White Court Art

Description

Study of a Male Face
Gwen May

Drawings and Etchings

A wonderfully detailed study of a mans head in pencil by this well known artist, it is a beautifully observed piece. Drawn barely 5 years after the end of the First World War one must wonder at what experiences this sitter has had. This drawing is one of 8 in a folio of recently discovered life drawings by the artist, all of which date from the 1920's and the subjects just exude the character and style of the Roaring Twenties in their faces, hairstyles and poses.

ARTIST INFORMATION
The highly accomplished drawings and etchings of Gwen May are seldom found today. Her subjects range from views of Holland Park Mews to deeply rural subjects such as Milking Shed and life drawings. Aside from her few London views, she is known to have worked extensively in and around the areas of Stratford-upon-Avon and Mousehole in Cornwall she also travelled to Spain and Portugal in search of subjects for her plates. Gwen May was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers and an accomplished wood engraver and watercolourist, exhibiting at the Royal Academy regularly in the pre-war years. A commemorative award for etching and engraving named after Gwen May is presented every year at the National Print Exhibition.

ABOUT US
White Court Art specialise in high quality British and European Fine Art. We are passionate about art, and the pieces we offer reflect this. Most of the paintings are by high quality, listed artists. However, if we discover a piece by an unknown artist that we believe is of merit then we will also offer these works. We are constantly searching for new talent and quality pieces to offer our clients. We endeavour to provide a friendly, efficient and safe forum to enable you to acquire fine art online. Our company was formed in 2006.

POSTAGE & PACKAGING
All of our paintings are carefully and appropriately packaged to ensure they reach you safely. We do pride ourselves on the care taken with packaging. Orders to the UK mainland are sent using insured courier service or appropriate Royal Mail service. Orders to the rest of the World are sent promptly via signed for courier service. Unless stated prices exclude shipping costs.

RETURNS POLICY
We offer a 14 day returns policy and money back guarantee on all items (excluding postage costs) should they be found to be not as described. Additionally White Court Art fully guarantees for a period of 1 year from the date of sale our descriptions relating to age and medium. Our warranty will only apply to the original buyers as named on our invoice issued at date of sale.

PAYMENT
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ITEM INFORMATION & TERMINOLOGY
Every item we sell is fully guaranteed to be as we describe. We use the same cataloguing terms as most major auction houses The cataloguing terms that we use have the following meanings
1. where the text which forms reads "'by" and is followed by the artist's full name (or the artist's initials, if his full name is unrecorded), the work is in our opinion by the artist
2. where the expression "attributed to" is used, the work is in our opinion possibly a work by the artist, in whole or in part
3. where the expression "'circle of'" is used, the work is in our opinion a work of the period of the artist and showing his influence
4. where the expression "'follower of"' is used, the work is in our opinion a work executed in the artist's style but not necessarily by a pupil
5. where the expression '"manner of"' is used, the work is in our opinion a work executed in the artist's style but of a later date
6. where the term "after" is used, the work is in our opinion a copy or pastiche (of any date) of a work by the artist.
7. Where the term 'signed...' is used in our opinion the work has been signed by the artist, where the term 'with signature...' or 'bears signature...' is used in our opinion the signature is by a hand other than that of the artist.