Hervey Cadwallader Adams RBA, NS (English)
1903-1996
Rustic Still Life, gouache, signed l/r,
15.74″ x 19.87″ unframed
Estimate: $275. Offers invited.
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The painting is on thin paper laid down to cardboard. The board has bowed (warped). Despite this, the painting is in good condition and should frame nicely and flatten with a strong backing. It is a pleasing composition with very good color and with a masculine appeal.
Hervey Adams was a Painter in oil and watercolour of landscapes and portraits. Born at Kensington on 15th February 1903. Educated at Charterhouse, and studied languages and singing in France and Spain 1922-26. Studied art under Bernard Adams 1928-30. Exhibited at the R.A., R.B.A., and was elected N.S. 1930, R.B.A., 1932. He taught at Berkhamsted School 1937-40, and at Tonbridge School from 1940 to 1963. Published The Student’s Approach to Landscape Painting 1938, Art and Everyman 1945, and other works. He lived near Stroud in Gloucestershire. – from Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900-1950.
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