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Description

Framed and signed oil on board of Glen Lonan, Argyllshire painted by Anthony Rickards in 1982. Glen Lonan is very near Oban
'According to folklore, this is the ‘Road of the Kings’, part of the route taken by the funeral processions of Scotland’s monarchs on their last journey to the island of Iona.'
The painting was exhibited with the United Society of Artists in 1982 and at the Edinburgh Festival in 1984. It is painted in pastel colours and in an impressionistic style for which Rickards is best known. Rickard's paintings complement a variety of interior designs from minimalist to traditional.

Condition: Very good. This painting was one of several acquired unframed directly from the artist's daughter. Framed in 2026 in a bespoke hand-coloured wooden outer frame, finished in three coats of Farrow & Ball Lamp Room Gray Flat Eggshell, in combination with an ivory-coloured wooden slip.

Dimensions: Frame height 48 x width 58 cm.
Painted board 36 x 46 cm
Weight 1.65 kg

Postage & packing: £15 within the UK.

Biography: Anthony J. Rickards, ROI 1919-1993

After serving in the Royal Navy during the war, Anthony Rickards trained at Hornsey School of Art in London. His initial interest was in etching, but he soon developed a distinctive watercolour style. During the 70's he moved on to painting in oil and almost all his later work is in this medium.

During his life he travelled widely, gaining inspiration for his landscape paintings from his visits to the Middle East, Iceland, Greece, Menorca and Italy. In the 1980s he led painting holidays on the island of Paxos, Greece.

He has exhibited widely and sold his work at numerous private galleries, in Cork Street in London, on many occasions at the Royal Academy Summer Show, the Mall Galleries, The London Sketch Club in Chelsea and Spink and Son.

In 1992 Anthony Rickards was elected a member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters in recognition of his work.