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Sonia Lawson R.A. "Bolton Castle". Landscape Watercolour.
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Sonia Lawson R.A. "Bolton Castle". Landscape Watercolour.

1940 - 1960
Description

Artist: Sonja Lawson R.A. (1934-2023).

Title: "Bolton Castle, Wensleydale".

Watercolour.

Signed. Early work. Circa 1960.

Size: 11"x 14 1/2". Overall size: 17 1/2"x 21".

Now cleaned and framed. In very good ready to hang condition. Free UK delivery. For more info please contact us at:

Tel: 01677 424830

Mob: 07885 175279 Email: williamgreenwoodfineart@gmail.com

Trade enquiries welcome.

Sonia Lawson studied at Doncaster School of Art and the Royal College of Art, London from 1956 to 1960 where she received first-class honours and a Travelling Scholarship which took her to France in 1960. She went on to teach at Harrow School of Art and Central St Martin’s School of Art in the 1960s, West Surrey College of Art from the 1960s to the early 1970s and at the Royal College of Art during the 1980s. She has been a Visiting Lecturer at the Royal Academy Schools since 1985.

Lawson’s first solo exhibition was held at the Zwemmer Gallery, London in 1960. Subsequent solo shows include the New Arts Centre, London (1963), Trafford Gallery, London (1967) and Manchester City Art Gallery (1987). A touring retrospective of her work was held in Sheffield, Hull, Bradford, Leicester and Milton Keynes (1982-3) and a major retrospective (1966 to 1996) was held at the Dean Clough Gallery, Halifax in 1996. Lawson’s work has also been included in many group exhibitions throughout the UK, Switzerland, China and the USA.

In 1984 Lawson was commissioned by the Imperial War Museum to record the preparations for Exercise Lionheart, BAOR, West Germany. Similarly, in 1989 she was commissioned by Lambeth Palace for a work presented by the Archbishop of Canterbury to Pope John Paul II, which is now in the Vatican Collection, Rome. Further commissions include a book illustration (1993-4) for Poems by James Kirkup (Rockingham Press), two works for Birmingham University (1994) and drawings published in conjunction with a Fay Weldon short story (Clarion Publishing, 1995). Lawson’s work is also held in many private collections in the UK, Germany, Australia and the USA.

Among Lawson’s many awards include the Eastern Arts Drawing Prize (1984), the Lorne Award, London University (1986-7), and the Eastern Arts Open Drawing (First Prize, 1990). She was elected a Member of the Royal Watercolour Society in 1984 and Royal Academician in 1991 (ARA 1982). Sonia Lawson lives and works in Bedfordshire and North Yorkshire.

Physical Dimensions
Height
44.5cm (17.52")
Width
53.5cm (21.06")
Depth
3cm (1.18")
Declaration

William Greenwood Fine Art has dated this Sonia Lawson Watercolour Painting to the 1960s.

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Description
Artist: Sonja Lawson R.A. (1934-2023).

Title: "Bolton Castle, Wensleydale".

Watercolour.

Signed. Early work. Circa 1960.

Size: 11"x 14 1/2". Overall size: 17 1/2"x 21".

Now cleaned and framed. In very good ready to hang condition. Free UK delivery. For more info please contact us at:

fig 1. A watercolour painting depicting Bolton Castle under a overcast grey sky with green foliage and a field in the foreground.
fig 1. Sonia Lawson R.A. "Bolton Castle". Landscape Watercolour.

Tel: 01677 424830

Mob: 07885 175279 Email: williamgreenwoodfineart@gmail.com

Trade enquiries welcome.

Sonia Lawson studied at Doncaster School of Art and the Royal College of Art, London from 1956 to 1960 where she received first-class honours and a Travelling Scholarship which took her to France in 1960. She went on to teach at Harrow School of Art and Central St Martin’s School of Art in the 1960s, West Surrey College of Art from the 1960s to the early 1970s and at the Royal College of Art during the 1980s. She has been a Visiting Lecturer at the Royal Academy Schools since 1985.

Lawson’s first solo exhibition was held at the Zwemmer Gallery, London in 1960.

Subsequent solo shows include the New Arts Centre, London (1963), Trafford Gallery, London (1967) and Manchester City Art Gallery (1987).
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A touring retrospective of her work was held in Sheffield, Hull, Bradford, Leicester and Milton Keynes (1982-3) and a major retrospective (1966 to 1996) was held at the Dean Clough Gallery, Halifax in 1996. Lawson’s work has also been included in many group exhibitions throughout the UK, Switzerland, China and the USA.

fig 2. A watercolour painting depicting Bolton Castle under a overcast grey sky with green foliage and a field in the foreground.
fig 2. Sonia Lawson R.A. "Bolton Castle". Landscape Watercolour.

In 1984 Lawson was commissioned by the Imperial War Museum to record the preparations for Exercise Lionheart, BAOR, West Germany. Similarly, in 1989 she was commissioned by Lambeth Palace for a work presented by the Archbishop of Canterbury to Pope John Paul II, which is now in the Vatican Collection, Rome. Further commissions include a book illustration (1993-4) for Poems by James Kirkup (Rockingham Press), two works for Birmingham University (1994) and drawings published in conjunction with a Fay Weldon short story (Clarion Publishing, 1995). Lawson’s work is also held in many private collections in the UK, Germany, Australia and the USA.

fig 3. A watercolour painting depicting Bolton Castle under a overcast grey sky with green foliage and a field in the foreground.
fig 3. Sonia Lawson R.A. "Bolton Castle". Landscape Watercolour.

Among Lawson’s many awards include the Eastern Arts Drawing Prize (1984), the Lorne Award, London University (1986-7), and the Eastern Arts Open Drawing (First Prize, 1990). She was elected a Member of the Royal Watercolour Society in 1984 and Royal Academician in 1991 (ARA 1982). Sonia Lawson lives and works in Bedfordshire and North Yorkshire.

Height
44.5cm (17.52")
Width
53.5cm (21.06")
Depth
3cm (1.18")
Date of Manufacture

William Greenwood Fine Art has dated this Sonia Lawson Watercolour Painting to the 1960s.

Reference Numbers
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SA1036748
Dealers Internal Ref
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A watercolour painting depicting Bolton Castle under a overcast grey sky with green foliage and a field in the foreground.
Sonia Lawson R.A. "Bolton Castle". Landscape watercolour.
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