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Charles Cundall (1890 - 1971)

Study for Excavation in Park Lane, early 1960s

SKU: 6928
Pencil and gouache on tracing paper
18 ¬Ω x 24 ¬Ω in. (47 x 62.5 cm)

Size:
Height – 47cm
Width – 62.5cm

DESCRIPTION

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the Artist’s Daughter
Presentation:
folio

Exhibited: – A Working Method,Young Gallery Salisbury, March- April 2016, Sotheran’s, April-May 2016. 

Literature: Charles Cundall – A Working Method, Edited by Sacha Llewellyn & Paul Liss, published by Liss Llewellyn Fine Art, February 2016.

Clearly painted in situ, the use of several sheets of paper leaves an engaging record of Cundall’s working method: his compositions evolved – almost unfolded – in front of him.

Cundall’s working technique was dependant upon sketching on the spot to create images that would later be worked up into larger paintings in the studio.
Here one would find him working form many drawings and colour notes accumulated during some recent journey. He prefers working with such aids to memory, on a fine canvas with soft hog and sable brushes, occasionally using a palette knife, and laying on colour instinctively rather than by methodical system. 

William Gaunt, Charles Cundall R.A, A Study of his Life and Work

This composition is closely related to Tate’s Building in Berkeley Square:


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THE ARTIST

Charles Cundall
Charles
Cundall
1890 - 1971

Painter, potter and stained glass artist, born in Stratford, Lancashire. After working as a designer for Pilkington’s Pottery Company under Gordon Forsyth, Cundall studied at Manchester School of Art, obtaining a scholarship to the Royal College of Art, 1912. After World War I army service he returned to the Royal College in 1918, then from 1919 to 1920 attended the Slade, and furthered his studies in Paris. Cundall traveled widely in several continents and became noted for his panoramic pictures, such as Bank Holiday Brighton, in the Tate Gallery (accession no. NO4700). He was a member of NEAC, RP, RWS and other bodies and was a prolific RA exhibitor. He had first solo show at Colnaghi 1927. He was an Official War Artist in World War II, during which time he was sent to Quebec (1944). In the same year he was elected RA. His wife was the artist Jacqueline Pietersen.

His technical facility – especially when working on large panoramic canvases – was remarkable. His pictures are rich with texture, light and movement. He was equally at ease with aerial views, landscapes, seascapes and cityscapes, and was a master of crowd scenes. His work as an Official War Artist has never received the attention it merits.

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The British Railways Carry On, 1941
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Porte St Cloud, Paris
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H.M.S. Cyclops, Portsmouth
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Calm in the Baltic, 1935
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Study for Laying the Commemoration Stones of the New Municipal Buildings – Bristol, 1939
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Approaching the Bridge, 1935
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Demolishing the Walls of Paris, 1922
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Tuilleries Gardens, 1955
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Lockheed Hudson, c.1942
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Study for Coastal Operational Training Unit (Limavady, Northern Ireland), circa 1942