Edward Lewis (1936-2018) - Signed 1976 Oil Cousin Andrew Ploughing

Description

Deep lines of umber mud lead the eye through this peaceful impressionistic study of a tractor ploughing a field. Lewis's direct style of paint application allows the painting to exhale an atmosphere of honesty, transporting the viewer to the muddy Welsh field. The artwork is signed in the bottom right-hand corner, and is dated and inscribed on the reverse. On card.

Condition

In fine condition.

Size

34.7 x 43.4cm (13.7" x 17.1")
Sheet: 37.5 x 45.1cm (14.8" x 17.8")

Collection Information

This colourful collection of works in oil by the Bath-based artist Edward Lewis (1926-2018) includes figurative studies, still life, and abstract works, in his typically expressive and vibrant style.

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Artist Biography

Edward Lewis (1936-2018) was born in Wales and, after completing a period of National Service, studied at Cambridge in the 1950’s. He was encouraged to pursue his passion for art by a maternal relative Myfanwy Evans (1911-1997), art critic and opera librettist. Myfanwy married John Piper (1903-1992), and it was John who would show Lewis' work to William Coldstream, the principal of the Slade School of Art, where he then studied in 1960.

Lewis took a teacher training job in the Rhondda, Wales, in the late 1960’s, where a rustic sense of naturalism began to enter his work, inspired by the change in his surroundings. He retired to Bath in the 1990’s, where he continued to work and exhibit. He was often inspired by his daily activities, and believed abstraction to be 'about process rather than design'. A retrospective exhibition was held at the Bath Artists’ Studios in August 2018.

Location

Maesgwynne Farm, Whitland, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom, SA34 0ET