SANCTUARY: Artist-Gardeners 1919-39

Many of the artists in this catalogue had a particularly strong attachment to gardens and gardening ñ taking their activities as plantsmen and plantswomen as seriously as they took their art. Charles Mahoney shared his unbridled enthusiasm for plants with Edward Bawden, Geoffrey Rhoades, John Nash and Evelyn Dunbar who swapped cuttings with each other by post. Evelyn Dunbar, along with Charles Mahoney and John Nash, produced
books on the subject. And most of Harry Bushís oeuvre evolved around painting and repainting his garden in the London suburbs of SW19.

Works Featured in this catalogue

Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Studies for watering can, mid 1930’s

SKU: 7293

John Nash (1893 - 1977)

Periwinkle flower study (Vinca species)

£2,800

Sold

Clara Cowling (1868 - 1946)

Portrait of Evelyn Dunbar

Sold

Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Greenhouse Interior, 1930’s

SKU: 10248

Marion Adnams (1898 - 1995)

Study for Spring in the Cemetery, Uttoxeter Road, Derby, 1956

£6,750

SKU: 3675

Alan Sorrell (1904 - 1974)

Sketch for examination competition, People Seeking After Wisdom, March 1,1928

£2,500

Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)

Planting Tobacco, BPL 565 1944

Private

Edward Bawden (1903 - 1989)

Fetching Cannons

Sold

Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Studies of Helianthus ‘Miss Mellish’

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Marion Adnams (1898 - 1995)

Study of Morning Glory (Ipomoea species), 1968

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Kenneth Rowntree (1915 - 1997)

Falling Rain with Raised Flag

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Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)

Cinnamon Fern, BPL 508 1942

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Francis Spear (1902 - 1979)

Poster The Insect Play, The Strand Theatre, circa 1926

SKU: 9852

John Armstrong (1893 - 1973)

The Peculiar Park Mural at Shell Centre, 1961

£1,950

Sold

Amy Finney (1912 - 1987)

Design for Flowers by a Window Overlooking the Sea, circa 1950

SKU: 4447

Kenneth Rowntree (1915 - 1997)

Putney Garden, 1960s

£7,500

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Back to the Land “Farming”

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Winifred Knights (1899 - 1947)

Study of Ophrys Bertolonii, commonly known as Bertoloni’s Bee Orchid, circa 1925

SKU: 9897

Percy Horton (1897 - 1970)

View of Houses Through a Gap in Trees

£9,500

Sold

Paul Nash (1889 - 1946)

Jack in the Box, from Welchman’s Hose, circa 1923

SKU: 4561

Frederick Austin (1902 - 1990)

An Allegory of War, 1939-1945

£3,300

Forthcoming

Douglas Percy Bliss (1900 - 1984)

Boy Scaring Crows, 1925

Sold

John Moody (1906 - 1993)

Margaret Sewell, 1927

SKU: 9902

Charles H.H. Burleigh (1869 - 1956)

7 Wilbury Crescent, Hove, circa 1900

£9,000

SKU: 10343

Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe R.A. (1901 - 1979)

Barn Owl, 1950

£8,750

Sold

Percy Horton (1897 - 1970)

Geraniums in Barrel, 1970

SKU: 7822

Phyllis Dodd (1899 - 1995)

In the Pentlands, oil on George Rowney Birchmore Board

£9,500

Sold

Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Sunflowers at Oak Cottage

SKU: 9911

Stephen Bone (1904 - 1958)

Mary Adshead at Work in the Artist’s Garden at Haverstock Hill, London

£2,750

Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Angel Playing Tubular Bells

SKU: 5467

Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)

The Reaper (BPL 221), 1933

£5,000

Private

Sir Thomas Monnington (1902 - 1976)

Study of a laurel bush, 1919

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Winifred Knights (1899 - 1947)

Study of Bluebells, circa 1937

SKU: 10000

Hubert Arthur Finney (1905 - 1991)

Farm Equipment, Berkshire

£1,750

Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Spring

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Francis Spear (1902 - 1979)

Woman scrubbing doorstep, 1924

Sold

Geraniums, circa 1890

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Winifred Knights (1899 - 1947)

Study for Blue Bells, circa 1937

Sold

Hubert Arthur Finney (1905 - 1991)

Berkshire

SKU: 10450

Eric Gill (1882 - 1940)

A unique set of Eric Gill’s Procreant Hymn, printed on chine appliqué paper

£3,750

Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)

Cotton Picker (BPL 491), Cotton Frontispiece, 1942

Sold

Maxwell Armfield (1881 - 1972)

Profile portrait of a Navaho Indian, circa 1918

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Barnett Freedman (1901 - 1958)

The Window Box, 1954

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Hubert Arthur Finney (1905 - 1991)

The Yard Under Snow, Milwaukee, circa 1966

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Eric Gill (1882 - 1940)

Naked Woman Holding Spray, 1930, from The Canterbury Tales, Physick 631

Sold

Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)

Lovers In the Wheat field (BPL 570), 1944

SKU: 8054

David Evans (1929 - 1988)

The Bouquet, 1965

£4,750

Eric Ravilious (1903 - 1942)

Butterball Crab Apples on a plate, design for wall paper, circa 1924

Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)

The Reverend Hill’s Dream (BPL 499), 1942

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Edward Bawden (1903 - 1989)

Hold Fast By Your Teeth, 1963

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Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)

The Magic of Handling Earth (BPL 488), By Light of Sun, circa 1941

SKU: 8057

David Evans (1929 - 1988)

Landscape, circa 1950

£3,950

SKU: 9594

Gerald Leet (1913 - 1998)

Yellow and Pink Lilies on a window ledge overlooking the sea, mid 30’s

£9,750

Sold

Gilbert Spencer (1892 - 1979)

Trees at Garsington, c.1922

Sold

Harry Bush (1883 - 1957)

Summer Morning – View from the Artist’s House at 19 Queensland Avenue, London SW19

Sold

Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

The Birthday Party, circa 1957

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Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)

Trillium (BPL 522), 1942

Forthcoming

David Evans (1929 - 1988)

Six Studies

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Margaret Duncan (1906 - 1979)

Reigate and its Environments, late 1930’s

Sold

Gilbert Spencer (1892 - 1979)

Ploughed Land, Garsington, c.1922

SKU: 10480

Harry Bush (1883 - 1957)

Snowfall in the Suburbs – A View from the Artist’s House

£49,000

SKU: 911

Percy Horton (1897 - 1970)

Suburban Garden – 1921

£7,400

SKU: 6060

Robert Austin (1895 - 1973)

Springtime at Fulham, 1921

£3,850

SKU: 8489

Mary Adshead (1904 - 1995)

Still-life of Poinsettia with Leopard Skin, c. 1935

£9,750

Forthcoming

Margaret Duncan (1906 - 1979)

Preparatory study for Reigate and its Environments, late 1930’s

Sold

Evelyn Dunbar (1906 - 1960)

Study for vignette for Gardeners’ Choice (Routledge, London, 1937)

Sold

Gilbert Spencer (1892 - 1979)

Candlewick Curtains

SKU: 1597

Frederick Austin (1902 - 1990)

Landscape (1932)

£3,700

Sold

Evelyn Dunbar (1906 - 1960)

Land Workers at Strood, c. 1938

Sold

Self-portrait Painting at an Easel Outdoors, 1920

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Eric Gill (1882 - 1940)

Naked Man Dead, circa 1929

Forthcoming

Evelyn Dunbar (1906 - 1960)

Design for unused title page of Gardener’s Choice, circa 1936

Sold

Kenneth Rowntree (1915 - 1997)

Bombed Buildings and Red Bus in the Snow

Reserved

Jean Clark (1902 - 1999)

Study for the Committee Room of the London Bankers Clearing House, 1958

SKU: 6337

Hubert Arthur Finney (1905 - 1991)

Tenerife Crate with Apples on a Wooden Chair, 1930s

£4,750

SKU: 8765

Stanley Lewis (1905 - 2009)

The snow laden garden at Llwyn-On, Croesyceiliog, circa 1935

£800

Sold

Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)

Tulip Poplar Bud BPL 517 1942

Sold

Evelyn Dunbar (1906 - 1960)

Design for June for the Country Life 1938 Gardeners Diary

SKU: 2640

Dorothy Mahoney [nee Bishop] (1902 - 1984)

Walled Garden Amongst Kentish Orchards, early 1950’s

£6,500

Sold

Kenneth Rowntree (1915 - 1997)

Flint Wall & Coffee Pot at Furlongs, 1940’s

SKU: 8979

Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe R.A. (1901 - 1979)

The Shire Stallion, 1934

£350

Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Study of a sunflower head, mid 1930’s

Forthcoming

Evelyn Dunbar (1906 - 1960)

December for the Country Life 1938 Gardeners Diary

SANCTUARY: Artist-Gardeners 1919-39

Works Featured in this catalogue

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