Nadia Cockayne (b.1933) - 1988 Oil Frederick Speight

Description

A striking and atmospheric three quarter length portrait of a seated man. The artist has used a monochrome brown palette to create a dark mood, with the sitter's body being faced away from the viewer and his head turned towards them, creating a discordant relationship between viewer and sitter. The accomplished and restrained use of lighting adds more mood and depth to the portrait. The sitter is a man named Frederick William Speight. Sulis Fine Art have also obtained a portrait by the artist in the same format of the same man, a year prior to this painting's creation. The artist has signed, inscribed and dated to the reverse of the canvas. On canvas.

Condition

There is some craquelure to the surface. There is some light bloom to the upper right quadrant and minor scuffing at the lower edge,

Size

70.6 x 71cm (27.8" x 28")

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Artist Biography

Nadia was born Nadia Szynkiewicz in Buffalo, New York, USA.
She gained her Masters at Philadelphia School of Art.
She worked for a time as an illustrator and artist in New York city before moving to England with her husband, Jeremy Cockayne.
She lived in Suffolk on the banks of the Stour for 12 years where she painted landscapes in oils and did some fine glass engravings.
Later, she moved to York and, her children being grown up, she had more time for painting and had several successful exhibitions of still lives and landscapes at the Stonegate Gallery.
At this time she was also in demand as a portrait painter and was asked to paint Christopher Rowntree. This portrait still hangs in the Merchant Adventurers Hall in York.
In her later years she produced some very fine oil pastel landscapes.
Following the death of her husband she moved to Rye in East Sussex.