Forthcoming

David Evans (1929 - 1988)

Still-life with Vegetables, mid 1970’s

SKU: 8131
watercolour on paper, 28 3⁄4 x 25 in. (73 x 64 cm)

Size:
Height – 73cm
Width – 64cm

DESCRIPTION

Provenance:
The Artist’s Studio
Presentation:
framed

The discovery by Liss Llewellyn of David Evans studio in 2016 resulted in a retrospective at The Young Gallery in Salisbury, in 2018, and the publication of a monograph on David Evans, reproducing for the first time over 100 works spanning his entire career. The introduction will be written by the musician Pete Gage, a friend of Evans best known as the vocalist from the pop group Dr Feelgood.

Literature: “David Evans (1929-1988)”, edited by Sacha Llewellyn & Paul Liss, published by Liss Llewellyn Fine Art, 2017. ISBN Cat 14, page 19.

Residing in Suffolk, at Potash Farm, Evans was largely self-sufficient, growing his own vegetables and flowers, which were often the subject of his paintings.The size and technical brilliance of Evans’ watercolours were qualities frequently commented on by critics of the time.

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THE ARTIST

David Evans (1929Ð1988)
David
Evans
1929 - 1988

The highly distinctive large scale watercolours of David Evans have much in common with those of Edward Burra, who, twenty four years his senior and much admired by Evans, was clearly an important influence.  Painting the landscape of his native Suffolk, where he settled (near Woodbridge) in 1969, his brightly coloured compositions, which typically measure 30 x 50 inches, fused his local habitat with vivid fantasies inspired by imagery from contemporary life.

He was a ardent campaigner and environmentalist and the effects of pollution in the form  of landfill, industrial plants and roads encroaching into his landscape are regular motifs.  He was also drawn to metropolitan subjects – rock bands, cafeterias, excursions to museums and days out to the beach.

Born in London. he studied at Central School of Arts and Crafts with Keith Vaughan. Early in his career he showed photomontages at Gallery One and gained several commissions; these included a design for the Hollywood Room in the Observer Film Exhibition, 1956, and a mural for the Soup Kitchen, Knightsbridge.  His characteristic large-scale watercolours and gouaches date from 1967 onwards.  They were first shown in public in 1973, when his work was included in a mixed show at Deben Gallery, Woodbridge. In 1975 his work was included in summer show at Redfern Gallery, which resulted in a series of highly successful solo exhibitions at Redfern in 1979, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986 and a memorial show in 1988. He also had one-man shows at McMur­ray Gallery from 1976-8. In 1981 he was the subject of an Anglia ITV folio documentary. In his pre-1970 London years David ran his own specialist classical record shop in the Brompton Road, and in spite of his later success, he worked in his final years as a porter at a local psychiatric hospital.  In the winter months he often found it hard to paint because the light conditions were too dull. He died at the age of 58 in a road accident. A memorial exhibition was held at Redfern in 1988.

The recent discovery of a unique group of pictures by Evans, which remained in his studio, unseen for several decades, has allowed the opportunity to curate the forthcoming exhibition at Three Highgate (4 April – 12 July 2025).

The exhibition will be accompanied by a 240 page book, reproducing for the first time over 100 works spanning his entire career.  The introduction will be written by the musician Pete Gage, a friend of Evans best known as the vocalist from the pop group Dr Feelgood.

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A Green and Pleasant Land, Circa 1970
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Wenlock Edge, circa 1970
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Der Freisch√ºtz, a design for Carl Maria von Weber’s opera which premiered in 1821.
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Smoking., late 1960’s
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Aubade, 1929
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Through the Shop Window
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Cornfields
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Motorway II
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Portrait of a Young Man, naked from the waist up, circa 1970
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Fete of Klee, circa 1982
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Cosmos VIII, late 1960’s
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A Modern Burial Ground
Private
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Man and cat in sitting room, circa 1975
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Ritual
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Flowers in the Garden
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The Boulevard, 1970
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Motorway
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Submer (Underwater World)
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4 Hills Viaduct
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Air Escape, 1970
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War in the Air
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City Lights, The Club
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Subway
SKU: 8073
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Up in the Air, circa 1960
£3,500
SKU: 8074
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Cathedral
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The Open Door, circa 1950
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It’s Raining, It’s Pouring
£2,500
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A Day Trip
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An Evening Out; (The Magic Circle), 1960
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Room with a View
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