| Medium: | Oil on canvas on board |
| Image Size: | 12 x 16 ins (30 x 40 cm) |
| Framed Size: | 17 x 21 ins (44 x 53 cm) |
| Estimate: | £80 - £120 |
| Hammer price: | £80 |
An original oil painting by Modern British artist Jeremy King (1933-2020) .
A well known professional painter in his lifetime, unusually for such a traditional artist of the period he has five lithographic works in the Tate collection.
Landscape painter, printmaker, potter and teacher, born in Oundle, Northamptonshire, married to the artist Brenda King. He studied at Lancaster College of Arts & Crafts and at London University Institute of Education. From 1958–67 he taught painting and pottery at Haymill School, Burnham, then took up painting and lithography full-time, working in ateliers in Spain and Paris and at Curwen Studio. His many shows included the RA Summer Exhibition and ROI. Had a first solo exhibition at Ruthven Gallery, Lancaster, Ohio, in America, 1984, another in 1986; another show in Osaka, Japan, 1990; and a series at Century Galleries, Henley-on-Thames, including 2000. The Tate Gallery’s print collection holds his lithographs.
Source: 'Artists in Britain Since 1945' by David Buckman (Art Dictionaries Ltd, part of Sansom & Company)
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