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Charles Mozley 1914-1991 Pastel Venetian Figures
We are delighted to offer for sale this evocative figurative pastel drawing by the Yorkshire born artist Charles Mozley ARCA, who has signed the pastel to the lower left and dated it '79. The pastel depicts four figures in costume, two wearing typical Venetian long-nosed Pulcinella or Punch masks,one playing a type of instrument, and the tall central figure appears to be wearing the black coat and hat of the Plague Doctor or Dottore Peste, all ready for the Venice 'Carnevale', which normally takes place in February.
Charles Alfred Mozley was born in Darnall, Sheffield on the 29th May, 1914. He was a British artist who was also a teacher, book illustrator, war artist, designer of book covers, posters and prints.
Mozley, while still a schoolboy, attended the Sheffield School of Art. An exhibition of his artworks were held at the Hibbert Brothers Gallery in the city in 1933. After spending 1933 teaching in Sheffield, Mozley won a scholarship to the Royal College of Art, RCA, in 1934. When he left the RCA in 1937, Mozley taught life drawing, anatomy and lithography at the Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts. He also quickly established himself as a freelance artist.
At the start of the Second World War, Mozley joined the British Army and worked for military intelligence and on camouflage designs. In 1940, Mozley submitted a number of works to the War Artists Advisory Committee. The Committee purchased one of these pieces, A Kentish Lane, 1940 and also issued Mozley with a wartime sketching permit which allowed him to paint outdoors, mainly in London and Plymouth, during the conflict. WAAC purchased at least one further work from Mozley in June 1944. Mozley was in the Royal Engineers, and retired with the rank of Acting Lieutenant-Colonel.
After the War, Mozley established himself as a prolific commercial artist working in different techniques. He designed film posters for Alexander Korda, theatre posters for the Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith and worked on mural designs for the Festival of Britain. As well as designing hundreds of book covers, Mozley created book illustrations for the Limited Editions Club of New York, the publishers Chatto and Windus and for the Folio Society. Interior decoration, drawings for television commercials and press adverts for British European Airways were also undertaken. Mozley designed posters for the London Underground, Shell and for Lyons tea-rooms. In 1979, a retrospective of Mozley's work was held at the King Street Gallery in London and his drawings of Venice were exhibited at Somerset House in support of the Venice in Peril Fund. This pasel drawing dates to the same year, so may have been one of the exhibits.
While he was at the Royal College of Art, Mozley met Eileen Kohn, who was also an artist, and they married in 1938. Her sister Joan would later marry one of Mozley's contemporaries, Edwin La Dell. Mozley had two sons and three daughters. Mozley died of heart failure in 1991, surviving his wife by two years. From 1971 until his death, Mozley lived in Kew, in a house which he had bought from another artist, John Plant.
His house, 358 Kew Road, is Grade II listed and contains murals and decorations by Charles Mozley.
A retrospective exhibition of Mozley's lithographic work was held at the Barbican Centre library in 2002. The same year, Grey College in Durham also hosted an overview of his career. Three years later, the Barbican Centre held an exhibition of his artworks.
The pastel has been newly double mounted in two-tone acid-free mountboard and reframed in an ornate, 2 1/4" gunmetal frame. While we wouldn't normally place a work of this age in such an ornate style of frame, we felt it was appropriate to the subject matter. It will be supplied wired and ready to hang.
Image size: 18 1/2" x 12 3/4" - 47cm x 32.4cm
Frame size: 29 1/2" x 23 3/8" - 75cm x 59.3cm
Medium: Pastels on Very fine paper
Condition:There is a slight crease to the centre left margin and some wrinkling of the paper to the top third, barely noticeable when hung. The mounts and frame are new.
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Charles Alfred Mozley was born in Darnall, Sheffield on the 29th May, 1914. He was a British artist who was also a teacher, book illustrator, war artist, designer of book covers, posters and prints.
Mozley, while still a schoolboy, attended the Sheffield School of Art. An exhibition of his artworks were held at the Hibbert Brothers Gallery in the city in 1933. After spending 1933 teaching in Sheffield, Mozley won a scholarship to the Royal College of Art, RCA, in 1934. When he left the RCA in 1937, Mozley taught life drawing, anatomy and lithography at the Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts. He also quickly established himself as a freelance artist.
At the start of the Second World War, Mozley joined the British Army and worked for military intelligence and on camouflage designs. In 1940, Mozley submitted a number of works to the War Artists Advisory Committee. The Committee purchased one of these pieces, A Kentish Lane, 1940 and also issued Mozley with a wartime sketching permit which allowed him to paint outdoors, mainly in London and Plymouth, during the conflict. WAAC purchased at least one further work from Mozley in June 1944. Mozley was in the Royal Engineers, and retired with the rank of Acting Lieutenant-Colonel.
After the War, Mozley established himself as a prolific commercial artist working in different techniques. He designed film posters for Alexander Korda, theatre posters for the Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith and worked on mural designs for the Festival of Britain. As well as designing hundreds of book covers, Mozley created book illustrations for the Limited Editions Club of New York, the publishers Chatto and Windus and for the Folio Society. Interior decoration, drawings for television commercials and press adverts for British European Airways were also undertaken. Mozley designed posters for the London Underground, Shell and for Lyons tea-rooms. In 1979, a retrospective of Mozley's work was held at the King Street Gallery in London and his drawings of Venice were exhibited at Somerset House in support of the Venice in Peril Fund. This pasel drawing dates to the same year, so may have been one of the exhibits.
While he was at the Royal College of Art, Mozley met Eileen Kohn, who was also an artist, and they married in 1938. Her sister Joan would later marry one of Mozley's contemporaries, Edwin La Dell. Mozley had two sons and three daughters. Mozley died of heart failure in 1991, surviving his wife by two years. From 1971 until his death, Mozley lived in Kew, in a house which he had bought from another artist, John Plant.
His house, 358 Kew Road, is Grade II listed and contains murals and decorations by Charles Mozley.
A retrospective exhibition of Mozley's lithographic work was held at the Barbican Centre library in 2002. The same year, Grey College in Durham also hosted an overview of his career. Three years later, the Barbican Centre held an exhibition of his artworks.
The pastel has been newly double mounted in two-tone acid-free mountboard and reframed in an ornate, 2 1/4" gunmetal frame. While we wouldn't normally place a work of this age in such an ornate style of frame, we felt it was appropriate to the subject matter. It will be supplied wired and ready to hang.
Image size: 18 1/2" x 12 3/4" - 47cm x 32.4cm
Frame size: 29 1/2" x 23 3/8" - 75cm x 59.3cm
Medium: Pastels on Very fine paper
Condition:There is a slight crease to the centre left margin and some wrinkling of the paper to the top third, barely noticeable when hung. The mounts and frame are new.
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Category Antique Pictures / Engravings / Art
Date 1979
1970s Antiques Material Paper
Origin English
Item code as237a1717
Status For Sale
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$510.13
€458.34
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