. He was buried at the Dean Cemetery (Edinburgh) on one of the long curving paths to the south-west. His portrait is sculpted on the memorial by John Stevenson Rhind. Robert Gemmell Hutchison achieved wide acclaim and commercial success throughout his life and the collector enthusiasm for his paintings has never dimmed. In recent years, the finest examples of his work have sold at auction for figures exceeding £100,000.
Group of three watercolours and a 19th century oil painting to include a watercolour of the Quadrant and part of Regent Street after the drawing by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, possibly signed under the mount, 28cm x 44cm, mounted in a glazed gilt frame; A Coleman - river landscape watercolour signed and dated 1893, 24cm x 33cm, mounted in a glazed frame; unsigned watercolour of an Old Oak Tree with Windsor in the distance, circa 1880, 23cm x 33cm, mounted in glazed gilt frame; and an English School river landscape with cattle by a cottage and trees, unsigned, 30cm x 45cm in a gilt frame Location: RAM
HERMINE FAULHABER (1884-1952) 'St VIET', an Austrian alpine village scene, signed and titled bottom left, watercolour on paper, approximate size 30cm x 38cm, together with G. Sarson 'an old street in Abingdon', a female figure is crossing a deserted village road, signed bottom right, oil on board, a woodland landscape by the same hand - painting loose in frame and an unsigned impressionist style landscape, oil on canvas laid on board, approximate size 30cm x 38cm - painting is loose in the frame (4)
John Faulkner (Irish 1835-1894) watercolour, entitled 'Roadside Cheshunt Hertfordshire', signed and tilted to the lower left, approx 97w x 47 cms, framed and glazed. (*af)Condition ReportThis painting hung in a pub for a number of years, so there is some yellowing to the upper extremity which may need attention as well as a vertical brown shadow approx 25 cms over the cottage. The painting is framed in a Boots frame and would benefit from re-framing.
CLAUDE NORVAL (FRENCH 20TH CENTURY) TWO MINIATURES WITH FEMALE NUDES BY A TREE Ink and watercolour heightened with white Signed and dated respectively 1920 and 1921 (lower left) 7.5 x 6cm (2¾ x 2¼ in.) oval (2) Please note measurements do not include frame unless otherwise stated. Condition Report: Unexamined out of glazed frames. The glaze needs to be replaced or removed and cleaned as this is distorting the view of the painting. There is a small tear to the work dated 1921 with the female's arm's outstretched. This is to the left of her hip within the branches of the tree, circa. 3mm. Possible retouching or repair to the centre of the right edge of the same work. Figure with arms bent: Light discolouration to the nude throughout. Otherwise in overall original condition. Condition Report Disclaimer
Fred Lawson (1888-1968), man walking his dog, watercolour, signed, 18 x 24cm and another by the same hand, sheep in a field, signed, 28 x 38cm (2)The larger painting has lost a fair bit of the blue from the watercolour, otherwise both are in good condition with no damage to the paper, we have not taken them out of the mounts
* WILLIAM BIRNIE RSW RGI (SCOTTISH 1929 - 2006), LANDING PLACE oil on board, signed, titled label versoframedimage size 100cm x 26cm, overall size 113cm x 39cmLabel verso: The Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh.Comment: Although undated, "Landing Place" is very obviously a late career painting and shows the freedom and confidence Birnie gained from widespread critical and commercial success.Note: Bill Birnie studied at Glasgow School of Art under Gilbert Spencer and then at Hospitalfield under Ian Fleming. After graduating, he joined the staff at Hyndland Secondary School in 1952. That same year he was also elected a member of the Society of Scottish Artists (SSA). In 1958, he became a founder member of the Glasgow Group and formed the Glasgow Group Society, of which he was Vice-President for 32 years. In 1965, he was elected a member of the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour (RSW), a society of which he also became Vice-President and Treasurer. He became Principal Art Teacher at Douglas Academy, near Bearsden, and later at Gryffe High, near Kilbarchan. Bill's abilities not only as a teacher but also as an administrator were noticed by the Department of Education and he was soon appointed Head Examiner in Art for Scotland. He still managed to maintain a very active exhibiting schedule and showed in all the main public galleries and many of Scotland's best commercial galleries. His work was enthusiastically collected and increasingly sought after. He was elected a member of the Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Art (RGI) and of the Paisley Art Institute (PAI). In the early years, he painted from his garden, showing the village of Kilbarchan in its changing seasons, under a quiet blanket of winter snow, or framed in a blazing sunset through autumnal trees. Later visits to France and Italy with his artist wife, Cynthia Wall, whom he married in 1953, brought new subject matter, cafe scenes, vine groves, Italian clifftop villages, and the crumbling facades of palaces and churches of Venice. It was characteristic of the man that when told that his illness was terminal, he calmly put his affairs in order and started work for a final one-man show at the Open Eye Gallery (Edinburgh) the scene of so many of his successful shows. Unsurprisingly, the exhibition was a complete sell-out. In recent years there has been a widely acknowledged acceleration in the prices achieved at auctions around the UK for William Birnie's paintings. In the Scottish Contemporary Art Auction of 8th November 2020 lot 567 "The Red House" a 60 x 90cm oil sold for £3000 (hammer) which, not for the first time in recent years, set a new auction record for a painting by William Birnie.Condition is good overall.
* JEAN B MARTIN RSW (SCOTTISH b. 1947), ANEMONES AND NARCISSI watercolour on paper, signed, titled labels versomounted, framed and under glass image size 56cm x 40cm, overall size 84cm x 67cm Label verso: Flying Colours Gallery, Edinburgh. Note: Jean B Martin was born in Glasgow in 1947 and trained at the Glasgow School of Art. She was elected a member of the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour (RSW) in 2002. Luminosity and depth are the most immediately striking features of Martin's work, achieved by building up layers of glazing and collage, lending the effect of an inner glow to her painting. Her work comprises a diversity of subject matter, from vibrant floral-based still lives to sublime church interiors, and landscapes from golden-hued Venice to the blustery East Coast of Scotland, involving the viewer through evoking the distinct atmosphere of each subject. Jean Martin has won numerous awards and is an important Scottish painter of her generation. Her work is held in many private and corporate collections in the UK, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, Canada and America.
* DAWSON MURRAY ARE RSW RGI, DRIFTING artist's proof limited edition coloured etching on paper, signed, titled and numbered mounted, framed and under glassimage size 37cm x 48cm, overall size 54cm x 68cmLabel verso: The Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh.Note: Dawson Murray studied at Glasgow School of Art from 1961 - 66. After his post-diploma year a number of prestigious awards permitted him to spend two years in Italy where he studied under Giuseppe Santomaso in Venice. He then moved to Sicily where his painting reflected the heat and fertility of the northern coast. Returning to Scotland he spent 35 happy years involved in art education. A member of the Glasgow Group for 30 years, he was closely involved with the Richard Demarco Gallery in the 1980s. He now lives in North East Fife and is married to the painter Liz Murray. His passion for watercolour springs from the innate volatility of the medium, the constant vigilance required when painting wet-into-wet and the critical scrutiny necessary while watching paint dry. Dawson Murray's portfolio includes a 50ft high painting; a permanent feature in the Buchanan Galleries, Glasgow. After living with multiple sclerosis for 22 years he is now quadriplegic but is still able to create prints with the aid of an assistant, using his own version of the traditional sugar-lift technique, allowing him to “replicate the bleeding edges of areas of colour” that he so enjoyed in watercolour painting. Dawson Murray's work has won many awards, has been exhibited widely and is held in prestigious public, corporate and private collections.
* PAUL LUCIEN MAZE (ANGLO-FRENCH 1887 - 1979), THE FRENCH GARDEN pastel on paper, singedmounted, framed and under glass image size 26cm x 35cm, overall size 50cm x 60cm Note: Paul Lucien Maze was an Anglo-French painter. He is often known as “The last of the Post Impressionists" and was one of the great artists of his generation. His mediums included oil and watercolour although he was especially acclaimed for his pastels. Maze’s paintings include French maritime scenes, busy New York City scenes and the English countryside as well as Still Life. During the First World War, Maze met Winston Churchill in the trenches and their shared love of painting led to a lifelong friendship. Maze became Churchill's artistic mentor, encouraging him to develop his drawing and painting techniques.
* 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 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.
* LADY LUCINDA L MACKAY (SCOTTISH b. 1941), THE BANK OF SCOTLAND (HQ), FROM PRINCES STREET GARDENS ink and watercolour on paper, signed and dated '98, titled label versomounted, framed and under glassimage size 45cm x 60cm, overall size 64cm x 78cmNote: Born in Berkshire, Mackay was brought up in Scotland and educated in Switzerland. She trained at Edinburgh College of Art under William Gillies, graduating in 1965, and undertook postgraduate studies at the Central School of Art, London in 1973. Alongside her career as a professional artist, painting portraits, landscapes and still-life and exhibiting widely, Mackay has worked as a teacher of art, design and ceramics. Her paintings are characterised by bold brushwork and vibrant colours. Mackay lives in Edinburgh. Nine of Lucinda Mackay's works are held in UK public collections including The National Galleries of Scotland.
* CLAIRE HARKESS RSW (SCOTTISH b. 1970), YELLOW BIRDS watercolour on paper, signed mounted, framed and under glassimage size 68cm x 32cm, overall size 94.5cm x 56cm 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.
* JAMES S DAVIS DA PAI RSW FRSA (SCOTTISH b. 1944), THE PAPS OF JURA oil on board, signed, titled versoframed and under glassimage size 33cm x 44cm, overall size 59cm x 69cm Note: James Davis was born in Scotland in 1944. He studied contemporary painting at the Glasgow School of Art between 1963 and 1967. He specialised in drawing and painting under the tutorage of Scottish artists William Armour and David Donaldson. For more than 40 years James Davis paintings have been exhibited extensively with the Royal Glasgow Institute ( RGI), Royal Scottish Watercolour Society (RSW), Royal Scottish Academy RSA and the Paisley Art Institute ( PAI). James Davis was elected to the RSW in 2003. James Davis paintings are predominantly landscapes, figurative and portraits and he paints in both watercolours and oils. Davis has been the recipient of many art awards for his contemporary paintings including the David Cargill Award; RGI in 2003 and the Reid Kerr Painting Award in 2005. James has established a strong following with leading private and corporate art collectors of contemporary Scottish art. These include: HRH The Duke of Edinburgh; The Royal Collection; Holyrood Palace; King Hussein Family Private collection; Vatican Commission Scott's College Rome; Glasgow City Chambers; Merk Finance; Arisaig Holdings (Singapore) and Strathclyde Education Authorities. His paintings also feature in many private contemporary art collections in the UK, Canada, USA, Italy, Holland, France, Switzerland, Australia and Tasmania.
A Chinese Export glass painting of an elder, 19th c, rounded rectangular hardwood frame, 33 x 50cm, British School, early 19th c - Tullichewan Castle, Dunbartonshire, [Scotland], inscribed, sepia watercolour, 35 x 45cm, English School, 19th c - Topographical chessboard, watercolour, 33 x 33cm, Ernest Hasseldine watercolour of Switzerland, fox-hunting pictures, etc., (24) The Chinese glass painting cracked and damaged. Tullichewan good. Chessboard mostly good, one or two foxed spots. Everything else in mixed condition.
A. CONNELLY (BRITISH EARLY 20TH CENTURY) A WATERCOLOUR STUDY OF PRIMROSES AND VIOLETS, the flowers growing in a naturalistic setting, signed lower right 'A. Connelly', framed and glazed, frame size 33.5cm x 48.5cm, image 16cm x 31cm (1) (Condition Report: the painting appears in good condition, a little foxing to the mount, and some damage to the frame)
A SMALL QUANTITY OF PAINTINGS AND PRINTS, to include two A. M. Bumstead landscape watercolours, approximate sizes 15cm x 24cm, a n oil on board painting depicting a mountainous landscape, a pen and ink wash depiction of Quonians Lane in Lichfield by Mike Cuttle, a Harriet Brigdale etching depicting elephants 17/100, a Christine Thouzeau etching 'L'Eevntail', an unsigned watercolour landscape, an etching of the inside of a church signed Linford, etc
DON CLARKE (1932-2012) 'TAJO GORGE, RONDA', a row of Spanish town houses with trees, signed, titled and dated 1969 bottom right, watercolour and ink on board, approximate size 40cm x 30cm, together with a Brian Hayes watercolour 'Noss Mayo from Bridge End', a Devon river landscape, approximate size 18cm x 30cm and a watercolour still life scene depicting a basket of flowers on a table, initialled and dated J.C.B 1947 Condition Report: some paint flaking to the trees, some losses to the frame of the Clarke painting, the two other pictures are in good overall condition (artist resale rights apply) (3)
TWO BOXES AND LOOSE ASSORTED PRINTS ETC, to include a Vernon Ward print 'Spring Vista', an unsigned oil on board painting depicting a willow tree across a tree, a landscape watercolour signed J. Redfern, C.E. Wilson framed prints, a mirror with an image of Marilyn Monroe, framed early 20th century tapestry, assorted other prints etc
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