Ending 14th Jun, 2024 14:00

The Anthony Curtis Studio Sale

 
  Lot 38
 

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Anthony Curtis (1928-2018)

Buildings at Night, 1956

signed and dated (to reverse)

oil on board

49 x 85cm; with three smaller oils from the same period (4).

Anthony Curtis was an artist born in Wakefield, Yorkshire, and then went on to study at Loughborough College, and Bath Academy of Art in Corsham in 1952. At this time he was taught by many seminal artists of the 20th Century, including Terry Frost, Bryan Wynter, Peter Lanyon and Kenneth Armitage. He exhibited his work at the Daily Express Young Artist’s Exhibition in 1957 and was included in Jack Beddington’s Young Artists of Promise. He went on to have one man shows at Bear Lane Gallery, Oxford in 1959.

The paintings offered in this timed auction come from the artist's estate and are mainly works from the 50s and 60s. They are heavily influenced by his St Ives School tutors and many were painted on his frequent visits to Terry Frost and Peter Lanyon in Cornwall.

Sold for £310
Estimated at £100 - £200


 

Anthony Curtis (1928-2018)

Buildings at Night, 1956

signed and dated (to reverse)

oil on board

49 x 85cm; with three smaller oils from the same period (4).

Anthony Curtis was an artist born in Wakefield, Yorkshire, and then went on to study at Loughborough College, and Bath Academy of Art in Corsham in 1952. At this time he was taught by many seminal artists of the 20th Century, including Terry Frost, Bryan Wynter, Peter Lanyon and Kenneth Armitage. He exhibited his work at the Daily Express Young Artist’s Exhibition in 1957 and was included in Jack Beddington’s Young Artists of Promise. He went on to have one man shows at Bear Lane Gallery, Oxford in 1959.

The paintings offered in this timed auction come from the artist's estate and are mainly works from the 50s and 60s. They are heavily influenced by his St Ives School tutors and many were painted on his frequent visits to Terry Frost and Peter Lanyon in Cornwall.

Auction: The Anthony Curtis Studio Sale, ending 14th Jun, 2024

A timed online picture sale running from 3 June to 14 June. Featuring over 50 paintings from the studio of Anthony Curtis.

 

 

Anthony Curtis (1928-2018)

 

Anthony Curtis was an artist born in Wakefield, Yorkshire, and then went onto study at Loughborough College, and at Bath Academy of Art in Corsham in 1952. At this time he was taught by many seminal artists of the 20th Century, including Terry Frost, Bryan Wynter, Peter Lanyon and Kenneth Armitage.

He exhibited his work at the Daily Express Young Artist’s Exhibition in 1957 and was included in in Jack Beddington’s Young Artists of Promise.  He went on to have one man shows at Bear Lane Gallery, Oxford in 1959.

The paintings offered in this timed auction come from the artists estate and are mainly works from the 50s and 60s. They are heavily influenced by his St Ives School tutors and many were painted on his frequent visits to Terry Frost and Peter Lanyon in Cornwall.

Selected works from the collection will be on view during the Modern Art + Design view days, and the full catalogue can be viewed on the Mallams website.

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