NOEL HOPKING- GREAT TITS ON JAPANESE QUINCE [original watercolour]
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Year Published:
0
Edition:
Original
Illustrator:
Noel Hopking
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Inventory No:
039068
Condition
Overall:
Near Fine
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Framed
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£342.00
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Description
A fine original watercolour of a Great Tit on Japanese Quince signed to the bottom left. The painting measures 235 x 180 mm, vibrant colours, unfaded and unmarked, simple clean mount with a single wash-line. Wood frame 420 x 360mm. Provenance - Tryon Gallery label to the backing board. Also hung at the Wildlife Gallery ,Lavenham. A stylish work. [Biography 1883 - 1964 - Jeremy Wood writing in Hidden Talents -A Dictionary of Neglected Artists Working 1880-1950, describes Hopking as "A fine quality painter in watercolour." A painter, mostly of birds and animals, poster designer and book illustrator including for Enid Blyton's 'Second Holiday Book' (1947), 'Nature Lover's Book' (1958) and 'Treasury Book' (1965). He produced numerous cards for Medici and Royle. He exhibited at the Royal Academy; Dudley Gallery and the Association of Sussex Artists in 1947-1957. The shipping cost on this painting within the UK is likely to be in the region of £20.
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