• Leslie Porter (British, 1903-1977) 'Still Life with Pears'

    Oil on board Signed and dated 1950 16 x 21cm Leslie was born in 1903. He trained at art school (Camberwell I recall) and had an interesting and varied career in marketing and advertising, culminating at one of the UK's largest advertising Agencies, LPE, (later Leo Burnett) where he was a board director and creative director until his retirement in the late '60s. During that time and after his retirement he was a frequent traveller to France where he produced a raft of oil paintings, sketches and pastels observing local people and the lives they led. Also many paintings of buildings and the mostly urban environment both abroad and in this country. One of his early jobs was with London Transport where he produced posters and other publicity material, some of which is in the V&A - you can see a couple online with a bit of an online search. His work was displayed at several exhibitions in London and he was awarded prizes for his oil paintings in France. After his retirement he moved to the coast at Folkestone where he continued to paint - subjects and buildings around the town, festivals, people and occasional visits across the Channel to France. He was married but later divorced and lived with his partner Dorothy until his death in Folkestone in 1977. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Excellent. In a hand-finished oak frame.
  • Lionel Bulmer (1919-1992) 'The Edge of the Field' (c. 1950s)

    Oil on board 43 x 51 cm Signed lower right. Lionel Bulmer (1919-1992) attended Clapham art school before war intervened; after the war he started again at the Royal College of Art which had been relocated during the conflict to Ambleside in the Lake District. Here he met his lifelong partner Margaret Green who provided the model for many of his works. They returned to London where they studied under painters such as Ruskin Spear and Carel Weight, successors to the Camden Town and Euston Road schools. In the 1950s they moved to West Suffolk and much of Bulmer's work from this point on documents the Suffolk landscape and the coast at Aldeburgh and Walberswick. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Excellent.
  • Robert MacDonald Fraser (1870-1947) 'Landscape with Footbridge'

    Oil on canvas Signed 20" x 24" (50.5 x 61cm) Though of Scottish descent, an Englishman who was born, lived and died in and around Liverpool. He is believed to have become interested in painting during his secondary school years at the Liverpool Institute and Art School (where the principal was the distinguished landscape artist John Finnie), however his early career was in commerce. By the age of thirty he was well established in Liverpool's art circles but it was to be another decade before he took to painting full time. Between 1910 and 1938 he showed approximately fifty paintings at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool, also having seven paintings accepted for the Royal Academy's summer exhibitions. He additionally exhibited at the Manchester Art Gallery, Liverpool Bluecoat and Royal Cambrian Academy, becoming - in 1929 - Vice President of the Liverpool 'Artists' Club.' He mostly painted the landscapes of North Wales and the North West of England. His family owned holiday cottages in North Wales, and Snowdonia provided him with much inspiration, it is believed that this painting is of a Snowdonia scene. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Excellent.
  • Derrick Latimer Sayer (British: 1917-1992) Tree for Beverly Nichols' Cats' ABC

    30x21cm Pen and ink Dated 26 vii 1982 Sayer illustrated Beverley Nichols' 'Cats' A.B.C.' and we are delighted to present some of his preparatory drawings here. Search for 'Sayer' in our stock to see more of these utterly charming illustrations - mostly of cats. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Good. For biographical details and other works by the artist please click here.
  • Peter Collins ARCA (1923-2001) Town scene

    Pen and ink 21x44cm (irregular) Provenance: The Artist's Studio As a graphic designer, Collins produced many drawings such as these and we invite you to look at our other drawings and sketches by him. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Good, size is irregular. Click here for other items by the artist and for biographical details.
  • Peter Collins ARCA (1923-200 Royal Naval Bandsman

    Black paint 44x27cm Provenance: The Artist's Studio If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Generally good, a little gentle spotting. Click here for other items by the artist and for biographical details.
  • Peter Collins ARCA (1923-200 Exotic Dancer

    Pencil 25x17cm Provenance: The Artist's Studio If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Generally good, a little gentle spotting. Click here for other items by the artist and for biographical details.
  • Derrick Latimer Sayer (British: 1917-1992) Ducks for Beverly Nichols' Cats' ABC

    30x21cm Pen and ink Dated 8 vi 1982 Sayer illustrated Beverley Nichols' 'Cats' A.B.C.' and we are delighted to present some of his preparatory drawings here. Search for 'Sayer' in our stock to see more of these utterly charming illustrations - mostly of cats. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Good. Two punched holes. For biographical details and other works by the artist please click here.
  • Gladys Williamson

    Hairdressing Exhibition

    Original Painted Design for Poster

    55x38cm

    Gladys Williamson, a student at St Edmunds College, Liverpool was awarded a silver star for this decorative composition. The award is still attached in the bottom right corner of the design. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Generally good, some light spotting. Mounted to board by artist, with label to bottom right.
  • Gladys Williamson

    Lady and Parrot 

      Original Painted Design for Poster Collage and Gouache

    43x38.5cm

    If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Generally very good, slight wear to blue background some spotting to rim of dress.
  • D.L Hadden

    Design for Executive Desks Geo.M.Hammer

    Watercolour and pencil 41x51cm Signed and dated 1959   Two beautifully detailed executive desks designs with sketches front elevations. Hadden's flair with woodwork design is evident in this masterful drawing. For biographical details and other works by the artist click here. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Generally good, some soft creases round the margins.
  • D.L Hadden

    Design for Coat of Arms for Council Chambers

    Watercolour and pencil 52x74.5cm Signed and dated 1959   A traditional coat of arms design for the city council chambers with directions by the artist that it is to be carved in lime and coloured as depicted. One of the many works Hadden produced during his time as senior designer at Geo M Hammer. For biographical details and other works by the artist click here. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Generally good, some water staining as visible in image.
  • Claude Muncaster Above Finsthwaite, near Newby Bridge 1968

    Watercolour 21x26.5cm 46x52cm including frame, UK shipping only Signed lower right Click here for biographical details and other works by the artist. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Good.
  • Roy Carnon (1911-2002) Derelict Catalina Redhills Lake near Madras

    'Used in Stocks for Gunnery Practice' Oil on board, artist's painted frame Signed and dated 1946 and inscribed with  title to reverse Click here for other works by Carnon. This 1946 painting of a derelict Second World War aircraft is a portrait of postwar disillusionment. The battered Catalinas which had survived the war became useful only as ground-based objects for target practice.  Carnon's brooding colours and impasto application of paint illustrate how the technologies which helped the Allies to win the war became, overnight, unnecessary. The airmen based in India similarly became unnecessary, but unable to be demobilised they initiated the so-called RAF Mutiny in January 1946. Carnon attended Chiswick Art School becoming an illustrator. In 1965 he was responsible for visualising spacecraft for 2001: A Space Odyssey, being designer of the iconic 'wheel' spacestation. These drawings are now in the Kubrick archives at UAL. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Excellent, recently cleaned and in artist's original frame.
  • Rosemary Ellis (1910-1988) Snail X

    5x7cm Pen, ink and watercolour On antique laid paper, watermarked 'T Edmonds 1814' Provenance: the family of the artist, by descent.
    Click here for biographical details and other works by the artist. Clifford and Rosemary Ellis were famous as a husband and wife team for their fascination with nature and their vibrant and charming depictions of animals. They were the natural artists to be commissioned by Collins for their ‘New Naturalists’ series of books, which have become famous and highly collectable more for the dust jackets designed by the Ellises than for the – otherwise excellent – content. This painting is from a recently discovered series of paintings and drawings, never before seen by the general public, dating from the 1940s and 1950s. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Generally very Good.
  • Rosemary Ellis (1910-1988) Snail XIV

    11x4.5cm Pen, ink and watercolour On antique laid paper, watermarked 'T Edmonds 1814' Provenance: the family of the artist, by descent.
    Click here for biographical details and other works by the artist. Clifford and Rosemary Ellis were famous as a husband and wife team for their fascination with nature and their vibrant and charming depictions of animals. They were the natural artists to be commissioned by Collins for their ‘New Naturalists’ series of books, which have become famous and highly collectable more for the dust jackets designed by the Ellises than for the – otherwise excellent – content. This painting is from a recently discovered series of paintings and drawings, never before seen by the general public, dating from the 1940s and 1950s. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Generally very Good.
  • Rosemary Ellis (1910-1988) Snail XV

    7.5x5.5cm Pen, ink and watercolour On antique laid paper, watermarked 'T Edmonds 1814' Provenance: the family of the artist, by descent.
    Click here for biographical details and other works by the artist. Clifford and Rosemary Ellis were famous as a husband and wife team for their fascination with nature and their vibrant and charming depictions of animals. They were the natural artists to be commissioned by Collins for their ‘New Naturalists’ series of books, which have become famous and highly collectable more for the dust jackets designed by the Ellises than for the – otherwise excellent – content. This painting is from a recently discovered series of paintings and drawings, never before seen by the general public, dating from the 1940s and 1950s. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Generally very Good.
  • Rosemary Ellis (1910-1988) Snail XVI

    4x7cm Pen, ink and watercolour On antique laid paper, watermarked 'T Edmonds 1814' Provenance: the family of the artist, by descent.
    Click here for biographical details and other works by the artist. Clifford and Rosemary Ellis were famous as a husband and wife team for their fascination with nature and their vibrant and charming depictions of animals. They were the natural artists to be commissioned by Collins for their ‘New Naturalists’ series of books, which have become famous and highly collectable more for the dust jackets designed by the Ellises than for the – otherwise excellent – content. This painting is from a recently discovered series of paintings and drawings, never before seen by the general public, dating from the 1940s and 1950s. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Generally very Good.
  • Rosemary Ellis (1910-1988) Snail XVII

    5x7cm Pen, ink and watercolour On antique laid paper, watermarked 'T Edmonds 1814' Provenance: the family of the artist, by descent.
    Click here for biographical details and other works by the artist. Clifford and Rosemary Ellis were famous as a husband and wife team for their fascination with nature and their vibrant and charming depictions of animals. They were the natural artists to be commissioned by Collins for their ‘New Naturalists’ series of books, which have become famous and highly collectable more for the dust jackets designed by the Ellises than for the – otherwise excellent – content. This painting is from a recently discovered series of paintings and drawings, never before seen by the general public, dating from the 1940s and 1950s. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Generally very Good.
  • Rosemary Ellis (1910-1988) Snail XVIII

    7.5x18cm Pen, ink and watercolour On antique laid paper, watermarked 'T Edmonds 1814' Provenance: the family of the artist, by descent.
    Click here for biographical details and other works by the artist. Clifford and Rosemary Ellis were famous as a husband and wife team for their fascination with nature and their vibrant and charming depictions of animals. They were the natural artists to be commissioned by Collins for their ‘New Naturalists’ series of books, which have become famous and highly collectable more for the dust jackets designed by the Ellises than for the – otherwise excellent – content. This painting is from a recently discovered series of paintings and drawings, never before seen by the general public, dating from the 1940s and 1950s. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Generally very Good.

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