Description
Artist: Frederick (Fred) Brill. A.R.C.A. (1920-1984).
Title: “Still Life”. Comprising saucepan, bottle, clay pipe and flowers.
Oil on canvas. Circa 1950.
Size: 20″x 30″. Framed size: 27 3/4″x 37 3/4″.
Provenance: Purchased from the artist by Dr. William Greenwood in 1980. (unstretched and unframed.
Note: Has a finished painting on the reverse of the canvas.
In very good ready to hang condition. Free UK delivery.
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Frederick Brill (1920-1984).
Frederick Brill was associated with Chelsea School of Art for over thirty years. He was so well known for his support to students, struggling artists and the more pertinent causes on behalf of art schools, that many wondered how he ever found time to paint.
His copy (at the age of sixteen) of the Michelangelo in the National Gallery (No.1) and his Italian sketchbooks illustrate his considerable powers of perception and great skills in recording.
His interest in the Pennines had been aroused during the war years by being evacuated, with the Royal College of Art, to Ambleside. The acquisition of a house in Carperby, Wensleydale in 1967 allowed this passion for the Yorkshire Dales to develop.
When Fred (as he was affectionately known to all) moved permanently to Yorkshire, Carperby became the focus for works ranging from broader Pennine landscapes to personal studies made within the village. These later landscape studies lead naturally on to the still-lifes which were still in progress when illness sadly overtook him.
Draughtsmanship is, perhaps, the most dominating feature of Fred’s work and the bold brush strokes reflect his own robust presence and large personality
Frederick G. Brill ARCA
1920 Born in London
1934-1939 Hammersmith School of Art
1940-1941 Slade School of Fine Art
1941-1945 Royal College of Art: awarded medal for distinction in painting
1945-1951 Part-time teaching
1951-1963 Lecturer, Chelsea School of Art
1963-1965 Head of Painting Department, Chelsea School of Art
1965-1979 Principal of Chelsea School of Art
1984 Died in Yorkshire
One-Man Exhibitions
Galerie de Seine
Trafford Gallery
Chandler Gallery, Leyburn
Joint Shows
Radlett Gallery
St. Albans School of Art
Linton Gallery, Settle
Chilworth Gallery, W2
Mixed Exhibitions include
Royal Academy, The Royal Society of British Artists, The London Group, The New English Art Club