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20th Century Abstract Painting by Derek Latimer Sayer (Framed)
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20th Century Abstract Painting by Derek Latimer Sayer (Framed)

1940 - 1960
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Gouache on Art Paper, 1960s By Derek Latimer Sayer (b. 1917)

Derek Sayer, born 1917 is a key figure in post-war British abstract art. Trained at Chelsea School of Art under Henry Moore and Graham Sutherland, he was influenced by the Neo-Romantic movement, exploring nature, myth, and human forms with emotional depth. Sayer exhibited at Redfern Gallery, Leicester Galleries, and New Art Centre alongside peers like John Minton and Keith Vaughan. In the 1960s-70s, he balanced painting with teaching, creating works now in private collections across the UK and Europe. His art, blending organic abstraction and subtle figuration, reflects light, texture, and subconscious themes, evoking Samuel Palmer and anticipating abstract expressionism.

This 1960s gouache on art paper showcases Sayer’s signature style. Interlocking shapes, suggesting flora and fragmented figures. A central face-like motif with a watchful eye and flowing tendrils emerges from earthy tones, blending chaos and harmony through layered opaque and sheer washes. Framed in silver wood molding, reveals Sayer’s intuitive mark-making and textured impasto. This untitled work captures the sublime, making it a standout for collections of mid-century abstraction or Neo-Romanticism.

64.5cm W x 85.5 cm L including frame / 52cm W x 73cm L without frame

The painting is in fair condition, with some water damage and small tears in the paper. These are not noticeable when displayed, and it remains perfectly presentable.

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School House Antiques has dated this Framed Abstract Expressionist Painting to the 1960s.

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Gouache on Art Paper, 1960s By Derek Latimer Sayer (b. 1917)

Derek Sayer, born 1917 is a key figure in post-war British abstract art.

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Trained at Chelsea School of Art under Henry Moore and Graham Sutherland, he was influenced by the Neo-Romantic movement, exploring nature, myth, and human forms with emotional depth.
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Sayer exhibited at Redfern Gallery, Leicester Galleries, and New Art Centre alongside peers like John Minton and Keith Vaughan. In the 1960s-70s, he balanced painting with teaching, creating works now in private collections across the UK and Europe. His art, blending organic abstraction and subtle figuration, reflects light, texture, and subconscious themes, evoking Samuel Palmer and anticipating abstract expressionism.

fig 1. A framed 20th-century abstract mixed media painting on paper featuring energetic fluid linework, vibrant yellow, green, and red hues, set within a silver frame with a dark mount.
fig 1. 20th Century Abstract Painting by Derek Latimer Sayer (Framed)

This 1960s gouache on art paper showcases Sayer’s signature style. Interlocking shapes, suggesting flora and fragmented figures. A central face-like motif with a watchful eye and flowing tendrils emerges from earthy tones, blending chaos and harmony through layered opaque and sheer washes. Framed in silver wood molding, reveals Sayer’s intuitive mark-making and textured impasto. This untitled work captures the sublime, making it a standout for collections of mid-century abstraction or Neo-Romanticism.

fig 2. A framed 20th-century abstract mixed media painting on paper featuring energetic fluid linework, vibrant yellow, green, and red hues, set within a silver frame with a dark mount.
fig 2. 20th Century Abstract Painting by Derek Latimer Sayer (Framed)

64.5cm W x 85.5 cm L including frame / 52cm W x 73cm L without frame

The painting is in fair condition, with some water damage and small tears in the paper. These are not noticeable when displayed, and it remains perfectly presentable.

Date of Manufacture

School House Antiques has dated this Framed Abstract Expressionist Painting to the 1960s.

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Archive I A framed 20th-century abstract mixed media painting on paper featuring energetic fluid linework, vibrant yellow, green, and red hues, set within a silver frame with a dark mount.

20th Century Abstract Painting by Derek Latimer Sayer (Framed)

Archive II A framed 20th-century abstract mixed media painting on paper featuring energetic fluid linework, vibrant yellow, green, and red hues, set within a silver frame with a dark mount. View II
Archive III A framed 20th-century abstract mixed media painting on paper featuring energetic fluid linework, vibrant yellow, green, and red hues, set within a silver frame with a dark mount. View III
Archive IV A framed 20th-century abstract mixed media painting on paper featuring energetic fluid linework, vibrant yellow, green, and red hues, set within a silver frame with a dark mount. View IV
Archive V A framed 20th-century abstract mixed media painting on paper featuring energetic fluid linework, vibrant yellow, green, and red hues, set within a silver frame with a dark mount. View V
Archive VI A framed 20th-century abstract mixed media painting on paper featuring energetic fluid linework, vibrant yellow, green, and red hues, set within a silver frame with a dark mount. View VI
Archive VII A framed 20th-century abstract mixed media painting on paper featuring energetic fluid linework, vibrant yellow, green, and red hues, set within a silver frame with a dark mount. View VII
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A framed 20th-century abstract mixed media painting on paper featuring energetic fluid linework, vibrant yellow, green, and red hues, set within a silver frame with a dark mount.
20th Century Abstract Painting by Derek Latimer Sayer (Framed)
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A framed 20th-century abstract mixed media painting on paper featuring energetic fluid linework, vibrant yellow, green, and red hues, set within a silver frame with a dark mount.
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Mid-to-late 20th-century abstract expressionism focuses on non-representational or semi-figurative forms, spontaneous gestural brushwork, and energetic colour combinations.

Artists during this era frequently combined gouache, ink, oil, or acrylic paints on paper or canvas, often mounted with a protective mount board and framed behind glass.

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