William Greenwood Fine Art has dated this Original Ink Landscape Drawing to the 1950s.
Title: ''East Witton''. Inscribed .
Medium: Watercolour/Ink Drawing.
Size: 8 1/4'' x 13 1/4''. Framed size: 15 1/4''x 20 1/4''.
Signed and inscribed and dated July 10th 1950.
Provenance: Private collection, Mr. George G. Hopkinson of Bradford, Yorkshire.
Now cleaned and framed. In very good ready to hang condition. Free UK Delivery.
A fine ink drawing.
One from our very large collection of watercolours by Fred Lawson.
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About Fred Lawson (1888-1968):
A landscape painter. Fred was born at Yeadon, near Leeds. He studied at Dewsbury and Leeds Schools of Art.
Fred married the young Muriel Metcalfe of Leyburn in 1933, who was also a painter.
Exhibited at the R.A., R.I. and at numerous exhibitions of Yorkshire artists. Contributed illustrations to The Dalesman from the first issue and for ten years wrote a monthly feature for the magazine. Illustrated several books, including a number by Dorothy Una Ratcliffe.
Travelled in France and Holland, but most of his work depicts the scenery and life of Wensleydale. One of the most fluent and spontaneous water-colourists of his time, he was particularly adept at capturing autumnal tints. A close friend of many Yorkshire artists including Jacob Kramer, Henrietta Lister and George Jackson. His daughter Sonia Lawson is also a painter of high repute.
A retrospective exhibition was held in Middlesbrough Art Gallery in 1969. He was the founder and leading member of the Castle Bolton group of artists. Died in Castle Bolton, Redmire, where he had lived for nearly sixty years.
William Greenwood Fine Art has dated this Original Ink Landscape Drawing to the 1950s.
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Fred Lawson. "East Witton". Landscape Ink Watercolour Drawing.
