Alan Kingsbury: Vintage Paintings from the Artist's Studio

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ALAN KINGSBURY

VINTAGE PAINTINGS

FROM THE ARTIST’S STUDIO

Jonathan Cooper 20 Park Walk London SW10 0AQ t: +44 (0)20 7351 0410 mail@jonathancooper.co.uk jonathancooper.co.uk 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.

1
Coping with Modernism Oil on board 12 × 10 ins (30.5 × 25.4 cm) £7,500
2
Carnivale Oil on board 4.75 × 3.75 ins (12.1 × 9.5 cm) £3,900
3
Chéri tu me Caches le Soleil Oil on board 4 × 5 ins (10.2 × 12.7 cm) £3,900

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

6
Oil on board

San Marco, Evening Light

Oil on board

3.75 × 7.75 ins (8.3 × 19.7 cm)

£3,800

7

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

9
5 × 7 ins (12.7 × 17.8 cm)

10

Goldfish

Oil on board

11.5 × 5.5 ins (29.2 × 14 cm)

£6,000

11
The Suitor Oil on board 6 × 12 ins (15.2 × 30.5 cm) £6,000

John O'Groats to Land's End Oil on board

28 × 34 ins (71.1 × 86.4 cm)

£24,000

12
13
Equestrian Oil on board 5.5 × 8.5 ins (14 × 21.6 cm) £5,500

Return of the Gardener Oil on board

8 × 6 ins (20.3 × 15.2 cm)

£5,500

14
15
Goodbye to Maddox Street Oil on board 6 × 8 ins (15.2 × 20.3 cm) £5,500

Travellers

Oil on board

5 × 7 ins (12.7 × 17.8 cm)

£4,500

16
17
Le Petit Café de Paris Oil on board 6 × 8 ins (15.2 × 20.3 cm) £5,500

Paris Bal Musette

Oil on board

8 × 6 ins (20.3 × 15.2 cm)

£5,500

18
19
Roman Holiday Oil on board 6 × 8 ins (15.2 × 20.3 cm) £5,500

Crossing the Atlantic Oil on canvas

10 × 6 ins (25.4 × 15.2 cm)

£6,000

20

The

21
Entertainers Oil on board 7.5 × 9.5 ins (19.1 × 24.1 cm) £6,000

Wait for a Beautiful Sound Oil on board

22
7 × 10 ins (17.8 × 25.4 cm) £6,000

Les Sylphides

Oil on board

6 × 8 ins (15.2 × 20.3 cm)

£5,500

23

Courtship Courtesy of the B.B.C.

Oil on board

7 × 7 ins (17.8 × 17.8 cm)

£5,000

24
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

26
27
Fidelity Oil on board 8 × 10 ins (20.3 × 25.4 cm) £6,000

St. Ives Oil on board

12 × 16 ins (30.5 × 40.6 cm)

£9,500

28
29
Sailing off to Corfu Oil on board 5 × 7 ins (12.7 × 17.8 cm) £4,500

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.

Jonathan Cooper

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