Aubrey F. Sykes (1910-1995) - Mid 20th Century Watercolour The Corner Shop

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Description

This charming study depicts a quaint shop front on a cobbled street. A woman in a blue dress enters the shop passing a shelf of coloured vessels. Painted in loose, expressive brushstrokes with streaks of bright colours and gouache details. Signed to the lower right. Well presented in a gilt frame. On wove.

Condition

In fine condition.

Size

34 x 50cm (13.4" x 19.7")
Framed Size: 58 x 72.5cm (22.8" x 28.5")

Artist Biography

Watford-born artist who attended Heatherley's. He first showed at the Royal Academy while still a seventeen-year-old student and worked in a variety of media. He was a member of the Pastel Society, 1938 and was also elected Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours in 1940. In 1974 Sykes was elected Governor of the Federation of British Artists in 1974 and also showed at the Royal Society of British Artists and Royal Institute of Oil Painters. Sykes was a member of the Wapping Group of Artists from 1963 and the Croydon Art Society and the City of London Corporation hold examples of his work.

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SKU rc864
Artist Aubrey F. Sykes (1910-1995)
Date Mid 20th Century
Dimensions 34 x 50cm
Medium Watercolour
Style Impressionism
Subject Architecture & Cityscapes
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