Collector's Journal — Modern British Art
The Horse: British Equestrian Tradition Through a Modernist Eye
20th Century British Art Animal Art Animal Painting Art Provenance Art Research British Art British Artists British Equestrian Art British Oil Painting Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD Collectors Journal Equestrian Art Equestrian Painting Fine Art Horse Art Horse Painting Lionel Ellis Mid Century Art Mid Century Painting Modern British Art Provenance Sporting Art Sporting Paintings Vintage Art
Discover the remarkable story of The Horse, a circa 1950–1960 Modern British equestrian oil painting attributed to Lionel Ellis (1903–1988), with historic inscriptions recording its reported direct acquisition from the artist in 1974 and an unusually detailed chain of ownership.
Edward Carter Preston: Rediscovering a Modernist Painter
Art Research British Interwar Art British Modernism British Modernist Art British Still Life Collectors Journal Cubism Cubist Still Life Dead Mans Penny Edward Carter Preston Edward Carter Preston Watercolour Gerard Chowne Liverpool Art Liverpool Cathedral Liverpool Modernism Modern British Art Modernist Painting Next of Kin Memorial Plaque Paul Cezanne Post Impressionism Provenance Research Sandon Studios Society Watercolour
An intimate Cubist-influenced watercolour of everyday kitchen vessels reveals a lesser-known side of Edward Carter Preston, the Liverpool artist better remembered for sculpture, medals and his monumental work for Liverpool Anglican Cathedral.
