Original Watercolour by Stuart Armfield

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

Armfield was born in 1916, in Sanderstead, Surrey.

He studied arts and history of architecture at the Royal West of England College of Art in Bristol. In the years 1935-40, Stuart worked in the Art Department of Ealing Studios. He moved to Cornwall in 1942 and took up painting as a full-time professional career in 1945. He worked in a studio in Looe, South Cornwall, for 20 years, after which he opened a gallery in 1965. Later he moved to Plymouth, Devon.

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 investments.

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).