ALAN KINGSBURY
VINTAGE PAINTINGS
FROM THE ARTIST’S STUDIO
Vintage Paintings from the Artist’s Studio
Alan Kingsbury’s first solo exhibition was held at Jonathan Cooper’s gallery exactly thirty five years ago in 1988, the year that Jonathan first opened the gallery.
To celebrate this joint anniversary, both artist and dealer have come together once again in 2023 to mount this special exhibition of vintage works of a kind that are now rarely seen on the art market.
Alan has looked back at his career and selected a group of paintings from his own collection which were made during the twenty year period 1989 to 2009, a time when he concentrated on figure compositions that had their own quirky narrative style and retrospective aesthetic.
Inquisitive, observational, sometimes touching on the surreal, Alan’s work of this period is mostly small in scale and painted with a keen eye and characteristically assured brushwork.
Many of these paintings have never been exhibited before and all can be counted as the artist’s personal favourites.
4
Taking Leave of the Alhambra
Oil on board
7.75 × 3.75 ins (19.7 × 9.5 cm)
£4,500
5
Pain au Chocolat
Oil on board
8 × 4 ins (20.3 × 10.2 cm)
£4,500
San Marco, Soft Morning Light
3 × 7.75 ins (7.6 × 19.7 cm)
£3,800
San Marco, Evening Light
Oil on board
3.75 × 7.75 ins (8.3 × 19.7 cm)
£3,800
8 Mandolin Orchestra
Oil on board
6 × 3 ins (15.2 × 7.6 cm)
£3,900
Arrival of the Internet
Oil on board
£4,500
10
Goldfish
Oil on board
11.5 × 5.5 ins (29.2 × 14 cm)
£6,000
John O'Groats to Land's End Oil on board
28 × 34 ins (71.1 × 86.4 cm)
£24,000
Return of the Gardener Oil on board
8 × 6 ins (20.3 × 15.2 cm)
£5,500
Travellers
Oil on board
5 × 7 ins (12.7 × 17.8 cm)
£4,500
Paris Bal Musette
Oil on board
8 × 6 ins (20.3 × 15.2 cm)
£5,500
Crossing the Atlantic Oil on canvas
10 × 6 ins (25.4 × 15.2 cm)
£6,000
The
Wait for a Beautiful Sound Oil on board
Les Sylphides
Oil on board
6 × 8 ins (15.2 × 20.3 cm)
£5,500
Courtship Courtesy of the B.B.C.
Oil on board
7 × 7 ins (17.8 × 17.8 cm)
£5,000
25
Girl in a Taxi Oil on board
7.5 × 9.75 ins (19.1 × 24.8 cm)
£6,000
Promenade
Oil on board
8 × 6 ins (20.3 × 15.2 cm)
£5,500
St. Ives Oil on board
12 × 16 ins (30.5 × 40.6 cm)
£9,500
30
All at Sea Oil on canvas
12 × 8 ins (30.5 × 20.3 cm)
£7,000
31
Doge for a Day Oil on board
5 × 3.5 ins / 12.7 × 8.9 cm
£3,900
Alan Kingsbury was born in London in 1960 and began painting in oils at the age of nine.
He studied art history at the University of Wales and the New Academy for Art Studies specialising in old master and modern European painting and subsequently worked in museum and auction room environments.
From 1986 he turned to painting full time, working initially in Venice, then Scotland and since 1991, West Cornwall.
Alan is an elected Academician of the Royal West of England Academy, his work has been exhibited at numerous galleries and art fairs in the U.K and abroad including the Royal Academy of Arts, The New English Art Club and The Royal Society of Portrait Painters.