John Cherrington (1931-2015) - 20th Century Gouache, Portrait of a Child

Description

An emotive portrait of a child in gouache with acrylic details, by the British listed artist John Cherrington (1931-2015). The artist is conveying a sense of melancholy in this unusually pensive portrait of a very young boy. Fine brushwork accurately depicts areas of lustre in the composition, adding to an expressive mood. Signed on the reverse.On board.

Condition

In fine condition overall, with some minor surface marks. Inspection under UV light reveals no restoration.

Size

48.9 x 43.2cm (19.3" x 17")
Sheet: 51 x 45cm (20.1" x 17.7")

Collection Information

Sulis Fine Art is proud to present this fine and large collection of works by the British artist John Cherrington.

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Artist Biography

John Cherrington was born in 1931. He studied at Hornsea Art College, and moved to Paris at the age of 16 to study art and art history. Cherrington served in the Army for eight years, and afterwards qualified as an art teacher. He taught art in London until moving to Herefordshire in 1977.

Cherrington was a prolific but relatively unknown painter, due to his shyness and unwillingness to put forward his work. Despite this reluctance, many of his paintings were accepted by the Royal Society of Portrait Painters between 1969 and 1974. His wonderful sketches of local characters are full of expression and talent. He produced paintings of bulls for local farmers, and was known to sketch customers in pubs.

Cherrington said his art was “stimulated by the visual world around him, which he found both tormenting and marvellous”.

Cherrington passed away in 2015 in North Wales.