The condition is typical for a picture of this age, including some discolouration.
27 x 37cm (10.6" x 14.6")Framed Size: 47 x 56cm (18.5" x 22")
Harry Arthur Riley was a painter in Chelsea, London. Harry Riley, as he was known, first studied art at the Hammersmith School of Art and was employed in Fleet Street as a junior artist. He continued to attend evening classes at nearby Bolt Court, 1910-15, studying under Walter Bayes. Following active service in Salonica, Palestine and France during World War I, Riley continued his studies at St. Martin's School of Art during the 1930s. He exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy, the Royal Society of British Artists, the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, the Arlington Gallery and the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours. He was a great cartoon illustrator and his work was reproduced on numerous occasions in the Reynolds News, London Opinion, Blighty, Humorist and the Sunday Chronicle, as well as Punch and other influential newspapers and magazines of the 1930s. He also was commissioned by British Rail to supply travel posters and an example is in the collection of the National Railway Museum and other examples are held in the Penlee House Museum. During World War II Riley also drew propaganda posters. Elected RI in 1940, Riley was also a member of the Savage Club and the London Sketch Club and was President of the Chelsea Arts Club in 1955 and Chairman of the Savage Club in 1958. He died in Mile End Hospital, London on 19 May 1966.
St Ives, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, TR26
| SKU | sk434 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Harry Arthur Riley R.I. (1895-1966) |
| Date | 1935 |
| Dimensions | 27 x 37cm |
| Medium | Watercolour |
| Style | Realism |
| Subject | Seascape & Coastal |
| Item Returns | This item can be returned |
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