Sonia Lawson R.A. "Touch of Snow, Redmire" Watercolour Landscape.

1940 - 1960

Sold by William Greenwood Fine Art

Description

Artist: Sonia Lawson. R.A. R.W.S. R.W.A. (Born 2nd June 1934).

Title: "Touch of Snow on Distant Hills. Redmire Moor". (Towards Reeth).

Signed. Inscribed on the reverse by Sonia with the title and name and date 1961.

Watercolour.

Size: 10 1/2"x 14". Framed size: 18 1/4"x 22".

In very good ready to hang condition. Free UK delivery.

Sonia Lawson was born into a creative and bohemian Wensleydale family; her mother, Muriel Metcalfe, and father, Fred Lawson, both being well-respected painters.

She drew from an early age, securing a coveted place at the Royal College of Art in the mid-50s, from where she graduated with first class honours. She went on to exhibit widely and was honoured to be elected as a Royal Academician in 1982; an achievement that impresses even more when you consider that she is the only academician ever to come from the Yorkshire Dales.By the late 1950s, she was on her way to a brilliant career; her early years as a professional artist marked by scholarships, commissions, media attention and honours. She was one of four young artists – and the only woman alongside John Whishaw, James Howie and Allan Rawlinson – selected for John Schlesinger’s BBC TV documentary Private View, which ran as part of the Monitor series.

Physical Dimensions

Height

46cm (18.11")

Width

56cm (22.05")

Depth

3cm (1.18")

Declaration

William Greenwood Fine Art has dated this piece to the 1960s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA604832

Dealers Internal Reference

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Description

Artist: Sonia Lawson. R.A. R.W.S. R.W.A. (Born 2nd June 1934).

Title: "Touch of Snow on Distant Hills. Redmire Moor". (Towards Reeth).

Signed. Inscribed on the reverse by Sonia with the title and name and date 1961.

fig 1. Sonia Lawson R.A. "Touch of Snow, Redmire" Watercolour Landscape.

Watercolour.

Size: 10 1/2"x 14". Framed size: 18 1/4"x 22".

In very good ready to hang condition. Free UK delivery.

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Sonia Lawson was born into a creative and bohemian Wensleydale family; her mother, Muriel Metcalfe, and father, Fred Lawson, both being well-respected painters.

William Greenwood Fine Art

fig 2. Sonia Lawson R.A. "Touch of Snow, Redmire" Watercolour Landscape.

She drew from an early age, securing a coveted place at the Royal College of Art in the mid-50s, from where she graduated with first class honours. She went on to exhibit widely and was honoured to be elected as a Royal Academician in 1982; an achievement that impresses even more when you consider that she is the only academician ever to come from the Yorkshire Dales.By the late 1950s, she was on her way to a brilliant career; her early years as a professional artist marked by scholarships, commissions, media attention and honours. She was one of four young artists – and the only woman alongside John Whishaw, James Howie and Allan Rawlinson – selected for John Schlesinger’s BBC TV documentary Private View, which ran as part of the Monitor series.