Roger Coleman - Framed 1984 Watercolour Walking Along the Beachfront

Description

An impressionistic watercolour study by British artist Roger Coleman (b.1930). Captured with a minimal, earthy palette, the scene depicts wooden groynes along a beachfront. Signed and dated to the lower right. Well presented in a gilt frame. On paper.

Condition

Some discolouration and light foxing to the paper; however, the condition remains good overall. Marks and scuffs to the frame.

Size

27 x 36.5cm (10.6" x 14.4")
Framed Size: 44 x 51.5cm (17.3" x 20.3")

Collection Information

Painterly brushstrokes, vivid pops of colour and a distinctive modernist sensibility define this collection of works by Roger Coleman. Balancing expressive mark-making with bold, considered compositions, his works reveal a confident approach to colour, form and texture.

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Artist Biography

Roger Coleman (b.1930) was a British painter and illustrator. He studied at Leicester College of Art, and later at the Royal College of Art. He won the Marlborough Fine Art National Portrait Competition in 1951, and was briefly an exhibitor with the Situation Group at the Royal Society of British Artists in 1960. Coleman was the editor of a design magazine for a time, and later became a freelance illustrator and producer of book jackets. Coleman exhibited at the Royal Academy and Royal Watercolour Society in London, and held a solo exhibition at the Compton Casey Gallery in 1979.