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ANTIQUE #SA1116789

William Burns Signed Original Mid 20th Century Oil Painting On Board Bayards Cove, Dartmouth, Devon English Seascape

Status: This item has been sold
Sold by: Strickland & Russell

Type of artwork: Original Oil Painting
 
 
Surface: Board
 
 
Artist and signature: Signed by William Burns (1923-2010)
 
 
Provenance: Purchased via the artist''s family. Born in Sheffield in 1923, William Burns RIBA FSAI FRSA studied at the Sheffield College of Art, before the outbreak of the Second World War during which he helped illustrate the official War Diaries for the North Africa Campaign, and was elected a member of the Armed Forces Art Society. On his return to England, he studied architecture at Sheffield University and later ran his own successful practice, being a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects. However, painting had always been his self-confessed ''''first love'''', and in the 1970s he gave up architecture to become a full-time artist, having his first one-man exhibition in 1979.
 
 
Approximate age of artwork: Circa Mid 20th Century
 
 
Depiction or Location: Titled Verso ''''Bayards Cove, Dartmouth, Devon''''
 
 
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Antique SA1116789 shown on this page was made in 1960. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was created:
1960
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Strickland & Russell
Yorkshire Based Art Dealers Specialising in 19th Century & Early 20th Century Oil Paintings & Watercolours
Yorkshire
United Kingdom
Tel: 07504 958608
STATUS
THIS ITEM HAS BEEN SOLD