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Alec Wiles (1924-2021) - 1973 Oil Lady In Lilac and Green
Description
An attractively coloured portrait showing a young woman with beautiful brown eyes, wearing a lilac jumper and green house apron. The artist has used confident gestural brushstrokes to build up tone and form in the sitter's face. The artist has signed and dated to the upper left corner. On board.Condition
The condition is typical for a picture of this age including some discolouration and wear to the outer edges of the board.
Size
60.7 x 49cm (23.9" x 19.3")
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.
| SKU | qx797 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Alec Wiles (1924-2021) |
| Date | 1973 |
| Dimensions | 60.7 x 49cm |
| Medium | Oil |
| Subject | Portrait |
| Item Returns | This item can be returned |
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