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Click here to subscribeAlbert Wainwright (British 1898-1943) "According to the Act" Unsigned, titled, watercolour and ink.22 x 17cm (framed 38.5 x 33cm)The painting is in very good, original condition. There are some minor surface marks across the paper. The painting is framed and glazed. The frame has some scuffs and scratches.
Eric Sturgeon (British 1920-1999) Town scene with figures Signed, watercolour.53.5 x 46cm (framed 82 x 73cm)Artists’ Resale Right (“droit de suite”) may apply to this lot.The painting is in very good, original condition with no obvious faults to report. The painting is ornately framed and glazed. The original frame has some minor scuffs and knocks commensurate with age.
Bernard Foster (British 19th/20th century) "Waiting for the Coach" Signed, titled on the mount, watercolour.25 x 35.5cm (framed 49.5 x 59.5cm)The painting is in very good, original condition. There are some minor spots of foxing across the paper. The painting is ornately framed and glazed. There are some minor scuffs and spots of browning across the mount board. The frame has some knocks and losses.
Nora Yoxall (British 1892-1998) "Kitchen at 'Llechwedd' Llioyngwril" Unsigned, titled and dated April 1913 on artist's label verso, watercolour.16 x 12.5cm (framed 39.5 x 35cm)Artists’ Resale Right (“droit de suite”) may apply to this lot.The painting is in very good, original condition. There are one or two minor spots of foxing across the paper. The painting is ornately reframed and glazed.
Henry Brittan Willis (British 1810-1884) "Sunshine after the Rain, Port Madoc, North Wales" Signed and dated '63, titled on fragmented label verso, watercolour and gouache.19 x 49cm (framed 44.5 x 73.5cm)The painting is in good, original condition. The paper has browned slightly in areas across the sheet and there are some minor spots of foxing. There is craquelure in areas across the surface of the painting with some small flecks of paint loss. The painting is ornately reframed and glazed. The frame has some scuffs and knocks.
Benjamin John Ottewell (British 1847-1937) "Saint Raphael" Signed and dated 1899, titled on verso, watercolour.30 x 48cm (framed 54 x 71cm)The painting is in very good, original condition with no obvious faults to report. The painting is ornately framed and glazed. The frame has some minor scuffs and knocks commensurate with age.
Charles Edward Dixon (British 1872-1934) Shipping scene with figures Signed, watercolour.33.5 x 59cm (framed 59.5 x 84cm)The painting is in very good, original condition. There are some spots of foxing and browning across the paper. The painting is ornately reframed and glazed. The frame has some minor scuffs and knocks commensurate with age.
Millicent Etheldreda Gray (British 1873-1957) Girl and baby Signed, watercolour.36 x 26.5cm (framed 60.5 x 50cm)Artists’ Resale Right (“droit de suite”) may apply to this lot.The painting is in very good, original condition with no obvious faults to report. The painting is ornately framed and glazed.
SIR DAVID YOUNG CAMERON ARSA RSW RA RSA (SCOTTISH 1865 - 1945), EASDALE watercolour on paper, initialled and titledmounted, framed and under glassimage size 25cm x 21cm, overall size 58cm x 43cm Note: David Young Cameron was born in Glasgow and studied at the Glasgow School of Art and the Royal School of Art schools. He began his artistic career as an etcher, like Muirhead Bone he was fascinated with architecture. Cameron also painted in oil and watercolour, particularly scenes from the hills and mountains of Scotland. A quiet and retiring man, Cameron much enjoyed the simpler and tranquil views of Scotland's mountain ranges and often painted at dusk. He was not interested in the decorative possibilities of painting and thus, although he knew the Glasgow Boys, his work stands outside the mainstream of the Glasgow School and remains distinctly individual. Cameron was the King's Painter and Limner in Scotland and lived for many years at Kippen in Stirlingshire 1933-45.
SIR DAVID YOUNG CAMERON ARSA RSW RA RSA (SCOTTISH 1865 - 1945), LANDSCAPE watercolour on paper, signedmounted, framed and under glassimage size 20cm x 27cm, overall size 33cm x 40cm Note: David Young Cameron was born in Glasgow and studied at the Glasgow School of Art and the Royal School of Art schools. He began his artistic career as an etcher, like Muirhead Bone he was fascinated with architecture. Cameron also painted in oil and watercolour, particularly scenes from the hills and mountains of Scotland. A quiet and retiring man, Cameron much enjoyed the simpler and tranquil views of Scotland's mountain ranges and often painted at dusk. He was not interested in the decorative possibilities of painting and thus, although he knew the Glasgow Boys, his work stands outside the mainstream of the Glasgow School and remains distinctly individual. Cameron was the King's Painter and Limner in Scotland and lived for many years at Kippen in Stirlingshire 1933-45.
SIR DAVID YOUNG CAMERON ARSA RSW RA RSA (SCOTTISH 1865 - 1945), GLEN SANNOX, ARRAN ink and wash on paper, signed, titled label versomounted, framed and under glass image size 40cm x 61cm, overall size 67cm x 85cm Labels verso: T. & R. Annan & Sons, Glasgow; Duncan R Miller Fine Arts, London.Note: David Young Cameron was born in Glasgow and studied at the Glasgow School of Art and the Royal School of Art schools. He began his artistic career as an etcher, like Muirhead Bone he was fascinated with architecture. Cameron also painted in oil and watercolour, particularly scenes from the hills and mountains of Scotland. A quiet and retiring man, Cameron much enjoyed the simpler and tranquil views of Scotland's mountain ranges and often painted at dusk. He was not interested in the decorative possibilities of painting and thus, although he knew the Glasgow Boys, his work stands outside the mainstream of the Glasgow School and remains distinctly individual. Cameron was the King's Painter and Limner in Scotland and lived for many years at Kippen in Stirlingshire 1933-45.
Pierre Llado Limited edition print Clowns et Jeux de Fleurs, signed in margin, framed , 69cm x 49cm not including frame Barbara A Wood Limited edition print Balloon seller with children, 623/975, framed, 64cm x 44cm not including the frame Valerie Reddington Watercolour drawing Small child and baby on a rock by the seashore, signed lower left, framed 37cm x 52cm not including the frame Lane Foster Woodblock print Child in high chair painting, being watched by a teddy bear, 26cm x 20cm (4)
▲ Prunella Clough (1919-1999) Untitled (triangle on blue)signed 'Clough' l.r., watercolour and gouache31 x 36cmProvenance: The Estate of Christopher Bangs.Condition ReportFramed: 45 x 50cmThe work has been stuck down to a sheet of paper behind but appears to be in otherwise good condition overall. There are some bugs and dirt trapped between the glazing and the sheet behind the work on the right side, but the painting itself does not appear to be affected. Not viewed out of glazed frame.
W. G. Cole - A triptych collection of three mid 20th century watercolour on paper framed and glazed coastal paintings. The paintings each depicting Cornish coastal scenes with each titled 'The Cornish Coast', 'Steeple Rock, Kynance', and 'Nr Lands End' respectively. Each painting framed and glazed in gilt gesso frames. Measures approx. 65cm x 43cm.
A group of twenty-one framed paintings, drawings and prints, to include: Fletcher Sibthorp (b.1967) - Three Dancers, limited edition giclee print 281/295, signed and numbered in pencil below, 46 x 71 cm; Gerald Edward Tucker (1830-1909) - watercolour on paper, signed lower left, 46 x 66 cm; W. Doyle d'Arcy - 'Box up in the Winter Sun', signed print, 45 x 68 cm; After Andreas Betz - 'in the Lago Maggiore', oleograph print, 61 x 81 cm; After Francois Boucher (1703-1770) - oleograph print on canvas, artist's name inscribed on panel below, 23 x 29.5 cm; After Thomas Creswick (1811-1869) - 'The Village Blacksmith' oleograph on canvas, 58cm x 90cm, gilt framed, together with; James D. Preston (20th Century) - Cherry Blossom, artist's proof limited edition print (1/50), signed in pencil below and in print, blind stamped, 37cm x 46cm; P. Lucas (20th century) - Pair of Couple Portraits, pastel on paper, each signed and dated '5/82' and '28/2/81' lower right, inscribed label verso, 48 x 36 cm each; Camille Claus (French, 1920-2005) - 'L 'importance Historique', limited edition lithograph, signed and numbered 137/150 in pencil below, artist's name inscribed verso, 50 x 65 cm; Janet Faith Jordan - Six Deer, watercolour on paper, signed and dated '1991' lower right, 75 x 55 cm; and one other mixed media painting, indistinctly signed lower right, in pink painted frame; 20th Century Woodland Scene, oil on canvas board, unsigned, 50 x 60 cm, in oval gilt frame; After Bruno Oscar Munari (b.1946) - Two prints: 'Oasi' and 'Figure al Sole', both titled and signed in print, approx. 50 x 40 cm; R. Brannon (19th century) - 'Selby Old Bridge and Abbey', watercolour and body colour, inscribed verso; A photograph of a carving from Selby abbey, and two maps of York and Kingston upon Hull; Hugh Courtenay Knollys (1918-2006) - 'St. Jean De Luz', gouache on paper, signed and dated '56' lower right, 33 x 45 cm, labels inscribed verso: 'During the Spanish Gulf War St. Jean De Luz was used by British destroyer evacuating British Citizens conducting the Niton? patrol. Lt COR C. H. Knollys RN was awarded the DSC for the sinking of Japanese cruise securing. Later he was serving in the same destroyer when she was mined in the Corfu Channel'; and two other prints, all framed (21)
Two paintings by the Wirgman brothers: Charles I Wirgman (1832-1891) 'Louvain', watercolour and pencil, titled lower left with artist's name to label verso, 11 x 15 cm; Theodore Blake Wirgman (1848-1925) - 'A Scottish Scene' (1907), signed and dated lower right, gouache, 20 x 33 cm, both mounted, framed and glazed. (2)Charles Wirgman was a draftsman, caricaturist and an illustrator for Illustrated London News as well as the author and publisher for 'Japan Punch'. He was an early teacher of Western painting techniques in Japan and settled in Yokohama in 1861. His brother Theodore Wirgman was a painter, engraver and portrait artist born in Belgium, and later living in Britain and France. He is best known for his chalk drawings of politicians and writers.
Paul Weaver (British, 20th century) - Light & Shade. An early 21st century oil on board painting depicting Northumberland Place, Bath. Signed bottom left. Framed. Measures approx. 34cm x 23cm (13.5" x 9"). Paul Weaver is a full-time artist, tutor and demonstrator, based in Bristol, UK. His primary inspirations are light and atmospheric effects. Townscapes, markets and the bustle of the city are favourite subjects, as well as landscape, marine and coastal scenes. He currently specialises in watercolour, but also enjoys working in oil, acrylic and line and wash.
John Yardley (b. 1943) - A vintage 20th century watercolour on paper painting entitled 'Exchange Avenue', Signed by the artist to the bottom right with paper label to verso. Framed and glazed. Purchased from the Alexander Gallery. Measures approx. 56cm x 45cm. John Yardley was born in 1933 in Yorkshire. For 40 years, he pursued a career in banking while painting in his spare time. It was not until 1986 that he took up painting full time, just after the Alexander Gallery in Bristol discovered his work and started selling it in considerable quantities. He found early inspiration from the works of Edward Seago and Edward Wesson, and under Wesson's mentorship developed his own unique style. John Yardley watercolour paintings for sale cover many subjects, including street scenes, buildings, landscapes, and seascapes. The artist frequently used people going about their daily activities as a focal point of his art. He prefers strong colours, especially burnt umber, French ultramarine, and raw sienna. In 1990, Yardley was elected a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours.
A SMALL QUANTITY OF PAINTINGS AND PRINTS, to include a L. S. Lowry limited edition print 'Lancashire Cricket', from an edition of 850 published 1976 by the Adam Collection, approximate size 36cm x 67cm (print faded), a watercolour depicting the Ferry Bridge Burton Upon Trent signed by Robert Brindley, together with a further watercolour of a bridge by the same hand, Edouard Mandon print of the sea, a modern wool work picture depicting a still life study of flowers, an amateur oil painting of a Naval boat initialled M.R.R etc
Large Framed Under Glass Original Watercolour & Acrylic painting of Rostov Kremlin by Anatol Krasnyansky 1996. This painting was selected as the master for a limited edition series of prints. Artist well known for film art work to include Battlestar Galactica. MEasures 40 x 38 inches. See photos.
William Brett (c19th) watercolour of St. Mary's Church & Vicarage Lincolnshire, gilt framed picture of a lady, unframed acrylic painting of houses near the sea signed J. Samner, Helen MacLennan framed watercolour of Schiehallion, print of Fontana di Trevi and a print of Capola di S. Pietro (6)
Louis Ward (1913 - 2005) - an original watercolour piece of artwork, completed by Bristol artist Louis Ward. The artwork is believed to have been created for an unissued cigarette card. Featuring a period couple ice-skating. Mounted and measuring approximately 30 cm x 42 cm including the mount. Louis Arthur Ward was born in Bristol in 1913 and became a member of the local art community 'Bristol Savages' at the age of 21. After the war, he became a book illustrator and exhibited at the R.I., RWA and at Bristol Art Gallery. His painting of Christ in Gethsemane hangs in the Lady Chapel of Bristol Cathedral.
Mardon, Son & Hall - an album of x12 watercolour and mixed media paintings for an unknown series (or multiple series) of cigarette / cigar or tea cards themed around 'On The Water.' Including river views, shipping views, a Nore Lightship, Oxford and Cambridge boat race, The Thames, The Thames at New Year, Thames fire boat, a river countryside scene and a painting depicting a royal scene. Each artwork size approx: 5x6". Believed c1970s.
Alan Lowndes (British 1921-1978) "Italian Hill Village" Signed and titled, watercolour.29.5 x 22.5cm (framed 42 x 34cm)* This painting is a very early example of work by the artist and is illustrated in Alan Lowndes by Jonathan Riley.Artists’ Resale Right (“droit de suite”) may apply to this lot.The painting is in good, original condition. The paper has browned universally across the sheet and there is some foxing and other minor stains across the paper. There is some minor creasing and tears across the paper. The painting is reframed and glazed. The frame has some minor scuffs and knocks.
Ivan Taylor (British 1946-) "Eccleshall" Signed, titled on artist's label verso, watercolour.34.5 x 50cm, (framed 59.5 x 75cm)Artists’ Resale Right (“droit de suite”) may apply to this lot.The painting is in very good, original condition with no obvious faults to report. The painting is ornately framed and glazed. The frame has some minor scuffs and knocks commensurate with age.
Les Harris (British 1924-2008) "Britons Protection, Manchester" Signed and dated 1990, titled on gallery label - 'The Brentwood Gallery' verso, watercolour.24 x 34cm (framed 43 x 52cm)Artists’ Resale Right (“droit de suite”) may apply to this lot.The painting is in very good, original condition with no obvious faults to report. The painting is ornately framed and glazed. The frame has some minor scuffs and knocks commensurate with age.
Harold Riley (British 1934-2023) "View Across the Estuary" Signed and dated '71, titled on verso, watercolour and pastel.28 x 26.5cm (framed 52.5 x 51.5cm)Artists’ Resale Right (“droit de suite”) may apply to this lot.The painting is in good, original condition. The colours are slightly faded across the painting as is the ink used in the signature. The painting is ornately reframed and glazed. The frame has some knocks and losses.
Audrey M. Smith (1933-) "The Church of the Holy Name, Manchester" Signed, titled on label verso, watercolour and ink.57.5 x 37.5cm (framed 69.5 x 50cm)Artists’ Resale Right (“droit de suite”) may apply to this lot.The painting is in very good, original condition with no obvious faults to report. The painting is ornately framed and glazed. The frame has some scuffs and knocks.
James Lawrence Isherwood F.R.S.A., F.I.A.L. (British 1917-1989) "Miner" Signed and dated '74, watercolour and ink.17.5 x 13cm (framed 36 x 36cm)This painting is illustrated on page 80 of Isherwood (Anyone Can Paint - But Not Like Me!) by Stephen Eckersley, published 2009.Artists’ Resale Right (“droit de suite”) may apply to this lot.The painting is in very good, original condition with no obvious faults to report. The painting is ornately framed and glazed. There is sellotape visible on top of the mount near the centre of the upper edge. The frame has some minor scuffs and knocks commensurate with age.
Harold Riley (British 1934-2023) Snowy street scene with cable cars Signed and dated '69, watercolour and ink.21 x 26cm (42 x 47.5cm)Artists’ Resale Right (“droit de suite”) may apply to this lot.The painting is in very good, original condition with no obvious faults to report. The painting is ornately framed and glazed. The original frame has some minor scuffs and knocks commensurate with age.
Ivan Taylor (British 1946-) "Autumn - Moorland Cottage, Ramshaw Rocks, The Roaches, Staffordshire" Signed, titled on artist's label verso, watercolour.26.5 x 74cm (framed 49.5 x 97cm)Artists’ Resale Right (“droit de suite”) may apply to this lot.The painting is in very good, original condition with no obvious faults to report. The painting is ornately reframed and glazed. The frame has some minor scuffs and knocks commensurate with age.
Karel Lek M.B.E., R.Cam.A. (Belgian 1929-2020) "The Gossips" Signed, watercolour and charcoal. 69.5 x 49.5cm (framed 90 x 69.5cm) Artists’ Resale Right (“droit de suite”) may apply to this lot. The painting is in very good, original condition with no obvious faults to report. The painting is ornately framed and glazed. The original metal frame has some scuffs and knocks.
Jim Mitchell (British 20th/21st century) "A Potteries Street Scene circa 1950's No. 11" Signed, titled on label verso, watercolour.19.5 x 24.5cm (framed 36 x 43.5cm)Artists’ Resale Right (“droit de suite”) may apply to this lot.The painting is in very good, original condition with strong colours and no obvious faults to report. The painting is framed and glazed.
John Thompson (British 1924-2011) Lake scene with figures Signed, watercolour.28 x 38cm (framed 47.5 x 57.5cm)Artists’ Resale Right (“droit de suite”) may apply to this lot.The painting is in good, original condition. The paper has browned slightly in areas and there is a small tear running up from the lower edge of the sheet. The painting is framed and glazed.
Terry McGlynn (British 1903-1973) Harbour scene Signed, watercolour and gouache.34.5 x 53cm (framed 49 x 66.5cm)Artists’ Resale Right (“droit de suite”) may apply to this lot.The painting is in very good, original condition with no obvious faults to report. The painting is framed and glazed. The frame has some minor scuffs and scratches commensurate with age.
ARTHUR CROFT (BRITISH, 1828-1902)A coastal fort dated '1889' (verso) watercolour 35 x 60cm Provenance The artist, thence by descent to the current ownerFootnoteArthur Croft (1828-1902) was a British watercolour artist. He was one of sixchildren of the architect John Croft. Of the children, three became artists(John, Marian and Arthur), and one (Adolphus) became an architect, and theyreceived their early training in watercolours by colouring their father’sarchitectural sketches.Besides this early apprenticeship with his father, Arthurreceived no formal training, but he gained considerable success for his oftenlarge scale watercolour landscapes, and he exhibited views of Switzerland,Algeria, America and New Zealand, as well as England and Wales, at the RoyalAcademy between 1868 and 1893. In 1883, he exhibited a watercolour thatwas among the largest ever shown there (over 8 feet or 2.5 m high). In mid-life, Arthur met and married the American heiress and businesswomanCaroline Brewer after meeting her on a painting tour of Europe, and subsequentto their marriage, he moved from his home in St. John’s Wood to New York, wherehe maintained a studio and continued to paint and exhibit. On their eventualreturn to the UK, he purchased the estate South Park in Wadhurst, East Sussex,which had been designed and built by his brother Adolphus Croft, and there hepassed the remainder of his life.Although Arthur failed to be elected to the Society of Painters in Watercolour,he was a member of the Alpine Club, London, and his paintings werepopular. After his death, they were sold by auction from South Park,fetching prices ranging from 50 to nearly 200 guineas. Arthur Croft alsohas pictures in the collections of the British Museum, The Victoria and AlbertMuseum, and Museum Wales.
ARTHUR CROFT (BRITISH, 1828-1902)A coastal fortification watercolour 29.5 x 97cm Provenance The artist, thence by descent to the current ownerFootnoteArthur Croft (1828-1902) was a British watercolour artist. He was one of sixchildren of the architect John Croft. Of the children, three became artists(John, Marian and Arthur), and one (Adolphus) became an architect, and theyreceived their early training in watercolours by colouring their father’sarchitectural sketches.Besides this early apprenticeship with his father, Arthurreceived no formal training, but he gained considerable success for his oftenlarge scale watercolour landscapes, and he exhibited views of Switzerland,Algeria, America and New Zealand, as well as England and Wales, at the RoyalAcademy between 1868 and 1893. In 1883, he exhibited a watercolour thatwas among the largest ever shown there (over 8 feet or 2.5 m high). In mid-life, Arthur met and married the American heiress and businesswomanCaroline Brewer after meeting her on a painting tour of Europe, and subsequentto their marriage, he moved from his home in St. John’s Wood to New York, wherehe maintained a studio and continued to paint and exhibit. On their eventualreturn to the UK, he purchased the estate South Park in Wadhurst, East Sussex,which had been designed and built by his brother Adolphus Croft, and there hepassed the remainder of his life.Although Arthur failed to be elected to the Society of Painters in Watercolour,he was a member of the Alpine Club, London, and his paintings werepopular. After his death, they were sold by auction from South Park,fetching prices ranging from 50 to nearly 200 guineas. Arthur Croft alsohas pictures in the collections of the British Museum, The Victoria and AlbertMuseum, and Museum Wales.
ARTHUR CROFT (BRITISH, 1828-1902)Coastal landscape with mountains watercolour 29.5 x 90cm Provenance The artist, thence by descent to the current ownerFootnoteArthur Croft (1828-1902) was a British watercolour artist. He was one of sixchildren of the architect John Croft. Of the children, three became artists(John, Marian and Arthur), and one (Adolphus) became an architect, and theyreceived their early training in watercolours by colouring their father’sarchitectural sketches.Besides this early apprenticeship with his father, Arthurreceived no formal training, but he gained considerable success for his oftenlarge scale watercolour landscapes, and he exhibited views of Switzerland,Algeria, America and New Zealand, as well as England and Wales, at the RoyalAcademy between 1868 and 1893. In 1883, he exhibited a watercolour thatwas among the largest ever shown there (over 8 feet or 2.5 m high). In mid-life, Arthur met and married the American heiress and businesswomanCaroline Brewer after meeting her on a painting tour of Europe, and subsequentto their marriage, he moved from his home in St. John’s Wood to New York, wherehe maintained a studio and continued to paint and exhibit. On their eventualreturn to the UK, he purchased the estate South Park in Wadhurst, East Sussex,which had been designed and built by his brother Adolphus Croft, and there hepassed the remainder of his life.Although Arthur failed to be elected to the Society of Painters in Watercolour,he was a member of the Alpine Club, London, and his paintings werepopular. After his death, they were sold by auction from South Park,fetching prices ranging from 50 to nearly 200 guineas. Arthur Croft alsohas pictures in the collections of the British Museum, The Victoria and AlbertMuseum, and Museum Wales.
Brockman (Stuart, binder).- Morgan (Derek Llwyd, editor) Kyffin: A Celebration, one of 50 copies for the Designer Bookbinders, from a total edition of 360 copies, foreword by H.R.H. The Prince of Wales, 20 linocuts in blue and black and linocut endpapers by Kyffin Williams, bound by Stuart Brockman (with his label) in 2007 in thick boards covered in translucent vellum over a watercolour painting and tooled with chimney smoke in palladium punctuated with gilt diamond-shaped tooling, remarkable deep blue and silver patterned endpapers, original linocut endpapers bound in, spine lettered in gilt, all edges gilt, housed in perspex box for viewing within Brockman’s original black velvet-lined clamshell black cloth box with black morocco, gilt lettered spine label, small folio (binding 266 x 176mm.), Newtown, Gwasg Gregynog, 2007.*** An astonishing binding paying tribute to Kyffin Williams’s art with a bold image of a Welsh village in the mountains stretching across both boards and the spine in splendid colours. British Fellow of the Designer Bookbinders, Stuart Brockman has brought the technique of translucent vellum over painted boards, first developed by Chivers of Bath, into the 21st century with great skill and artistry.
* BARBARA BALMER RSA RSW RGI (SCOTTISH 1929 - 2017), BASKET OF APPLES watercolour on paper, signed lower, titled label versoframed and under glassimage size 51cm x 43cm, overall size 47cm x 57cmHandwritten artist's label verso.Note: Barbara Balmer had a singular vision. Her pictures have a curious, if not surreal, edge. In her instantly recognisable style, she took the everyday and simplified it into shapes and patterns that she filled with subtle gradations of colour. Born in Birmingham, she moved to Scotland by way of a scholarship from Coventry School of Art that took her to Edinburgh College of Art (1949-1953). Her contemporaries are a roll call of familiar names of Scottish art: Elizabeth Blackadder, John Houston and Frances Walker to name a few. Balmer, however, eschewed the expressive brushwork and vibrant palette of the time and developed her own unique visual vocabulary. Throughout her long career, spanning more than five decades, she was twice selected to exhibit at the John Moores Exhibition in Liverpool, and had solo shows at the Richard Demarco Gallery and the Open Eye Gallery in Edinburgh, the Scottish Arts Council Touring Exhibitions and at the Fine Art Society in Edinburgh. Barbara taught at Gray’s School of Art in Aberdeen between 1970 and 1980 and held a retrospective exhibition at Aberdeen Art Gallery which travelled to Dundee, Lincoln and Coventry. Her work is included in many public and private collections including, The Royal Collection, The Scottish National Portrait Gallery (Portrait of Richard Demarco), The City Art Centre, Edinburgh, Leicester City Museum, Aberdeen and Stirling Universities, Aberdeen, Glasgow, Birmingham, Perth, Dundee and Lincoln Art Galleries. Seven of her paintings were used as dust jackets by Virago for the Modern Classics series and she was an elected member of the Royal Scottish Academy, the Royal Glasgow Institute and the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour. In Barbara's obituary in The Herald, Richard Demarco wrote: "I hesitate to define her as an English, Scottish or indeed British artist. Her particular art must be viewed as belonging to the great and enduring tradition associated with the latest manifestations of European painting in this age of modern art".
* WILLIAM JOHNSTONE OBE (SCOTTISH 1897 - 1981), watercolour on paper, monogrammed mounted, framed and under glassimage size 37cm x 27cm, overall size 67cm x 57cmNote: William Johnstone was at the forefront of the British art world throughout the twentieth century. He became one of the first British artists to break with representation and paint purely abstract pictures; he also had evolutionary impact on art education. He was Principal at Camberwell College of Art from 1938- 1946 and then Principal at Central School of Arts and Crafts from 1947 to 1960. He developed the Basic Design course which stemmed from the Bauhaus and his instinct to defy convention and his eye for talented staff made Central a tour de force. Alan Davie, Anton Ehrenzweig, Patrick Heron, Earl Haig, John Minton, Eduardo Paolozzi, Victor Pasmore, Gordon Baldwin, William Turnbull all worked for him – which made for an explosive, creative mixture of artistic personalities. He received an OBE for his contribution to art education in 1954 then returned home to the Borders in 1960 to concentrate on painting and return to farming.
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