1. Iona Landscape by HB Cadett
2. Iona Landscape by HB Cadett
3. Iona Landscape by HB Cadett
4. “Causey Pike, Lake District” by Douglas Falconer
Douglas Falconer initially trained as a furniture designer, gaining several important commissions, including the remaking of the bomb damaged rostrum for Christie's auction house. He is praised for his romantic and highly atmospheric landscapes, most notably those depicting the Lake District and the lochs and mountains of Scotland. His paintings of the Scottish Highlands, are known for some of the most beautiful landscapes on earth and Falconer's most highly celebrated and collected of his oeuvre. Rocky outcrops, lush forests and expanses of still water combine into an Arcadian vista that has captured the imagination of both artists and the wider public.
Falconer originally painted purely as a pastime but committed himself to it as a result of the level and depth of demand among collectors for his work. He travelled extensively seeking inspiration for his work and staged numerous highly successful exhibitions at galleries in London.
5. “Sussex Landscape” by Frank Baker
Frank Baker was born in Brighton, the son of a boot and shoe maker. He moved into 78 Selby Road in 1936. He was the Art Editor of the Nottingham Evening Post and is listed as a commercial artist in Kelly's Directory. In his new built house he included a studio above the garage to which he could retreat and paint.
Walter Foster, a colleague on the Nottingham Evening Post, collected some of Baker's paintings and, after Baker's death, Foster's son presented several paintings to Frank Baker's daughter.
6 & 7. “Como” and “On Lake Como” by Emily Mary Bibbens Warren
Born in Exeter, Emily Mary Bibbens Warren graduated from the Royal College of Art in 1887. Painted in British Columbia, Belgium, Scotland, France and Italy and moved to Canada in 1919, living in Ottawa and Montreal. Died in Dunrobin, Ontario. She created important works commissioned by Sir Robert Borden (eighth Canadian Prime Minister, 1911 - 1920) entitled "Canada's Tribute, The Great War 1914 - 1919" and "Placing the Canadian Colours on Wolfe's Monument in Westminster Abbey" first being in the Canadian Parliament and later in the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario.
8. "River at Llanberis" by Roy Abell
Roy Beverley Abell was born in Small Heath, Birmingham and had a distinguished career as a painter, sculptor and teacher. He studied at the Birmingham College of Art and the Royal College of Art in London, returning to Birmingham to teach at his former college from 1957 to 1982. He was made head of the painting school in 1974 and served as a member of the West Midlands Arts - Fine Arts panel. In 1957 he was included as one of the "Young Artists of Promise" in Jack Beddington's book.
Abell's paintings were a response to the visual world around him, using both oils and watercolour. His subjects were vast and wide-ranging, though his principal subjects were figurative and landscape, particularly the wild landscapes of Spain, England, Scotland and Wales - particularly the rugged coast of Pembrokeshire.
Abell exhibited in many solo and joint exhibitions across the country and his work is represented in public collections such as Birmingham Museum, Museum Wales and Arts Council of Great Britain. He received a number of commissions during his career, most notably one of the six Alexander Howden Jubilee Awards in Great British Achievements in 1977. Abell was also a noted cricketer and was the first bowler to take 1000 wickets in the Birmingham League.
9. Mediterranean Scene with figures on beach-side promenade, in the manner of D'Oyly John
D'Oyly John was born in South Africa and brought up in Durban. On leaving school he travelled extensively in the Far East, joined the Tanganyika Police and rose to become a Public Prosecutor. He joined the army in World War II but was wounded, temporarily losing his eye-sight. He took up painting during his convalescence, encouraged by his friend Edmund Fearnley-Whittingstall and proved an artist of uncommon genius. His work became well-known and popular in the 1950s and 60s. For a time he lived in Cannes but in 1965 he held a hugely successful exhibition in Bognor Regis. The late Queen Mother bought a number of his pictures for the Royal Collection. He went to live in Rottingdean and travelled extensively in Europe selecting new subjects for his artistry.
10. "Off the Island" (Isle of Wight) by Frank James Aldridge
Frank J. Aldridge was a landscape and marine painter who lived in Worthing. He exhibited at all the major venues during his career, including Dudley Gallery (156 works), Royal Society of British Artists (18 works), Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour (7 works), Royal Institute of Oil Painters (8 works), Royal Academy 3 works), Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool (3 works), Royal Hibernian Academy (2 works).
11. "Cruisers down Channel" by William Henry Pearson
12. Beach Scene after Eugene Boudin
Eugene Boudin was born in Honfleur and, aged 10, he worked on a steamboat plying between Honfleur and Le Havre. In 1839 the family moved to Le Havre and eventually Boudin opened a small picture framing shop in which art exhibitions were occasionally held. Aged 22, Boudin started his full-time painting career and, in 1850, he enrolled as a student in the studio of Eugene Isabey, often returning to
Normandy and Brittany to paint. He made his debut at the Paris salon in 1859 shortly after beginning his life-long friendship with Monet. Boudin moved to Antwerp in 1870 and began to travel extensively in Belgium, Holland, the south of France and Italy, returning to Deauville prior to his death.
13. "A fine wind up Channel" by Robert Malcolm
14. Harbour scene by M. Reece
15. "Steam yacht 'Maori'" by Albert Markes
Albert Markes, a British artist known for his marine watercolours, had a relatively short life. His works often depict scenes from the East Coast of England as well as Belgium and Holland. Markes' art is characterised by its delicate brush work and subtle tones, indicative of his impressive proficiency in the medium.
16. "Bosham Harbour", Sussex
17. "Sunday Morning, Saturday Market, Beverley (Yorkshire), St. Mary's in the background" by Tom Harland
A well-known painter of Yorkshire landscapes, Tom Harland was born and bred in North Ferriby and had works exhibited in the boardrooms and offices of some of the U.K.'s most prestigious companies. He was popular for his scenes of well-known landmarks and had a special affinity with the northern landscape, the Yorkshire Dales, the rugged East Coast and the Lake District.
18. "Kingfisher" by Eileen Cooper, OBE, RA
Cooper was born in Glossop, Derbyshire and studied at Goldsmith's College, 1971 - 74 and the Royal College of Art 1974-77. Between 1977 and 2000 she was visiting lecturer at art schools across the U.K. Including Falmouth School of Art, Leicester College of Art and Design, St Martin's School of Art, Camberwell School of Arts and was Head of Printmaking at the Royal Academy Schools from 2005 to 2010.
She was elected a Royal Academician in 2001. From 2001 to 2017 she served as Keeper of the Royal Academy, one of only 4 officers selected from the 80 Royal Academicians, with primary responsibility for the R.A. schools. In 2017 Cooper curated the Royal Academy of Arts' 249th annual Summer Exhibition. She then returned to drawing from life and portraiture in particular, two of her works being acquired by the National Portrait Gallery.
She has exhibited frequently in the U.K., Lebanon, Czech Republic, the Middle East, Singapore and the U.S.A. and is a regular broadcaster. Cooper was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to the Arts and Art Education in 2016.
19. Mediterranean Harbour Scene, in the manner of D'Oyly John
D'Oyly John was born in South Africa and brought up in Durban. On leaving school he travelled extensively in the Far East, joined the Tanganyika Police and rose to become a Public Prosecutor. He joined the army in World War II but was wounded, temporarily losing his eye-sight. He took up painting during his convalescence, encouraged by his friend Edmund Fearnley-Whittingstall and proved an artist of uncommon genius. His work became well-known and popular in the 1950s and 60s. For a time he lived in Cannes but in 1965 he held a hugely successful exhibition in Bognor Regis. The late Queen Mother bought a number of his pictures for the Royal Collection. He went to live in Rottingdean and travelled extensively in Europe selecting new subjects for his artistry.
