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Reginald Daniel Sherrin - Original Early 20th Century Gouache. On card. An excellent painting in gouache. Signed. Condition is typical for a picture of this age including some discolouration. Minor abrasion to upper edgeNot a lot is known about this artist although he was a prolific painter of Dartmoor scenes and coastal landscapes. Like many of the noted Dartmoor artists Reginald Daniel Sherrin was born into a family of painters as both his grandfather, John and his father, Daniel were noted artists. Reginald was born on the 5th of April 1891 at Seasalter which is near Whitstable in Kent. It’s known that he served his country in the First World War and that during the Second World War he again did his bit by working in a munitions factory in Rochester. In 1953 he left Kent and moved down to Starcross in Devon where he began painting the moorland landscapes which in the main appear to be on the Northern Moor. During this time he met Fredrick Widgery and often accompanied him on his Dartmoor excursions. It is generally considered that Sherrin became heavily influenced by Widgery in both style and medium, this being gouache and watercolour. It appears he never lost his love for the coast as along with his moorland paintings he produced many marine landscapes, especially on and around the Cornish Coasts. Not only did he produce works under his own name but Sherrin also signed some of his paintings under two pseudonyms. These being: J. Whitely and D. A. Neil (which is an anagram of his second name Daniel. He died in 1971 at the grand old age of 80, leaving a fine legacy of Dartmoor paintings.For more information please click here.
