Sydney Vale FRSA - 1986 Sketchbook of Pen and Ink Drawings

Description

Sydney Vale FRSA - Original 1986 Pen and Ink Drawing. One sketchbook belonging to Sydney Vale FRSA with over 90 sketches, mainly of English, Welsh and nautical landscapes and ship studies including Strand on the Green, Battersea Church, West India Dock, Prospect of Whitby, Burnham, Greenwich, Twickenham, Ironbridge, Maldon, Wivenhoe, Little Totham, Warley, and Claerwen Dam. Inscribed. On wove. In fine condition. One of the pages has been taped into the sketchbook.

Born in 1916, Sydney Vale was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a member of the prestigious Wapping Group of Artists from 1972 to 1991, who were formed primarily to record life in London's Docklands. Within this group, Vale and his contemporaries specialised in portraying the charm and romance of the River Thames from source to estuary.

Size

21 x 14.5cm (8.3" x 5.7")

Collection Information

From a large collection of watercolours, drawings and sketches by Sydney Vale F.R.S.A, many of which have been signed, as well as works in his collection by his fellow artists.

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