Cecil King (1881-1942)

The Thames and Tower Bridge

Watercolour

26 x 37 cm

Cecil King was a British painter. He studied at the Goldsmiths’ Institute College School of Art, the Westminster School of Art, and in Paris with Jean-Paul Laurens and Théophile Steinlen. King notably competed in the art competition of the 1928 Summer Olympics held in Amsterdam. The 1928 competition went down in Olympic memory as being particularly well celebrated, spanning multiple categories, art competitions were, however, part of the Olympic programme between 1912 and 1948.

This particular watercolour depicts London industrial docks with the Thames and Tower Bridge in the background, capturing the unique atmosphere of London in the early 20th century.