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Osmund Caine (1914-2004) - 1949 Watercolour Foxgloves
Description
Signed to the lower right. Presented in a gilt frame and double card mount. Who's Who in Art extract attached verso. On paper.Condition
The painting is in fine condition. there is some light wear to the frame.
Size
48 x 30cm (18.9" x 11.8")Framed Size: 70 x 50cm (27.6" x 19.7")
Artist Biography
Osmund Caine was an artist in oil, watercolour and stained glass and teacher, born Manchester, full name George Osmund Caine. Studied at Birmingham College of Art, 1930–7, and in Italy, 1938. Served in the Military Police during World War II. Gained an honours degree in medieval and modern history and studied singing at Guildhall School once he had begun teaching, singing lieder and choral works on the radio and in concerts. He taught, 1945-76, including principal lectureship in graphic design at Twickenham College of Technology.
Caine was a forceful, unconventional teacher who developed a successful, broad-based vocational course embracing illustration, exhibition and graphic design, typography and photography. In 1966 he made two films: The Ruskin Country, and, with his wife Mary, The Glastonbury Giants.
Her associated book, The Glastonbury Zodiac: key to the mysteries of Britain, appeared in 1978. Took part in numerous mixed exhibitions, including NEAC, RBSA and RA, and had many solo shows in Britain and France, later ones including Duncan Campbell Fine Art, 1986, Galerie Salammbo, Paris, 1987, and retrospective at Orleans House Gallery, Twickenham, 1998. English hill figures, British castles, monumental effigies, Kew Gardens and France were notable themes in his work. Caine completed 15 stained glass windows in Britain and abroad, including St Gabriel’s Church, Cricklewood, and St Cuthbert’s Church, Copnor. In the mid-1980s Caine gained a Durham University honours degree in medieval and modern history. Ministry of Transport and London University, City of Birmingham Art Gallery and Victoria & Albert Museum hold his work. Lived in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey.
| SKU | rw569 |
|---|---|
| Frame Colour | gold |
| Artist | Osmund Caine (1914-2004) |
| Date | 1949 |
| Dimensions | 48 x 30cm |
| Medium | Watercolour |
| Style | Realism |
| Subject | Floral & Botanical |
| Item Returns | This item can be returned |
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