Description

Beautiful pencil and watercolour painting of flowers by famous listed British artist Stuart Armfield.

Armfield was born in 1916, in Sanderstead, Surrey.

Biography
Cousin of Maxwell Armfield. Stuart Armfield was born in Sanderstead, Surrey. Studied at the West of England College of Art in Bristol and was from 1935-40 on the art staff of Ealing Studios. Showed at Royal Academy, with St. Ives Society of Artists of which he was a member, Arthur Jeffress Gallery and in America. Lived in Looe, Cornwall, later in Plymouth. James Colman Fine Art held an 80th birthday retrospective in 1996 and a memorial show in 2000.

After World War II, Armfield produced Symbolist pictures which featured black models, chessboards, and keys, sought by collectors such as King Hassan II of Morocco, the exiled Prince Chula Chakrabongse of Thailand and the actor Eric Portman.

Stuart died in 1999. James Colman Fine Art held an eightieth-birthday retrospective in 1996, a memorial show in 2000.

Many of his works have been sold at auction, including 'View from the Artist's House, Polperro' sold at Dreweatts, Donnington Priory 'The Contents of an Oxfordshire Dower House and a Surrey ' in 2015 for $5,866. Prices for his works are on the up and that makes them great investment as well.

EXHIBITIONS
RWS, RI, NSA, STISA
East Cornwall Society of Artists
The Plymouth Society of Artists
The Studio, The Quay, Looe
James Colman Fine Art Retrospective 1999, and Memorial Exhibition 2000.

Size including frame: 28.1/4 inches (72 cm) X 21.1/2 inches (54.5 cm).