Sydney Vale F. R. S. A. (1916 – 1991)

A warship passing under Tower Bridge

Watercolour

35 x 50 cm

Born in 1916, Sydney Vale was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a member of the prestigious Wapping Group of Artists from 1972 to 1991, which was formed primarily to record life in London’s Docklands. Within this group, Vale and his contemporaries specialised in portraying the charm and romance of the River Thames from source to estuary.