Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 9

George Large
George Large, The Fungi Collectors, Cubist art

1991

About the Item

***Please note the glass will be removed for shipping*** For local and London deliveries the glass can be retained if agreed prior to purchase. George Large, R.I. (born 1936) Edible Fungi Signed and dated (19)91 Watercolour over traces of pencil 26¾ x 14¾ 37 x 24½ with frame ​​ George Large is a painter in watercolour and oil, born in Islington, London in 1936. He studied at Hornsey College of Art (1958-63), teachers including Maurice de Sausmarez, John Titchell and Alfred Daniels. Large spent some time in the display department of Simpson’s, Piccadilly, was part-time at Hornsey College of Art, then head of department at St Julian Comprehensive School in St Albans. Large showed 1963-87 with SWE, being vice-president in 1972 and treasurer in 1984; with RE, 1963-5; with RI from 1983, becoming a member in 1986 and its archivist; and was also made a member of the RBA in 1997. Large was winner of the Windor & Newton award, 1989; he won the Llewellyn Alexander and St Cuthbert’s Mill Awards in 1999; and the Arts Club Award in 2003. He had a solo show at Mall Galleries in 1980, later one-man exhibitions including Duncan Campbell Fine Art from 1990. In 2000, Goldmark Gallery, Uppingham, showed Large’s work, at the same time releasing its documentary film on him, Trust Me I’m An Artist. There were further Goldmark George Large exhibition in 2003 and 2015. Human figures are important components in Large’s compositions, often men at work, and the work of Edward Burra and Stanley Spencer has been influential upon Large’s art. It is an easily recognizable, colourful form of Cubism. Large completed a mural for British Rail for the King’s Cross Thameslink Station. In recent years Large has lived and painted in Rutland and Malta, and his work is held in important public and private collections including National Gallery and British Consulate in Malta. ​ Source: The Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours website
  • Creator:
  • Creation Year:
    1991
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 14.75 in (37.47 cm)Width: 26.75 in (67.95 cm)Depth: 1.5 in (3.81 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Harkstead, GB
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU148128522522

More From This Seller

View All
George Large, Street Musicians, Cubist art
By George Large
Located in Harkstead, GB
***Please note the glass will be removed for shipping*** For local and London deliveries the glass can be retained if agreed prior to purchase. George Large, R.I. (born 1936) Street musicians Signed and dated (19)91 Watercolour over traces of pencil 15¾ x 26 25½ x 35 with frame ​​ George Large is a painter in watercolour and oil, born in Islington, London in 1936. He studied at Hornsey College of Art (1958-63), teachers including Maurice de Sausmarez, John Titchell and Alfred Daniels. Large spent some time in the display department of Simpson’s, Piccadilly, was part-time at Hornsey College of Art, then head of department at St Julian...
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

Gerald Gardiner, Harvesting scene with rainbow
Located in Harkstead, GB
A bucolic scene at harvesting time Gerald Gardiner (1902-1959) Harvesting time Signed and dated 1944 Oil on paper 10½ x 15¾ inches Landscape painter ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Paper, Oil Pastel

Owen Waters, Impressionist landscape, circle of Edward Seago
Located in Harkstead, GB
A wonderful example of the artist's work depicting an idyllic scene in the Norfolk countryside. Owen Waters (1916-2004) Norfolk pastures Signed, inscribed...
Category

Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Owen Waters, Impressionist landscape, circle of Edward Seago
Located in Harkstead, GB
A wonderful example of the artist's work depicting an idyllic scene in the Norfolk countryside. Owen Waters (1916-2004) Norfolk pastures Signed, inscribed to the reverse Oil on boar...
Category

Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Frederick George Cotman Impressionist oil painting Suffolk river landscape
By Frederick George Cotman
Located in Harkstead, GB
An impressive, panoramic view of the River Stour looking towards Harwich and Felixstowe in Suffolk. It is very much a snapshot of times gone by with the hay barge loaded with hay. F...
Category

19th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Paul Madeline, Impressionist summer garden scene
By Paul Madeline
Located in Harkstead, GB
A really beautiful example of Post-Impressionist painting; the picture space filled with light and wonderfully free brushwork. A most attractive rustic image presented in very good o...
Category

Late 19th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

You May Also Like

Wish, a Surrealistic Watercolor Landscape with a Floating Wishbone the the Sky
By Melanie Vote
Located in New York, NY
This stunning piece by Melanie Vote exemplifies her signature style of subtly surreal landscapes. Featuring a traditional old-master type landscape, the work takes an unexpected turn...
Category

2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Graphite

Shaftesbury England, Figurative Landscape
By James Shearer
Located in Soquel, CA
Figurative landscape of Shaftesbury, Dorset, England by James Shearer (English, 20th Century). Presented in a giltwood frame. Signed "James Shearer" lower left. Titled "Shaftesbury D...
Category

1970s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

Taxco, Mexico - 1930's Figurative Village Landscape
By Theodore Ernest Langguth
Located in Soquel, CA
A vintage watercolor capturing a daily scene in the Spanish colonial town of Taxco, Mexico by Theodore Ernest Langguth (German-American, 1861-1952). Titled, dated and signed lower ma...
Category

1930s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil

Moonlit Walk in the Woods
Located in Columbia, MO
Joel Sager (1980) was born in Saint Joseph, Missouri, the son of a minister and a stay-at-home mother who fostered from an early age his love of drawing and painting. It was under th...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper, Pencil

Mid Century Modern Mixed Media Painting -- Day at the Beach
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful mid century mixed media coastal/figurative in loose/painterly style by Irmal Gertrude Attridge (American, 1894-1962), circa 1950. Signed lower right. Presented in vintage frame under glass (included as-is). Image size: 9"H x 12"W. Irma Gertrude Attridge was born in Chicago and studied at Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles with Henry McFee and Oscar Van Young. Member of Calif. AC; AEA; Cal. WC. Soc.; Women Painters...
Category

1950s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, Color Pencil, Laid Paper

NEARBY
By Carol K. Brown
Located in New York, NY
The artist is dealing with the fullness of life, while the ground becomes shakier. There is nostalgia for a lush world that never actually existed. Her lighthearted series of drawing...
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Photographic Paper, Graphite

NEARBY
Price Upon Request

Recently Viewed

View All