ARCADIA AND BEYOND
’The country about and about is marvellous - Grey hollowed hills crowned by old old trees, Pan-ish places down by the river wonderful to think on, full of strange enchantment … a beautiful legendary country haunted by old gods long forgotten’
Paul Nash, in a 1911 letter at the Yale Centre for British Art
The idea of Arcadia, a mythical place of idealised beauty, uninterrupted nature, simplicity of life and divine dwelling, has long attracted British landscape artists. In the 18th century, artists such as Richard Wilson and Thomas Gainsborough responded to European classical and Romantic tradition by idealising the British countryside; in the 19th century, Samuel Palmer and his admirers created rustic idylls of bucolic charm and simplicity.
Responses to the Arcadian theme in the 20th and 21st centuries have been mixed. Threats to the countryside from industrialisation and urbanisation led some Modern British artists to introduce changes, as even within paradise, the new world creeps in. Julian Trevelyan and John Piper have depicted this explicitly, while others have illustrated corruptions of Arcadia in more subtle ways.
Traditional representation in the works of Charles March Gere and John Arnesby Brown gave way to Gwyneth Johnstone and Doris Hatt’s more naïve styles. There are subjective interpretations of nature in the dramatic forms of Graham Sutherland’s ‘Conglomerate Rocks’ and John Hubbard’s heightened emotional response to the currents and gyres of waterfalls. The abstracted landscapes of John Wells and Keith Vaughan reduce nature to simplified shapes and interlocking planes while Contemporary painters such as Richard Ballinger and Pamela Burns bring new accents and notes to the British landscape tradition.
Paul Nash 1889-1946
The Chilterns, 1927 signed with monogram oil on canvas
50.8 × 76.2 cm / 20 × 30 in
Provenance
Acquired from the Artist by Hilda Felce (his patron and friend), and by descent; Private Collection, France
Exhibitions
London, New English Art Club, June 1923, as ‘The Red Woods’, probably; London, Leicester Galleries, ‘Paintings and Watercolours by Paul Nash’, June 1924, cat. no.107; London, New English Art Club, April 1925, cat. no.96; London, Tate Gallery, ‘Paul Nash. A Memorial Exhibition’, British Arts Council, March 1948, cat. no.6 with tour; Ontario, Canada, London, Regional Art and Historical Museum, ‘Paul Nash 1889-1946’, British Arts Council, 1949-1950, cat. no.2, with tour to Toronto, Ottawa, Winnipeg, Vancouver and Quebec; London, Tate Gallery, ‘Paul Nash. Paintings and Watercolours’, November 1975, cat. no.73, with tour
Literature
William Gaunt, “Paul Nash”, ‘Drawing and Design’, October 1926, illus.; Anthony Bertram, “Paul Nash”, ‘The Fleuron’, 1927, illus., pl. 2; Margot Eates (ed.), ‘Paul Nash: Paintings, Drawings and Illustrations’, Lund Humphries, London, 1948, p. 116; Andrew Causey, ‘Paul Nash’, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1980, cat. no.380, illus., pl. 453
William Nicholson 1872-1949
The Cornfield above Alfriston, 1927 signed with monogram oil on canvas board
33 × 41 cm / 13 × 16 in
Provenance
Beaux Arts Gallery, London; Roland, Browse & Delbanco, London, 1945; Mrs J. E. Gillespie, 1956; Mrs J. Baird; Rutland Gallery, Rutland; Crane Kalman, London; Maclean Gallery, London, 1981; William Weston Gallery, London; Save & Prosper Group Ltd; J. P. Morgan Fleming Collection, London; Austin/Desmond Fine Art, London; Private Collection, London
Literature
Lilian Browse, ‘William Nicholson’, 1956, Rupert Hart-Davis, London, cat. no.340; Patricia Reed, ‘William Nicholson: Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings’, Modern Art Press, London, 2001, cat. no.217, illus., p. 194
Ivon Hitchens 1893-1979
Autumn Landscape, circa 1930-1934
signed oil on canvas
51 × 63 cm / 20⅛ × 24¾ in
Provenance
The Artist’s Estate
5
William Staite Murray 1881-1962
Cockcrow, circa 1920s
signed with monogram tempera on canvas board
55.3 × 83 cm / 21¾ × 32⅝ in
Provenance
Fine Art Society, London; Private Collection, Edinburgh
William Staite Murray 1881-1962
The Bathers, circa 1928 tempera on canvas board
48.3 × 67.3 cm / 19 × 26½ in
Provenance
Fine Art Society, London; Private Collection, Edinburgh
Kate Nicholson 1929-2019
St Ives, 1949
signed, titled and dated verso oil on board
56.5 × 92 cm / 22¼ × 36¼ in
Provenance
Clive Blackmore, acquired from the 1984 exhibition; Belgrave Gallery, St. Ives
Exhibitions
St. Ives, Wills Lane Gallery, ‘Works by Kate, Winifred and Ben Nicholson’, 1984
Literature
Peter Davies, ‘St. Ives Revisited’, London, 1994, illus., p. 19
7
William George Gillies 1898-1973
On the Meldons Road, circa 1940s
signed watercolour
41.5 × 59 cm / 16⅜ × 23¼ in
Provenance
Aitken Dott & Son, Edinburgh
8
Gwyneth Johnstone 1914-2008
Landscape with Tree and House, 1960 signed with monogram oil on board
37 × 50.5 cm / 14⅝ × 19⅞ in
Exhibitions
Granada, Spain, Galeria Arrabal, ‘Gwyneth Johnstone’, cat. no.21
Alfred Munnings 1878-1959
Exmoor, Sheep (in a Field), Withypool, 1943-1944
signed, titled and dated verso oil on board
39.4 × 61.6 cm / 15½ × 24¼ in Provenance
Lt. Col. Jocelyn Gurney, Tacolneston Hall, Norfolk; Private Collection, UK
Mary Newcomb 1922-2008
Men Resting by the Wild Fowl Bridge, 1973 signed and dated; further signed, dated and titled verso oil on canvas
82 × 71 cm / 32¼ × 28 in
Provenance
Gifted by the Artist to Robert Delpire
Exhibitions
Paris, France, Galerie Delpire, ‘Mary Newcomb’, 12 September - 13 October, 1973
Gwyneth Johnstone 1914-2008
Farm Scene with Chickens, circa 1960
signed with monogram oil on board
66 × 78.7 cm / 26 × 31 in
Provenance Portal Gallery, London
12
Henri Hayden 1883-1970
Jardin à Triel (Seto), 1948
signed; further signed, dated and titled verso oil on paper laid on board
38 × 46 cm / 15 × 18⅛ in
Provenance
Private Collection, Poland
13
Archibald Ziegler 1903-1971
Trees, Hampstead Heath signed oil on canvas
65.3 × 78 cm / 25¾ × 30¾ in
Provenance
Private Collection, UK
14
Gilbert Spencer 1892-1979
Conversation Piece, 1963 signed with initials and dated oil on canvas
45.5 × 61 cm / 17⅞ × 24 in Provenance
Acquired from the Artist by Mrs NormanButler, 1963; Private Collection, Spain
Exhibitions
Reading, Reading Museum & Art Gallery, ‘The Retrospective Exhibition of the Work of Gilbert Spencer R.A., R.W.S.’, 10 June - 15 July 1964, cat. no.93
15
Gilbert Spencer 1892-1979
Sussex Meadow Landscape signed with initials oil on board
34 × 46 cm / 13⅜ × 18⅛ in
Provenance
Private Collection, UK
Exhibitions
London, Fine Art Society, 1979
16
Gilbert Spencer 1892-1979
Cotswold Farm, circa 1930
signed oil on canvas
46 × 61 cm / 18⅛ × 24 in
Provenance
Agnews, London; Private Collection, UK, 1994
17
John Nash 1893-1977
Mountain Landscape, circa 1950
signed
pen and ink, with another pen and ink with watercolour verso 29 × 21 cm / 11⅜ × 8¼ in
Provenance
Private Collection, UK
18
Jessica Dismorr 1885-1939
Landscape, circa 1920s signed
watercolour and pencil
36.9 × 27.2 cm / 14½ × 10¾ in
19
Algernon Newton 1880-1968
Downshire Hill (Hampstead), 1934
signed and inscribed on the stretcher oil on canvas
45.7 × 76.2 cm / 18 × 30 in
Provenance
Acquired from the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition by Mrs Warwick; Private Collection, Dorset; Private Collection, London
Exhibitions
London, Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, 1936, cat. no.388
20
Harold Speed 1872-1957
Landscape with Clouds signed oil on board
38 × 46 cm / 18 × 18⅞ in
Provenance
Private Collection, London
21
Harold Speed 1872-1957
A Mountain near the Coast signed oil on board
20.3 × 40.4 cm / 8 × 15⅞ in
Provenance
Private Collection, London
Exhibitions
Sheffield, Sheffield City Art Galleries
Charles March Gere 1869-1957
The River Wye, Herefordshire, 1939 oil on board
90 × 67 cm / 35⅜ × 26⅜ in Provenance
Private Collection, UK
23
Anthony Eyton b 1923
Tuscan Landscape, circa 1990
signed oil on canvas
33 × 38 cm / 13 × 15 in
Provenance
Private Collection, UK
24
James Watterston Herald 1859-1914
Figure in Landscape, circa 1890 watercolour
16.5 × 23.5 cm / 6½ × 9¼ in
Provenance
Fine Art Society, London; Moss Gallery, London; Private Collection, UK
John Arnesby Brown 1866-1955
Towards the Sea (Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk), circa 1931 signed oil on canvas
45.7 × 61 cm / 18 × 24 in
Provenance
John Adams Fine Art Ltd, London, 2011; Private Collection, London
John Aldridge 1905-1983
The Mill, 1940
signed and dated; further signed, dated and inscribed verso oil on board
27.9 × 36.8 cm / 11 × 14½ in
Provenance
Mrs A. Lloyd; Private Collection, UK
Exhibitions
London, Leicester Galleries, ‘John Aldridge’, April 1940, cat. no.32 27
George Hammond Steel 1900-1960
Two Dales, Derbyshire, circa 1950s
signed oil on canvas
20.3 × 25.4 cm / 8 × 10 in
Provenance
P. W. F. Burton esq.; Private Collection, UK
Exhibitions
London, Leicester Galleries, ‘Works of Promise, Part II’, 1954
Liam Hanley b 1933
Steep Bank, 1985
signed and dated oil on canvas
76 × 71 cm / 29⅞ × 28 in
Exhibitions
London, Highgate Gallery; London, Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, 1987
29
Fred Yates 1922-2008
Fishing Nets, circa 1969 signed oil on board
44 × 50.5 cm / 17⅜ × 19⅞ in
Provenance
Private Collection, UK
30
Lawrence Gowing 1918-1991
Pine Tree Study No.1, circa 1950s signed with initials oil on panel
24.2 × 34.3 cm / 9½ × 13½ in
Provenance
Private Collection, UK
Exhibitions
London, Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, 1987
William Brooker 1918-1983
Primrose Hill, 1967
signed and dated oil on canvas
76.2 × 63.5 cm / 30 × 25 in
Provenance
Waddington Galleries, London; Private Collection, London
32
Adrian Hill 1895-1977
The Harbour, circa 1930s signed watercolour
34 × 48.5 cm / 13⅜ × 19⅛ in
Provenance
Private Collection, UK
33
Doris Hatt 1890-1969
Watchet, Somerset, 1954 signed with monogram watercolour
13 × 16 cm / 5 × 6¼ in
Provenance
Private Collection, Bath
Literature
Denys J. Wilcox, ‘The Art of Doris Hatt’, South West Heritage Trust, 2019, illus., p. 134
John Duncan Fergusson 1874-1961
Coastal Scene with Boat, circa 1914
signed, dated and inscribed by the Artist’s partner (Margaret Morris) verso watercolour
25.5 × 35 cm / 10 × 13¾ in Provenance
Mrs Ross, June 1973 (a friend and colleague of Mrs Fergusson), and by descent
Ivon Hitchens 1893-1979
Landscape with Dark Hill, 1963 signed, titled, inscribed and dated on a label attached to the stretcher bar oil on canvas
63.5 × 71.1 cm / 25 × 28 in Provenance
Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London; Private Collection, Canada
Graham Sutherland 1903-1981
Study, Conglomerate Rocks, 1969
signed with initials and dated oil, pencil and gouache
41.3 × 65 cm / 16¼ × 25⅝ in Provenance
Redfern Gallery, London; Private Collection, UK since 1974
Exhibitions
London, Marlborough Gallery
Lucien Pissarro 1863-1944
High Tide on the Thames (December), 1919 signed and dated oil on canvas
43.5 × 53.5 cm / 17⅛ × 21 in
Provenance
Hampstead Art Gallery, London, where acquired by Margaret Pilkington in 1920; Private Collection, London, 1974; Jenna Burlingham Fine Art, Kingsclere; Private Collection, Switzerland
Exhibitions
London, Royal Watercolour Society Galleries, New English Arts Club, ‘61st Exhibition’, January 1920, cat. no.15; London, Hampstead Art Gallery, ‘Retrospective Exhibition Paintings and Drawings by Lucien Pissarro’, 20 October - 15 November 1920, cat. no.41; Birkenhead, Williamson Art Gallery, Art Exhibitions Bureau, ‘Travelling Exhibition of Oils, Watercolours and Drawings by Lucien Pissarro’, 1935, cat. no.37, with tour to Belfast, Gateshead, Rochdale and Manchester; London, Anthony d’Offay Gallery, ‘Lucien Pissarro 1863-1944’, 15 July - 20 August, 1983, cat. no.28
Literature
Anne Thorold, ‘A Catalogue of the Oil Paintings of Lucien Pissarro’, Athelney Books, London, 1983, cat. no.302, illus., p. 145
38
Anne Redpath 1895-1965
Saint-Paul-de-Vence, circa 1950s
signed oil on board
71.1 × 91.4 cm / 28 × 36 in
Provenance
Sir John and Lady MacLeod; Sir Keith and Lady Showering
39 Henri Hayden 1883-1970
Paysage Rouge, 1968
signed and dated oil on canvas
65 × 81 cm / 25⅝ × 31⅞ in Provenance
Waddington and Shiell Galleries, Toronto; Theo Waddington, London
Exhibitions
London, Browse and Darby, ‘Henri Hayden’, 2012, cat. no.35
40
Henri Hayden 1883-1970
Landscape, 1955
signed and dated oil on paper on board
33 × 46 cm / 13 × 18⅛ in
Provenance
Private Collection, Poland
41
Henri Hayden 1883-1970
Les Monts Moyen (Vue de Chez Beckett), 1967 signed gouache
31.5 × 49 cm / 12⅜ × 19¼ in
Provenance
Private Collection, Poland
42
John Piper 1903-1992
Kilman Tor Beyond Trewortha Tor (Cornwall), circa 1978 signed and titled gouache and ink
20 × 28 cm / 7⅞ × 11 in
Provenance
Myfanwy Piper; Orde Levinson (editor of ‘John Piper: the Complete Graphic Works: a Catalogue Raisonné 1923-1983’, Faber, London, 1987); Private Collection, UK
43
John Piper 1903-1992
Barrow on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, 1944 signed collage and ink
40 × 56 cm / 15¾ × 22 in
Provenance
Gifted by the Artist to the previous owner, and by descent
Literature
Richard Ingrams and John Piper, ‘Piper’s Places’, Chatto and Windus with Hogarth Press, London, 1983, illus., pl. 103, p. 126
44
Keith Vaughan 1912-1977
Study for Black Landscape, 1955 gouache
17.7 × 16.9 cm / 7 × 6⅝ in
Provenance
Redfern Gallery, London; Mr Z. Kurtz, 1985
45
Keith Vaughan 1912-1977
Landscape with Church, circa 1973 gouache and watercolour
49.9 × 39.7 cm / 19⅝ × 15⅝ in
Provenance
Austin/Desmond Fine Art, London; Professor J. N. Ball; Private Collection, UK
Exhibitions
London, Austin/Desmond Fine Art, ‘Keith Vaughan 1912-1977’, December 1989, cat. no.102
Julian Trevelyan 1910-1988 City, 1937
signed and dated collage with pen and ink
37.5 × 55.5 cm / 14¾ × 21⅞ in
Exhibitions
London, Alexander Postan Fine Art, ‘Julian Trevelyan, The Early Years 1935-38’, April 1974, catalogue untraced
47
John Piper 1903-1992
Deserted Tin Mines, Cornwall, 1956 signed pen, ink, watercolour and gouache
35.6 × 53.3 cm / 14 × 21 in
Provenance
Private Collection, UK
John Wells 1907-2000
Landscape, 1959
signed, inscribed, titled and dated verso oil and pencil on board
12.7 × 52.1 cm / 5 × 20½ in
Provenance
Private Collection, USA
49
John Hubbard 1931-2017
Study No.2 for Waterfall, 1965 signed and dated oil
21 × 16 cm / 8¼ × 6¼ in
Provenance
The Artist’s Estate; New Art Centre, London; Private Collection, UK
50
John Hubbard 1931-2017
Untitled, 1967 signed with initials and dated oil
22 × 23.5 cm / 8⅝ × 9¼ in
Provenance
The Artist’s Estate; New Art Centre, London; Private Collection, UK
Alexander Mackenzie 1922-2002
Painting (Haytor), 1958
signed, titled and dated verso oil on board
17 × 48 cm / 6¾ × 18⅞ in Provenance
Alfred Stiles, London; Waddington Galleries, London; Miss Hammond; Private Collection, UK
Exhibitions
Bradford, Cartwright Memorial Hall, 1959
52
Philip Jones 1933-2008
Blue Awning Calangute, 2000 signed, titled and dated; further signed, titled and dated verso oil
55.5 × 73.5 cm / 21⅞ × 29 in
Provenance The Artist’s Estate
Philip Jones 1933-2008
Reflections Calangute, 2000
signed, titled and dated; further signed, titled and dated verso oil
58.4 × 76.2 cm / 23 × 30 in
Provenance
The Artist’s Estate
54
Ffiona Lewis b 1964
Feeling Green; Seeing Red, 2021 signed oil on board
92.5 × 102.5 cm / 36⅜ × 40⅜ in
Ffiona Lewis b 1964
Whirligig Green, 2021 signed oil on board
102.5 × 92.5 cm / 40⅜ × 36⅜ in
Jo Aylward b 1974
Sheep and First Blossom of Spring, 2024
signed
oil on board
30.5 × 30.5 cm / 12 × 12 in
Jo Aylward b 1974
Sheep Huddled by a Winter Hedge, 2024 signed oil on board
22.9 × 30.5 cm / 9 × 12 in
57
58
Daisy Cook b 1965
Tree Line, 2023 oil on canvas
121.5 × 182.5 cm / 47⅞ × 71⅞ in
59
Pamela Burns b 1938
Estuary at Low Tide, 2024 signed, dated and titled verso oil on canvas
137.2 × 170 cm / 54 × 66⅞ in
dated and titled verso
71.1 × 91.4 cm / 28 × 36 in
60
Pamela Burns b 1938
Greystone Shore II, 2023
signed,
oil on canvas
Hamlet, 2024
signed and dated verso
100 × 100 cm / 39⅜ × 39⅜ in
Evening Light, 2024
signed and dated verso
acrylic on canvas
70 × 90 cm / 27½ × 35⅜ in
61
David Pearce b 1963
acrylic on canvas
62
David Pearce b 1963
signed and dated verso
50 × 60 cm / 19¾ × 23⅝ in
signed and dated verso
60 × 76 cm / 23⅝ × 29⅞ in
63
David Pearce b 1963
Golden Corn, 2023
acrylic on canvas
64
David Pearce b 1963
Valley View, 2023
acrylic on board
Peter Joyce b 1964
Beyond the Obelisk, Ballard Down, 2023 signed and dated mixed media
77 × 112 cm / 30¼ × 44⅛ in
signed and dated
Peter Joyce b 1964
Brand’s Bay to Shell Bay, 2023
acrylic on canvas
97 × 104.5 cm / 38¼ × 41⅛ in
The Haven, 2024
signed, titled and dated verso oil on canvas
80 × 80 cm / 31½ × 31½ in
A New Path, 2024 signed, titled and dated verso oil on canvas
81 × 81 cm / 31⅞ × 31⅞ in
67
Richard Ballinger b 1957
68
Richard Ballinger b 1957
A Quiet Place, 2024
signed, titled and dated verso oil on canvas
120 × 100 cm / 47¼ × 39⅜ in
Richard Ballinger b 1957
Meridian, 2022
signed, titled and dated
oil on board
37 × 85 cm / 14⅝ × 33½ in
Keith Purser b 1944
signed, titled and dated
oil on board
47 × 119.5 cm / 18½ × 47 in
Keith Purser b 1944
Riverside (Rye), 2022
Deverills, Evening, 2022
signed
oil on canvas
30 × 45 cm / 11¾ × 17¾ in
Autumn Trees, Salisbury Plain, 2023
signed oil on canvas board
22 × 26 cm / 8⅝ × 10¼ in
Martin Yeoman b 1953
73
Martin Yeoman b 1953
74
Nicholas Turner b 1972
Lane and Tree at Céret, 2023
signed, titled and dated verso oil on board
10.2 × 12.7 cm / 4 × 5 in
75
Nicholas Turner b 1972
Brecon Lane, 2023
signed, titled and dated verso oil on board
10.2 × 12.7 cm / 4 × 5 in
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