The Auction 2014
Foreword I’m delighted that Sotheby’s is involved in this fundraising auction on behalf of the NEAC. This is an organisation that I have admired and supported for 30 years, since I was head of the Modern British Department at Christie’s in the 1980s. Some of Britain’s finest 20th and 21st Century artists were and are active members of this organisation, and its comforting to know the New English is as strong and healthy as ever. I’m sorry not to be conducting the auction myself, but in Harry Dalmeny, you have the best man for the job. I hope the evening is a great success. Henry Wyndham Board Director Chairman, Europe
Thank you for your generous support
Front Cover: ‘Aerial View, Pembrokeshire’ by Ruth Stage Back Cover: ‘Fish Amongst the Lillies’ by Michael Whittlesea
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The auction lots illustrated in the first section of this catalogue will be sold at the live event on the evening of Thursday, 29th May 2014. Purchases made at the live event may be removed at the end of the live auction once payment has been made. To bid for the silent auction lots in the second section of this catalogue, simply register at the desk and then write your bid on the form that you will find alongside each item. Viewing and bidding opens at 10am on Tuesday 27th May and continues until 12 noon on Saturday 31st May, after which time, the successful bidders will be notified. Richard Pikesley President, New English Art Club www.newenglishartclub.com
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Our Auctioneer Lord Dalmeny joined Sotheby’s in 1991, initially working in the Old Master, Furniture and Silver departments. In 1993 he joined the House Sales department, becoming a Director in 1999. In February 2003 Lord Dalmeny was appointed Chairman of Sotheby’s Olympia and now, as an integral part of the Chairman’s office at New Bond Street, he has executive responsibility for Business Development and continues to lead the Country House and Single-Owner Sales department. Lord Dalmeny has organised many Single-Owner and Country House sales, ranging from attic sales at Chevening, Stansted Park and Chatsworth to the sale at Ickworth and the disposal of The Collection of the Earls of Warwick. He is one of Sotheby’s Senior Auctioneers and was on the rostrum during both the record-breaking Benacre sale in 2000 and the successful sale of Christian, Lady Hesketh’s Collection in March 2007. His role includes client liaison, through which he has developed close connections with many of the leading buyers and dealers in this diverse field.
Patron HRH The Prince of Wales
KG, KT, GCB, OM
Live Auction 29th May 2014
LOT 1 Michael Whittlesea Fish Amongst the Lillies Oil, 7.5” x 9.5” Estimate £400 – £500 Intensely coloured and closely observed, Michael says of his work, “I still find painting a very difficult activity. It’s unpredictable – at the start of each day I am not sure that anything good will result, and I have given up on achieving a style.” Despite this modest approach, Michael’s career has seen his work being selected for, and winning, prizes in some of the UK’s most prestigious art competitions, including the Sunday Times Watercolour Exhibition, the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition and others.
LOT 2 Richard Pikesley Wind and Sun Oil, 18” x 30” Estimate £2,500 – £3,000 A member of the New English since 1974, and now its President, Richard lives on a farm close to the sea in West Dorset, and this landscape forms the backbone of his painting. When lured away, he does paint elsewhere, including France, Italy, India and, more recently, the Hebrides, but he is increasingly obsessive about light and landscapes closer to home. Richard now exhibits at the Russell Gallery and his work is represented in many collections in the UK and around the world.
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LOT 3 Jane Corsellis Sunlight on Fresias Oil, 11” x 12” Estimate £2,500 – £3,000 Jane’s subtly coloured evocative depictions of her life and travels have been enjoyed by members of the NEAC since her election in 1976. Jane’s early career was spent travelling the world and capturing it on canvas. Although home is now overlooking the Thames in London, she still makes frequent painting trips to France, Italy and Austria. Jane exhibits regularly with Messum’s, and her work is held in many private and corporate collections internationally.
LOT 4 Peter Brown The Top of Broadway Market, Sun and Rain Oil, 12” x 23” Estimate £3,000 – £4,000 Pete ‘The Street’ Brown is an impressionist painter of street scenes and landscapes of cities such as his much loved hometown Bath. Well known for being out in all weathers and climes, Pete has been spotted further afield recently, capturing the vibrant technicoloured street life in various Indian cities on trips with fellow NEAC painters, Ken Howard and Patrick Cullen. Pete is represented exclusively by Messum’s and is a member of the RP and the ROI, as well as the NEAC.
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LOT 5 Antony Williams A portrait drawing sitting Estimate £1,500 – £2,000 Art critic Martin Gayford writes of Antony’s work, “He makes the viewer intensely aware of surface detail” The same intensity of observation is true of Antony’s drawings. His portrait work is much in demand, painting HM The Queen and the Foreign Secretary, the Rt Hon Margaret Beckett, amongst many others. Antony has won numerous prizes over the years for his luminous tempera painting, most recently, the Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize and the RP Ondaatje Portraiture Prize.
LOT 6 Mary Jackson Alstromerias Catching the Light Oil, 20” x 12” Estimate £2,500 – £3,000 Mary’s career has encompassed painting, illustration, work with the ENO and residencies with both Glyndebourne and Garsington Operas. Working away from the studio is an integral part of Mary’s painting – ideas are explored in situ and then taken back to the studio, where they are developed into paintings. Her work has been exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, The Discerning Eye and other Mall Galleries exhibitions.
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LOT 7 Susan Ryder Gilt Chairs Oil, 20” x 15” Estimate £2,000 – £2,500
LOT 8 Peter Kuhfeld Ca D’Oro, Venice Oil, 12” x 12” Estimate £1,000 – £1,400
“One of the country’s leading portrait painters, Sue has found solace by freeing herself from the tyranny of a central character. After a lifetime studying people, figures and faces, there is no wonder she enjoys the tranquillity of an unpopulated room.” So says Matthew Hall of Panter and Hall, commenting on Sue’s recent solo exhibition. A recent Vice President of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Sue has painted the Queen as well as many other illustrious public figures.
Royal Academy Schools trained, and a long-time member of the NEAC, Peter’s vivid depictions of interiors, landscapes and portraits are held in many major private collections including those of the Queen and the Prince of Wales. Peter has travelled the world with the Prince of Wales on many of his overseas trips, and was chosen to depict Prince William’s wedding in Westminster Abbey, sitting high up in the eves to capture the moment.
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LOT 9 Tom Coates River Walk, Evening Light, Tavira Oil, 24” x 36” Estimate £4,500 – £5,000 Trained at the Royal Academy Schools, Tom is highly regarded as a figurative painter, capturing with great sensitivity in oil, watercolour and pastel, the nude, landscape and portrait. The influence of traditional painters such as Greenham and Sickert can clearly be seen in his vision of the world. Tom is a past President of both the New English Art Club and the Royal Society of British Artists, and a member of the Royal Society of Painters in Watercolours.
LOT 10 Louise Balaam High Summer, Clear Light Oil, 16” x 16” Estimate £1,500 – £2,000 Louise’s work is inspired by an emotional response to the natural world, in particular to the quality of light, which is a vital part of the mood of the paintings. She draws in the landscape and then paints intuitively in the studio, so that the work both has a sense of place, and yet can also evoke memories and personal interpretations in the viewer. Louise shows regularly at John Davies and Cadogan Contemporary.
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LOT 11 Anthony Green RA The Path III Oil, 36” x 48” Estimate £10,000 One of Britain’s best loved narrative and figurative painters, Anthony Green’s exuberantly coloured, surprisingly shaped paintings capture scenes of Green’s domestic life and surroundings. Anthony was elected as a member of the Royal Academy in 1977 and is also a trustee of the Royal Academy. Martin Gayford described Anthony’s work as “Chaotic, epic and dotty” a few years back, but it is also a wonderfully tender, honest celebration of one man’s well lived life and marriage.
LOT 12 Salliann Putman White on White Oil, 20” x 22” Estimate £1,800 -– £2,200 Salliann has exhibited regularly with the New English Art Club, the Royal Society of British Artists, the Royal Academy Summer Exhibitions, and the Pastel Society, amongst others. Although known for her beautiful still-life painting, Salliann says that relationships are the key to her work – colour, composition, touch, mark – never the subject matter, which is seen as a starting point for an exploration into colour and form. ‘White on White’, the painting on sale in the auction exemplifies this approach.
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LOT 13 Ruth Stage Aerial View, Pembrokeshire Egg tempera, 14” x 17” Estimate £1,000 – £1,500 Instantly recognisable both for her treatment of subject matter and her egg tempera technique, Ruth works on gesso-primed boards, building up her paintings through a process of thin layers of pigment that are applied in a mixture of transparent washes, with opaque areas of concise detail. The abstract shapes in the relationships between foreground and background are a characteristic aspect of her work. Royal Academy Schools trained, Ruth has won many awards including the 2013 Lynn Painter Stainers Prize.
LOT 14 Ken Howard OBE RA The Grand Canal, Mid-Morning Light Oil, 12” x 24” Estimate £7,000 Ken Howard’s instantly recognisable, much loved painting style has been treasured by many over his long and illustrious career. Ken is a past President of the NEAC, a Royal Academician since 1982, becoming Professor of Perspective in 2004. Ken’s work is eminently collectible and examples of his work are held in many prestigious collections including the London Stock Exchange, Lloyds of London, the Imperial War Museum and the National Army Museum.
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Patron HRH The Prince of Wales
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Silent Auction 27th – 31st May 2014
Julian Bailey A Copse of Trees, Stinsford Gouache and conté, 5.5” x 8.5” Estimate £400 – £600
Richard Bawden Two Mackerel Linocut, 27” x 35” Estimate £300 – £450
June Berry The Rendez-Vous Watercolour, 25” x 30” Estimate £1,000 – £1,300 Diana Armfield RA Conversations in Piazza Navona, Rome Pastel, 9.5” x 6.5” Estimate £1,500 – £2,000 12 NEAC Silent Auction
Bob Brown Low tide – Oyster Sheds Oil, 25” x 30” Estimate £2,000 – £2,500 William Bowyer RA By the Creek Oil, 12” x 12” Estimate £3,000 – £3,500
Francis Bowyer Late Evening, The Blyth River Oil, 16” x 12” Estimate £700 – £1,000
Jason Bowyer Kitchen Window Ink and pastel, 8” x 10” Estimate £300 – £450 NEAC Silent Auction 13
Peter Clossick Christine Oil, 28” x 34” Estimate £1,100 – £1,300
Diana Calvert Marmande Tomatoes Oil, 12” x 14” Estimate £400 – £600
David Cobley Girl with Guitar Oil, 20” x 20” Estimate £1,800 – £2,000 Tessa Coleman Flower Reflections II Oil, 29” x 20” Estimate £1,800 – £2,200 14 NEAC Silent Auction
Paul Curtis East Coast Landscape Acrylic and oil, 10” x 20” Estimate £400 – £600
Saied Dai Portrait sitting for a drawing Estimate £2,500 – £3,000
Peter Fleming Purbeck Prospect Oil, 27” x 31” Estimate £3,000 – £3,500
Patrick Cullen Break in the Clouds, Tuscany Pastel, 29” x 37” Estimate £2,000 – £2,500 NEAC Silent Auction 15
Roy Freer Enough’s Enough Oil, 8” x 10” Estimate £350 – £500
Alex Fowler Andrew’s African Violets Oil, 8.5” x 14.5” Estimate £800 – £1,200
Caroline Frood Tap Shoes II Oil, 12” x 16” Estimate £1,200 – £1,500
Dennis Gilbert Portrait sitting in artist’s London studio Estimate £700 – £1,000 16 NEAC Silent Auction
Charles Hardaker Still-life – Objects on a Shelf Oil, 26” x 26” Estimate £1,800 – £2,200
Josephine Harris Old Barn, Sussex Charcoal, 16” x 23” Estimate £1,200 – £1,500
Charlotte Halliday Springfield Road Study Pencil and watercolour, 8.5” x 6” Estimate £350 – £500
Paul Gildea Bundle Oil, 52” x 31” Estimate £4,000 –£4,500 NEAC Silent Auction 17
Ann Le Bas Sun Bathers (Reid’s Madeira) Oil, 24” x 28” Estimate £400 – £600
Michael Kirkbride Hens Oil, 8” x 8” Estimate £400 – £600 18 NEAC Silent Auction
Bridget Moore The Trapeze Gouache, 17” x 15” Estimate £400 – £600
Andrew Macara Christmas, Somerset House, 2013 Oil, 12” x 14” Estimate £1,500 – £2,000
Paul Newland River Oil, 10” x 14” Estimate £800 – £1,200
David Parfitt Bridge and Foreshore, Early Evening Oil, 16” x 20” Estimate £3,000 – £3,500
Anthony Morris Winter Afternoon, Herefordshire Oil, 14” x 16” Estimate £1,500 – £2,000 Arthur Neal Study For KT Oil, 11” x 9” Estimate £600 – £900 NEAC Silent Auction 19
Michael Pullee Coastal Path, South Devon Pen and ink, 22” x 36” Estimate £600 – £800
Ann Shrager Venice Oil, 12” x 12” Estimate £2,000 – £2,500
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Charles Rake Early Spring Oil, 20” x 16” Estimate £1,100 – £1,300
Melissa Scott-Miller Islington Street in Autumn Oil, 20” x 30” Estimate £2,000 – £2,500
Sarah Spencer Twin 1 Shoes Oil, 13” x 14” Estimate £800 – £1,200 Dawn Sidoli Debbie in Red Oil, 19” x 16” Estimate £800 – £1,200
Maurice Sheppard Cut Hedge in Winter Light – Gower – Wales Watercolour, 7” x 9.5” Estimate £1,000 – £1,300 Charlotte Sorapure Portrait sitting for a drawing Estimate £2,000 – £2,500 NEAC Silent Auction 21
Jacqueline Williams Nude in Sunlight Oil, 22” x 12” Estimate £1,000 – £1,300
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Lorna Vahey Sleeping with Chickens Oil, 30” x 19” Estimate £800 – £1,200
Charles Williams Nude Top Oil, 30” x 14” Estimate £3,000 – £3,500
Margaret Thomas Spring Bunch Oil, 30” x 25” Estimate £2,000 – £2,500
Toby Ward Transarc Oil, 36” x 24” Estimate £4,500 – £5,000
Neale Worley Angela VII Monoprint, 19” x 22” Estimate £800 – £1,000
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