Ewart Johns (1923-2013) - Large 1987 Oil Figure with Head on Hands

Description

A large and impressive nude study depicting a seated female figure against an abstract background. The artist has used expressive and bold brushwork to capture a contemporary feeling composition. Well presented in a large wood frame with painted slip. Signed and dated. Inscribed to the reverse. On board.

Condition

Overall the condition is very good. There are some marks and scuffs to the frame as well as some widening to the frame joints. The painting itself is in very good condition.

Size

94 x 6.5cm (37" x 2.6")
Framed Size: 110 x 77.5cm (43.3" x 30.5")

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.