John Strickland Goodall RBA RI (1908-1996) - 20th Century Gouache Wedding Party

Description

This charming gouache depicts a garden wedding reception with the bride and groom at the centre, surrounded by elegantly dressed guests in Victorian era attire gathered on a red carpet beneath lush green trees. The artist employs loose, impressionistic brushwork and a soft palette of whites, greens, and earth tones to capture the joyful atmosphere of this festive social gathering, with a striped tent visible in the background suggesting an elaborate garden party setting. Well presented in a gilt effect frame. Signed to the lower left. Provenance: With 'The Jerram Gallery, 7 St John Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1 2SB' label to the reverse. On paper.

Condition

The condition is typical for a picture of this age, including some very minor discolouration. Small marks to the frame.

Size

11 x 14cm (4.3" x 5.5")
Framed Size: 30 x 33cm (11.8" x 13")

Artist Biography

John Strickland Goodall was born in Heacham in Norfolk in 1908, the son of Joseph Strickland Goodall, an eminent cardiologist, and his wife, Amelia Hunt. He came from a long line of doctors. He attended Harrow School. His father permitted him to leave academia and instead train as an artist under two family friends, Sir Arthur Stockdale Cope and John Watson Nicol. From 1925 to 1929 he attended the Royal Academy of Arts. He concentrated on line drawing in the 1930s and began to paint in watercolour while stationed in India at the end of WWII. He is arguably best remembered for conversation pieces and late 19th-century pastiches in watercolour and gouache. His work was exhibited at the RA, Walker Galleries, and the Paris Salon, and he was elected to the RI and RBA.