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Gerald Gardiner "The Approaching Storm" Oil on Canvas
McTague of Harrogate
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Gerald Gardiner "The Approaching Storm" Oil on Canvas

1920 - 1940
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Gerald Gardiner was born in London in 1902. After studying at Beckenham School of Art and the Royal College of Art (1923-27), he exhibited landscapes in oil at the Royal Academy, the New English Art Club and elsewhere, including the provinces. He moved from Farnborough, Kent, to Gloucestershire in 1927, and lived first at Up Hatherley, near Cheltenham, and from 1934 at Lower Nash End, Bisley, Stroud. He later became painting master at Cheltenham School of Art. During the Second World War, Gardiner served in the Home Guard, but continued to paint, completing three large murals for the Cheltenham Services Club in 1943. After the war, he made several painting expeditions to Argyll, Scotland.

The present painting "The Approaching Storm" is a lovely atmospheric oil painting on canvas measuring 18"x 24". It is unsigned and is framed in a quality hand finished gilt frame giving an overall size of 26"x 32".

Physical Dimensions
Height
67cm (26.38")
Width
81cm (31.89")
Depth
7cm (2.76")
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McTague of Harrogate has dated this Gerald Gardiner Oil Painting to the 1940s.

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Gerald Gardiner was born in London in 1902.
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After studying at Beckenham School of Art and the Royal College of Art (1923-27), he exhibited landscapes in oil at the Royal Academy, the New English Art Club and elsewhere, including the provinces.
McTague of Harrogate

He moved from Farnborough, Kent, to Gloucestershire in 1927, and lived first at Up Hatherley, near Cheltenham, and from 1934 at Lower Nash End, Bisley, Stroud. He later became painting master at Cheltenham School of Art. During the Second World War, Gardiner served in the Home Guard, but continued to paint, completing three large murals for the Cheltenham Services Club in 1943. After the war, he made several painting expeditions to Argyll, Scotland.

fig 1. An oil painting depicting farm workers securing green tarpaulins over haystacks beneath a darkening stormy sky, with chickens in the foreground.
fig 1. Gerald Gardiner "The Approaching Storm" Oil on Canvas

The present painting "The Approaching Storm" is a lovely atmospheric oil painting on canvas measuring 18"x 24". It is unsigned and is framed in a quality hand finished gilt frame giving an overall size of 26"x 32".

Height
67cm (26.38")
Width
81cm (31.89")
Depth
7cm (2.76")
Date of Manufacture

McTague of Harrogate has dated this Gerald Gardiner Oil Painting to the 1940s.

Reference Numbers
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SA877016
McTague of Harrogate
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Mctague of harrogate are yorkshire based dealers in old pictures. Please see website mctague.co.uk

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An oil painting depicting farm workers securing green tarpaulins over haystacks beneath a darkening stormy sky, with chickens in the foreground.
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Archive I An oil painting depicting farm workers securing green tarpaulins over haystacks beneath a darkening stormy sky, with chickens in the foreground.

Gerald Gardiner "The Approaching Storm" oil on canvas

Archive II An oil painting depicting farm workers securing green tarpaulins over haystacks beneath a darkening stormy sky, with chickens in the foreground. View II
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An oil painting depicting farm workers securing green tarpaulins over haystacks beneath a darkening stormy sky, with chickens in the foreground.
Gerald Gardiner "The Approaching Storm" oil on canvas
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An oil painting depicting farm workers securing green tarpaulins over haystacks beneath a darkening stormy sky, with chickens in the foreground.
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