Deborah Jones (b.1922) - Signed & Framed Mid 20th Century Oil Closing TIme

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Description

A shop sits quietly in the early evening light in this wonderful street scene by the artist Deborah Jones. SIgned. Well presented in a gilded and molded wood frame with a linen slip. On Board.

Condition

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

Size

20.4 x 27.6cm (8" x 10.9")
Framed Size: 28 x 36cm (11" x 14.2")

Collection Information

This fine selection of works by the well-known artist Deborah Jones (b.1922) includes examples of her popular exterior facade style, as well as highly atmospheric interiors in oil.

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Artist Biography

A self-taught painter born in Cardiff, Deborah Jones is best known for her imaginative shop front and trompe l'oeil artwork. During World War II, she worked as a capstan lathe operator and soon moved to London where she mixed with members of the International Ballet Company. She became engrossed in the theatre, designing and painting sets, producing props and costumes for the Royal Opera House and worked as an assistant to the designer Oliver Messel. She designed for the Glyndebourne Opera, the Edinburgh Festival and for television and film including Richard II with Laurence Olivier. She worked with the Royal Shakespeare company at Stratford and also with Bernard Miles at London's Mermaid Theatre. She had a season working at Stratford, and helped Bernard Miles start the Mermaid Theatre. She has travelled widely, on business and pleasure, exhibiting work in Chicago, Positano, Italy and New York, where she exhibited her work in Greenwich Village in 1952. She was given a solo exhibition at Liberty's of London in 1957 and has also regularly shown at the Florentine Gallery, Brighton, and held later exhibitions at Harrods, London, in 1994.

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SKU qb447
Artist Deborah Jones (b.1922)
Date Mid 20th Century
Dimensions 20.4 x 27.6cm
Medium Oil
Subject Interiors
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