Gwynne-Jones, Allan (1892-1982)

Creator details

Name
Gwynne-Jones, Allan (1892-1982)
Nationality
English
Biography
(1892-1982)<br> Allan Gwynne-Jones’ paintings, which graduate from soft naturalism to staged naivete, possess innocent charm. His vision is observant yet unobtrusive. Even his simplest still life appears fresh. Gwynne-Jones’ oeuvre encompasses still life, portraiture and landscape – sometimes of a surreal aspect. His work is represented by London dealers such as The Maas Gallery, and hangs in the National Gallery and the Tate. Numbered amongst those at the Tate is a self-portrait, which is both candid and sober, and the memorable Peaches in a Basket (1948).<br> <br> Nocturnal scenes fascinated Gwynne-Jones, and he did a series depicting a fairground. His pictures share a decorative appeal, evoking the gentler face and unassuming values of rural England in the first half of the twentieth century.<br>

Assets (38 in total)

Portrait of Sir Edmund Bacon, Bt. (1903-82), 1964 (oil on canvas)
Farm at Zennor (oil on panel)
Provencal Landscape, 1920 (oil on board)
Fairground, Tottenham, 1925 (w/c on paper)
Flower Piece (oil on canvas)
Bare Trees in a Watermeadow, Wenhaston, Early Spring, 30.04.1913 (w/c on paper)
Tulips, Irises and Daisies, June 1931 (oil on canvas)
The Unshaved Man, 1922-23 (oil on canvas)
The Port, 1929 (etching)
Summer Flowers (oil on canvas)
Portrait of an Art Student, c.1922 (oil on canvas)
Welsh Landscape (oil on panel)

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