Charles Mahoney

ARTIST

Mahoney, Charles

1903 – 1968

In his memoir Since 50, Men & Memories 1922-1938 (New York,1940, p. 236) the first two names that appear on William Rothenstein list of top Royal College of Art students were Henry Moore and Charles Mahoney – the list continues with the names of luminaries such as Eric Ravilious, Edward Bawden, Barnett Freedman Edward Le Bas, and Evelyn Dunbar. The process of reassuring Mahoney’s place in 20th century British Art has had several important milestones including the 1975 Ashmolean exhibition, the Liss Fine Art/Fine Art Society touring show (2000) and Mahoney’s predominant feature in Tate Britain’s The Art of the Garden, (2005) – but the process of reassessment still has a long way to go.

Painter, muralist, draughtsman and teacher. Born Cyril Mahoney in London – his fellow-student Barnett Freedman re-christened him Charlie at the Royal College of Art, which he attended 1922-6 after a period at Beckenham School of Art under Percy Jowett. Early on, Mahoney established a reputation as a conscientious teacher. He was at the Royal College 1928-53, from 1948-53 as a painting tutor, and was noted there for his concern for academic discipline. His portrait is included in Rodrigo Moynihan’s celebrated Teaching Staff of the Painting School at the Royal College of Art, 1949-50. From 1954 to 1963 he taught at the Byam Shaw School of Drawing and Painting and from 1961 to 1968 at the Royal Academy Schools. He painted murals at Morley College 1928-30 with his colleagues Eric Ravillious and Edward Bawden. Unfortunately these murals were destroyed during World War II. The work led to further murals: at Brockley School, Kent, with Evelyn Dunbar; and at Campion Hall Lady Chapel, Oxford. His oil paintings are frequently of a religious nature. He was a skilled botanist, and many of his drawings depict his garden at Wrotham, Kent. He exhibited at NEAC and the RA, being made an RA elect in 1968. He is represented in the Tate Gallery and other public collections. The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, held a memorial exhibition in 1975. Exhibitions were held in 2000 at the Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston, Royal Museum and Art Gallery, Canterbury, and the Fine Art Society plc in association with Liss Fine Art.

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Charles Mahoney

ARTIST

Mahoney, Charles

1903 – 1968

In his memoir Since 50, Men & Memories 1922-1938 (New York,1940, p. 236) the first two names that appear on William Rothenstein list of top Royal College of Art students were Henry Moore and Charles Mahoney – the list continues with the names of luminaries such as Eric Ravilious, Edward Bawden, Barnett Freedman Edward Le Bas, and Evelyn Dunbar. The process of reassuring Mahoney’s place in 20th century British Art has had several important milestones including the 1975 Ashmolean exhibition, the Liss Fine Art/Fine Art Society touring show (2000) and Mahoney’s predominant feature in Tate Britain’s The Art of the Garden, (2005) – but the process of reassessment still has a long way to go.

Painter, muralist, draughtsman and teacher. Born Cyril Mahoney in London – his fellow-student Barnett Freedman re-christened him Charlie at the Royal College of Art, which he attended 1922-6 after a period at Beckenham School of Art under Percy Jowett. Early on, Mahoney established a reputation as a conscientious teacher. He was at the Royal College 1928-53, from 1948-53 as a painting tutor, and was noted there for his concern for academic discipline. His portrait is included in Rodrigo Moynihan’s celebrated Teaching Staff of the Painting School at the Royal College of Art, 1949-50. From 1954 to 1963 he taught at the Byam Shaw School of Drawing and Painting and from 1961 to 1968 at the Royal Academy Schools. He painted murals at Morley College 1928-30 with his colleagues Eric Ravillious and Edward Bawden. Unfortunately these murals were destroyed during World War II. The work led to further murals: at Brockley School, Kent, with Evelyn Dunbar; and at Campion Hall Lady Chapel, Oxford. His oil paintings are frequently of a religious nature. He was a skilled botanist, and many of his drawings depict his garden at Wrotham, Kent. He exhibited at NEAC and the RA, being made an RA elect in 1968. He is represented in the Tate Gallery and other public collections. The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, held a memorial exhibition in 1975. Exhibitions were held in 2000 at the Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston, Royal Museum and Art Gallery, Canterbury, and the Fine Art Society plc in association with Liss Fine Art.

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ARTWORK FOR SALE

On Loan
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Study for The Birth of the Virgin, c. 1942
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Illustration to a Fable
£1,975
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Still life with artist’s pamphlet Christmas Coleus, 1940’s
£5,000
On Loan
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Greenhouse Interior, 1930’s
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
The Chicken Run, 1929
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Study for Yellow Ox-eye Daisies, mid 1950s
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Sheet of studies with sunflowers
£1,850
Forthcoming
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Study of Oak Cottage, circa 1940
On Loan
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Self-portrait, late 1950’s
On Loan
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Oak Cottage from back garden
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Woodburner with Cosmos in a vase
£9,500
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Study for Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, c.1935
£1,600
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Wheelbarrow and basket
£1,800
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Study of a cut sunflower head, mid 1930’s
£3,750
On Loan
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Still Life: anemones and fruit
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Tuscany Roses
£3,800
On Loan
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Compositional study for The pleasures of Life at Morley College, 1928-30
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Portrait of Geoffrey Rhoades, 1930
£14,750
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Sheet of flower studies
£2,750
On Loan
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Evening, Oak Cottage
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Study of a Sunflower, late 1940s
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Allegory in an allotment, circa 1935
£1,060
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Study for The Four Winds of Hilly Fields, ceiling design for Brockley County School, c. 1932-36
£1,650
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Sheet of flower studies with sunflowers
£1,850
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Self-Portrait
On Loan
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
View along Oak Cottage garden, circa 1940
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Adam and Eve Dancing, 1934
£1,275
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
First design for the Thomas More Altar, Cheyne Row, London, mid 1930s
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
sheet of flower studies with Sunflowers
£2,750
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Bathsheba seated with two figures in attendance
£4,800
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
A recital, 1928
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
The beach at Pevensey, circa 1958
£3,000
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Mural design for Campion Hall – fleeing figures, circa 1940
£650
On Loan
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Autumn, 1951
On Loan
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Still life with blue stocks in an earthenware jar
On Loan
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Fleeing figures, mid 1920’s
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Lily heads and stems, 1950s
£1,320
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Gourd
£650
Forthcoming
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Eryngium Agavifolium, design for Gardeners Choice
On Loan
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Angel Playing Tubular Bells
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Design for the wall above the altar at Campion Hall, Two Angels Overlooking a Garden
£9,500
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Study of Ipomoea, morning glory
£950
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Study of plant bulbs, circa 1940
£395
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Perspective drawing, circa 1925
£1,400
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Surreal Composition with Hand, Bouquet and Eyes in a Glass
£1,600
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Study for the altar wall, Annunciation in an Allotment, c.1942
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
The Artist picking Sunflowers
£975
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Studies for watering can, mid 1930’s
£2,500
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Study for a fabric design, circa 1940
£1,875
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Study of a giant sunflower
£1,200
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Children sleeping – illustration to a fable, mid 1920’s
£9,750
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
The hearth at Oak Cottage, circua 1938
£1,200
On Loan
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
The Artist and his Muses, c 1961
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Study for Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, circa 1935
£3,750
On Loan
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Fortune and Boy at the Well
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Study of a grumpy cherub, for Campion Hall, early 1940’s
£1,250
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Still life of bread, brioche and a knife, circa 1935
£3,500
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Two deckchairs and a watering can in a garden
£1,950
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Study of Nicolas Poussins 1648 painting: Madonna on the steps, mid 1920s
£600
On Loan
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Companulas in Enamel Jug
On Loan
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Study for Fortune and the Boy at the Well, mural at Brockley County School, 1933
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
A bouquet of sunflowers, daisies, pears and gourds
£1,950
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
The Artist’s Hand with Painted Teasel
£9,750
On Loan
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Kitchen at Oak Cottage, circa 1937
On Loan
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Giant Sunflowers in Oak Cottage Garden
Forthcoming
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
The Wise and Foolish Virgins, circa 1928
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Still life with paint pot and flowers in a vase
£2,900
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Distant view of Cotswolds Farm cottage, late 1920s
£5,750
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
The Artist and his model, circa 1935
£1,500
On Loan
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Allotments Beside White Hill Pumping Station, Wrotham, c.1938
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Still life with Snakes and Ladders board
£8,500
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Sunflowers
£1,475
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
The Willow Grove, Great Bardfield, Spring 1933
£2,950
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Study of a sunflower head, mid 1930’s
£975
On Loan
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Giant Sunflower Head
On Loan
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Study for The Visitation, c. 1942
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Digs at Ambleside, c.1940
£2,650
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Study of Foliage
£3,950
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Sunflowers at Oak Cottage
£795
On Loan
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Galaxy of Sunflowers, 1967

ARCHIVED WORKS

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
View of St Mary’s Lane from Oak Cottage, circa 1938
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Observation Post – Wrotham Hill, circa 1940
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Studies of Helianthus ‘Miss Mellish’
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
A sheet of flower studies with anemones, daffodils, poppies and fauna
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Sunflowers at Oak Cottage
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Attendant angel, floating, full size cartoon for The Lady Chapel at Campion Hall, circa 1941
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Christmas tree in pot, 1956
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Study of Angels for the Altar Wall of Campion Hall Chapel, mid 1940s
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Allegory of Peony, c.1930
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
The Allotment, Wrotham, late 1930’s
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Veryan, circa 1962
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Anemonies in a jar, circa 1930
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Self-portrait, Ambleside, 1941
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Study of a sunflower in the artist’s garden with rooftops beyond, 1940’s
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
The Campion Hall Fathers gathered around Mary’s bed, c. 1942
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Studies of a Sunflower Plant, late 1950’s
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Muses: Landscape, c 1961
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
The original full size cartoon for The Garden, 1950
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Still life in an orange box with Sweet Williams and Iris
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Gas Mask Drill (oval with sketch to top right), 1939
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Street scene with children wearing gas masks, circa 1940
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Washing Hanging to Dry
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Tulip leaves, (recto); apples branch and bamboo (verso) late 1940s
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Ambleside, View from the Library Roof, circa 1942
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
End of the School Day, 1938
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Still Life with Celery on a blue and white dish
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Adoration of the Shepherds, (Winter), c.1942
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
The Birthday Party, circa 1957
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Seated Nude, circa 1928
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Polygonum amplexicaute, circa 1950
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Gourd and Morning Glory, circa 1950
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Almshouses at Wrotham, circa 1940