Ewart Johns (1923-2013) - 1962 Oil Study of Jean

Description

An expressive and slightly abstract figurative study of a young woman. Completed in washes of diluted oil paint, creating movement and depth to the composition. Signed to the lower right corner. Inscribed at a later date to the reverse. On board.

Condition

The condition is typical for a picture of this age including some surface dirt and scuffs to the corners of the board..

Size

37.3 x 19.7cm (14.7" x 7.8")
Sheet: 41.1 x 21.7cm (16.2" x 8.5")

Collection Information

"There is no beauty that has not some strangeness in the proportion". This collection of works by the Welsh-born artist Ewart Johns captures his evolving and revolving style throughout his 70-year career. With a focus on the female form, in all its varying forms of abstraction, Johns uses his firmly adopted style of bold outlines and strong contrasts of colour to capture the complexity of the human shape. The collection also features his excursions into landscape and townscape scenes which he accomplishes with satisfying ease.

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Artist Biography

Ewart Johns was a painter, born in Barry, South Wales in 1923. Johns exhibited widely throughout the UK and was represented in the WAC collection. He later combined a University lecturing career with work as a freelance artist. His academic research, chiefly at Exeter, was in Urban Design and led to a number of publications including a book on British Townscape for Edward Arnold. The combination of his interest in the practice of art with the study of design led to his appointment as the first Head of the Department of Visual Arts at Lancaster University.

His solo and group exhibitions include a show at the Victoria Gallery in 1974, and at the Metropole Art Collection, Folkestone in 1980. His group venues include shows at the Leicester Galleries, St. Ives, Plymouth, Exeter, Bristol, Lancaster University Art Gallery, Cardiff and New Hampshire, USA. Blindness in later years curtailed his painting and he turned to woodworking and collage, alongside white line drawings. A retrospective of his life's work was held in 2007 at Cube 3 Gallery in Plymouth.