Rt Rev Cuthbert Bardsley (1907-1991) - Mid 20th Century Oil Beach Shack

Description

An expressive coastal landscape in oil with impasto, by The Right Reverend Cuthbert Bardsley, Bishop of Coventry (1907-1991). Bardsley has a fine command of composition and form, and employs an emotive impasto style in order to add a sense of dynamic movement to the setting. The tree to the foreground and the rough headland in the distance are both evocative of a Mediterranean landscape. Signed. On canvas on stretchers.

Condition

In very good condition overall. Only some light scuffing to the corners of the canvas.

Size

37.9 x 48.7cm (14.9" x 19.2")
Sheet: 41.7 x 51.6cm (16.4" x 20.3")

Artist Biography

The Right Reverend Cuthbert Killick Norman Bardsley (1907-1991) was the Anglican Bishop of Coventry from 1956 to 1976. Ordained Deacon in 1932, he began his career in the East End, as a Curate at Barking, then as Rector of St Mary Magdalene Woolwich, and was created Provost of Southwark in 1944. He became Bishop suffragan of Croydon in 1947, transferring to the more senior See of Coventry in 1956, a post he was to hold for 20 years.