Maxwell Ashby Armfield

San Giorgio, Venice - Italian Seascape with Boats and Renaissance Church

Martin Yeoman British, b. 1953 Venetian Scene I oil on canvas-board 21 x 30 cm 8 1/4 x 11 3/4 in signed Martin Yeoman was born in 1953, and studied with Peter Greenham at the Royal ...

From the Calcina, September (Venice), Watercolour over Pencil Painting, 1991 Additional information: Medium: Watercolour over pencil 15.2 x 21.6 cm 6 x 8 1/2 in Signed, dated and titled on the reverse Peter Greenham was a distinguished figurative painter of portraits, landscapes and incidents from domestic life. His work was both sensitive and intelligent and like himself, without showiness or pretension. He was keeper of the Royal Academy Schools and a popular figure who taught many well-known artists including Martin Yeoman, Peter Kuhfeld, Edmund Fairfax-Lucy and Jane Corsellis. Greenham was born in Streatham and educated at Dulwich before studying English at Magdalen College, Oxford, followed by Fine Art at the Byam Shaw School of Art in Kensington from 1936-39 under the supervision of Ernest Jackson. After leaving Byam Shaw he became a schoolmaster at Magdalen College School, Oxford and was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1951 and an R.A. in 1960. In 1964 he succeeded Sir Henry Rushbury as Keeper of the Royal Academy Schools, a position he held with distinction until his retirement in 1985. The Keeper has the responsibility of running the RA Schools and Greenham showed himself to have great sympathy and understanding for his students. In retirement he was able to concentrate entirely on his painting and tended to paint places he knew well such as the Norfolk coast, Northumberland, Oxfordshire and Annecy as well as his wife, the painter Jane Dowling...

Harold Workman British, 1897-1975 Concarneau, 1930, circa oil on board 33 x 43 cm 13 x 16 7/8 in signed artist stamp verso Harold Workman was a 20th Century British painter in oil a...

Horses by a Lake (Snowdonia), Watercolour on Linen Painting, 1926 Additional information: Medium: Watercolour on linen 36.5 x 51.5 cm 14 3/8 x 20 1/4 in Signed and dated Charles March Gere RA RWS was an English painter, illustrator of books, and stained glass and embroidery designer associated with the Arts and Crafts movement. He painted his signal work in 1897 entitled The Lady of Grey Days.The painting was purchased in 1912 and given to Aurora Howard, a descendant of the Earl of Carlisle (of Castle Howard). It was last seen...

Louis Wolchonok (1898 - 1973) Gondolas at the Dock, Venice, Italy, 1928 Watercolor on paper Sight 18 x 23 1/2 inches Signed and dated lower right Louis Wolchonok was an author of ar...

Ink and watercolor on cardboard realized by Alcione Gubellini in the mid-20th century. Hand signed. Includes a wooden frame cm. 53x47. Very good condition.

Delightful watercolor painting of a sunlit view of the Venice canals through a stone archway by French artist Stephane Magnard, circa 1950. Original ...

Venice, view of the lagoon with Santa Maria della Salute and sailing ships - Pierre Leconte (1894-1946) Watercolor on paper. Signed lower left. Dimensions of the artwork (unframed):...