Alec Wiles (1924-2021) - 1963 Oil Anne Spenceley

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Description

This charming portrait depicts a young woman in a beige jumper and green sweater vest looking directly art the artist with a striking stare. Painted in heavy, gestural brushstrokes to create a bold, eye-catching composition. Signed and dated to the upper right corner. On board.

Condition

The condition is typical for a picture of this age including some discolouration.

Size

74.2 x 62.8cm (29.2" x 24.7")
Framed Size: 91 x 80cm (35.8" x 31.5")

Collection Information

From a substantial collection of work by the sculptor and painter Alec Wiles (1924-2021).

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Artist Biography

Alec Wiles (1924-2021) was a sculptor, marine artist, and a landscape and portrait painter. the studied at Southampton School of Art from 1937-3. the exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts, Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Royal Society of British Artists, and Society of Graphic Artists.

Wiles enjoys a secure reputation amongst Cornwall's leading artists, his works having been shown in all of Cornwall's prestigious galleries, in Newlyn, as well as being a member of the Newquay Society of Artists. His paintings are especially noted for their diversity of subject matter, but equally for their unusual compositional viewpoints, whilst his freely drawn charcoal studies at the male and female nude show his mastery of good draughtsmanship. Wiles also enjoys a separate reputation for his small sculptures, mainly of the female and male torso, cast in bronze and resin bronze.

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SKU qx770
Artist Alec Wiles (1924-2021)
Date 1963
Dimensions 74.2 x 62.8cm
Medium Oil
Subject Portrait
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