Comprising a collection of paintings, sculptures and other objects acquired by Jane and Richard Reynolds, often from young artists from the 1960’s onwards.

03.06 Seated Figure in White Gown

03.06 Seated Figure in White Gown

 
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English

Catalogue number 03.06. Painted in 2003. Height 215 cm. by 183 cm. wide.

Bought with the help of Greg Williams at the Pilgrim Gallery, then at 58, Lamb’s Conduit Street, London, at a solo exhibition by Neil called ‘Sex, Death and Ageing’ in September 2003. Neil Stokoe was born in 1935 in Durham, England and trained as a painter initially at the nearby Sunderland College of Art, and then at the Royal College of Art in London, where he was a contemporary of David Hockney. Asked about the influences on his painting style, he wrote:-‘ I suppose predominately its just a line of western European painting stemming from Titian, Velasquez…. All the painters that have been interested in the physical substance of paint and the way the image is actually turned out through the manipulation and the use of the paint as a very physical medium…. I suppose if there were one person that would be Francis Bacon.’ He lived in Twickenham, and we got to know him at the time of buying these paintings.

Of all the artists I have met, he was the most possessive about what he had created. He died in 2019.

Spanish

Número de catálogo 03.05. Pintado en 1994. Altura 236 cm. por 167 cm. de ancho.

Comprado con la ayuda de Greg Williams en la Pilgrim Gallery, entonces en el 58 de Lamb's Conduit Street, Londres, en una exposición individual de Neil titulada "Sex, Death and Ageing" en septiembre de 2003. Neil Stokoe nació en 1935 en Durham, Inglaterra, y se formó como pintor inicialmente en el cercano Sunderland College of Art, y luego en el Royal College of Art de Londres, donde fue contemporáneo de David Hockney. Cuando se le preguntó por las influencias de su estilo pictórico, escribió: "Supongo que se trata principalmente de una línea de pintura europea occidental que procede de Tiziano, Velázquez.... Todos los pintores que se han interesado por la sustancia física de la pintura y la forma en que la imagen se convierte en realidad a través de la manipulación y el uso de la pintura como un medio muy físico.... Supongo que si hubiera una persona sería Francis Bacon'. Vivía en Twickenham y le conocimos cuando compramos estos cuadros.

De todos los artistas que he conocido, era el más posesivo con lo que había creado. Murió en 2019.

 
04.11 The bench

04.11 The bench

03.05 Lying figure

03.05 Lying figure