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John Sergeant - 20th Century British Portrait Drawing of a Girl in a Hat

1965

$344.99
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DKK 2,228.84

About the Item

JOHN SERGEANT (1937-2010) Portrait of a Young Girl in a Hat Pencil on tinted paper Framed 24 by 18 cm., 9 ½ by 7 in. (frame size 46 by 39 cm., 18 by 15 ¼ in.) Provenance: The artist’s studio sale Sergeant was born in London, the son of a civil servant. His family soon moved to Faversham in Kent after they were bombed during World War II. He studied at Canterbury College of Art from 1954-57, during which period he met John Ward, who was to become a lifelong friend and supporter. In 1959 he entered the Royal Academy Schools, where he won a Drawing Prize in 1961. In 1962 he married a fellow student, Carolyn Cann. After graduating from the RA he taught part-time at art schools in Kent and worked on commissions including book jacket designs and illustrations and series of ‘room-portraits’ of interiors. He moved to near Builth Wells, Wales in 1983. In 1989 the Prince of Wales asked Sergeant to contribute drawings to his book Vision of Britain; two years later he accompanied the prince on an official visit to Prague. A superb draughtsman, he was a great exponent of the teaching of drawing in art school: “If you can draw you can paint. All you need to know as Whistler used to say, is which end of the brush to put in your mouth”. In his 2006 Colnaghi exhibition he described himself as a “serious serial draughtsman who explores, scrutinizes the same subject back, front, sideways, this way and that. It is all part of trying to understand”.
  • Creator:
    John Sergeant (1937 - 2010)
  • Creation Year:
    1965
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 9.45 in (24 cm)Width: 7.09 in (18 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    London, GB
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: SCJS71stDibs: LU1028314974902

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