Roland Collins

Roland Collins

Roland Collins

24 April - 10 May 2013

Monday - Friday 10.00 - 5.30 Saturday 11.00 - 2.00

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Roland Collins (b.1918) knew from an early age that he wanted to be an artist, having won a poster competition at the age of eight organised by the Evening News. From Kilburn Grammar School he went on to study for two years at St. Martin’s School of Art, and then became a studio assistant at an advertising agency, the London Press Exchange, designing advertisements. He continued to produce his own work, which at this time consisted of detailed drawings of the Thames and Regent’s Canal. In 1937 he had his first taste of recognition when a drawing was accepted for the Royal Academy Summer exhibition.

In 1940, having registered as a conscientious objector, Collins rented a studio at 29 Percy Street in Fitzrovia, which remained a base and refuge for over 40 years, and where he worked both on his paintings and commercial commissions.

His older contemporaries, Edward Bawden, John Piper and Eric Ravilious, whose varied interpretations of the romantic tradition Collins has always admired, played a significant role in his approach to painting.

His strong use of colour and bold delineations, however, characterise an artist very much of his own mind.

Collins’ work documents the architecture and landscapes of his extensive travels, London, Sussex, Kent and Dieppe being particular favourites. These places are a constant source of inspiration and record many buildings and scenes that are no longer in existence.

Past exhibitions include The City of London Art Exhibition and those of The London Group, The Pastel Society and The Royal Society of London Artists. From 1994 Collins began exhibiting with the Michael Parkin Gallery and his many one man shows and representation at art fairs helped to make his work more widely known. It was the highly successful exhibition in 2012 at the Mascalls Gallery in Kent that finally granted him the recognition that is long overdue.

1. Whitstable, gouache, 15 x 21 inches ÂŁ 2,800

2. St John’s Wood, Clifton Hill, gouache, 21 x 15 inches £ 2,800

3. Belsize Lane, gouache, 15 x 21 inches ÂŁ 2,500

4. Gothic Lodge, Greville Road, gouache, 15 x 21 inches ÂŁ 2,800

5. Clarence Terrace Mews, gouache, 15 x 21 inches ÂŁ 2,500

6. Belgrave Mews, gouache, 15 x 21 inches ÂŁ 2,500

7. Highgate Cemetery, gouache, 15 x 21 inches ÂŁ 2,800

8. Wells, Norfolk, gouache, 15 x 21 inches ÂŁ 3,000

9. Mistley, Essex, gouache, 15 x 21 inches ÂŁ 2,800

10. Garden, Gunnersbury House, gouache, 15 x 21 inches ÂŁ 2,500

11. Chiswick House, gouache, 15 x 21 inches ÂŁ 2,800

12. The Tavern, Caledonian Market, gouache, 15 x 21 inches ÂŁ 2,800

13. Paris, gouache, 15 x 21 inches ÂŁ 2,500

14. Heybridge Basin, Essex, gouache, 15 x 21 inches ÂŁ 3,000

15. West Mersea, Essex, gouache, 15 x 21 inches ÂŁ 3,000

16. Whitstable, gouache, 15 x 21 inches ÂŁ 2,500

17. Whitstable, a shore off the Yacht Club, gouache, 15 x 21 inches ÂŁ 3,000

18. Sea Wall, Whitstable, gouache, 15 x 21 inches ÂŁ 3,000

19. Temple Island, Henley, gouache, 15 x 21 inches ÂŁ 3,000

20. Hambledon Mill, Henley, gouache, 15 x 21 inches ÂŁ 3,000

21. Limehouse Church from Regent’s Canal, gouache, 15 x 21 inches £ 2,500

22. Hadlow Tower, Kent, gouache, 15 x 21 inches ÂŁ 2,800

23. Long Reach Tavern, Dartford, gouache, 15 x 21 inches ÂŁ 2,800

24. Padstow, Cornwall, gouache, 21 x 15 inches ÂŁ 3,000

25. West St, Cambridge Circus, gouache, 15 x 21 inches ÂŁ 2,500

26. Mechanic Path, Deptford, gouache, 15 x 21 inches ÂŁ 2,500

27. Oxford, gouache, 15 x 21 inches ÂŁ 2,800

28. Marlow, Bucks, gouache, 15 x 21 inches ÂŁ 2,800

29. Romney Lock, Windsor, gouache, 15 x 21 inches ÂŁ 2,500

30. Brentford, gouache, 15 x 21 inches ÂŁ 3,000

31. Blackheath, gouache, 15 x 21 inches ÂŁ 2,500

32. Waterloo Cot, Whitstable, gouache, 15 x 21 inches ÂŁ 2,500

33. Weatherboard, Whitstable, gouache, 15 x 21 inches ÂŁ 2,500

34. Cottage, Whitstable, gouache, 15 x 21 inches ÂŁ 2,500

35. Whitstable Harbour, gouache, 15 x 21 inches ÂŁ 3,000

36. Ruin, Whitstable, gouache, 15 x 21 inches ÂŁ 2,500

37. Emeline, Whitstable, gouache, 15 x 21 inches ÂŁ 3,000

38. Whitstable Harbour, Oyster Boat, gouache, 15 x 21 inches ÂŁ 3,000

39. Newhaven, Harbour Side, gouache, 15 x 21 inches ÂŁ 2,800

40. Soha, Pembrokeshire, gouache, 15 x 21 inches ÂŁ 3,000

41. Crane, Padstow, gouache, 15 x 21 inches ÂŁ 2,800

42. Thames, near Marlow, gouache, 15 x 21 inches ÂŁ 2,800

43. Fish Barrow, Canning Town, gouache, 15 x 21 inches ÂŁ 2,500

44. Langford Place, St. John’s Wood, gouache, 21 x 15 inches £ 2,800

45. Strand on the Green, gouache, 15 x 21 inches ÂŁ 2,800

46. Dick Whittington’s Parish Church, City, After the Blitz, gouache, 15 x 21 inches £ 2,500

47. Cart, Belgravia Mews, gouache, 15 x 21 inches ÂŁ 2,500

48. Mr Punch, Whitstable, 1968, gouache, 15 x 21 inches ÂŁ 3,000

49. Cookham, gouache, 14 ½ x 19 inches £ 2,500

50. Goring on Thames, gouache, 10 x 14 inches ÂŁ 2,500

51. Royal Yacht Club, Burnham on Crouch, Essex, gouache, 10 x 14 inches ÂŁ 2,000

52. West Wycombe Church, Bucks, gouache, 14 ½ x 10 inches £ 2,000

53. Marlow Bridge, gouache, 10 x 14 inches ÂŁ 2,000

54. Turk’s Boatyard, Cookham, gouache, 10 x 14 inches £ 2,000

55. The Slow But Sure, gouache, 10 ¾ x 7 ¾ inches £ 1,800

56. Bankside, pencil and watercolour, 11 ½ x 13 ¼ inches £ 1,500

57. Quainton, Bucks, gouache, 10 ½ x 14 ¼ inches £ 1,800

58. Nutley, Ashdown Forest, gouache, 14 ½ x 10 ½ inches £ 2,000

59. Waltham Abbey Market Place, pencil and watercolour, 10 ¾ x 14 ¼ inches £ 1,000

60. Charing Cross Road, watercolour and ink, 13 x 9 inches ÂŁ 950

61. Emsworth, Hants, gouache, 10 ½ x 14 ½ inches £ 2,000

62. Exceat Farm, Cookmere, pencil and wash, 10 x 14 ½ inches £ 1,000

63. Isleworth Mill, pencil and watercolour, 12 ½ x 10 ¼ inches £ 950

64. Portslade, Sussex, pen, 7 ½ x 12 ½ inches £ 850

65. The Grapes, Limehouse, 1936, pen, 13 x 8 ½ inches £ 950

66. Doughty Street, 1937, pencil, 10 x 14 ½ inches £ 950

67. Strand Lane, pencil, 15 Âź x 9 inches ÂŁ 850

68. East Bedford, Middlesex, 1936, pen, 9 x 12 ¼ inches £ 850

69. The London Apprentice Inn, 1936, pen, 9 ¾ x 12 ¼ inches £ 950

70. Regents Canal, Maida Hill, 1935, pen, 7 x 8 inches ÂŁ850

71. Essendine Road, W.9., 1937, pen, 8 ¾ x 16 ¾ inches £800

72. Strand on the Green, Kew, 1937, pen, 7 ½ x 11 inches £ 800

73. Rottingdean Church, Sussex, 1936, pen, 8 ¾ x 6 ½ inches £ 850

74. Isleworth, pencil and watercolour, 9 x 10 inches ÂŁ 950

75. Richmond Bridge, 1938, pencil and watercolour, 8 x 9 ½ inches £ 950

76. Kew Bridge, gouache, 15 x 21 inches ÂŁ 2,800

77. Massey Harris, gouache, 14 x 20 ½ inches £ 2,800

78. St. Pauls from Bankside, gouache, 14 x 20 ½ inches £ 3,000

79. Old Columbia Market, gouache, 14 x 20 ½ inches £ 2,800

80. Thatch, Near Petersfield, gouache, 14 x 20 ½ inches £ 2,800

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