Field House Antiques

Description

Signed watercolour with lovely detail, a fine work by this exhibited artist
Painter of landscape and marine subjects in watercolour

Born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, Sykes was the son of a fireplace manufacturer. Initially he was drafted to design the ornate designs so popular in Victorian England. He studied at Sheffield School of Art, and was able to set up his own studio successfully as well as take students, both individually and in classes to supplement his income from selling his paintings. He was admitted to the Sheffield Society of Art, and in 1899 he married Sadia Elizabeth Ward. He died following a series of three strokes, on 28 October 1941, with Sadia surviving him by 20 years (d 1961).
exhibitions
NAG 1914, Summer 1921, December 1924, Spring 1925, December 1925, Spring 1926, December 1926, March 1927, Summer 1928. STISA Inaugural Show at the Porthmeor Gallery 1928. 'A Century of Art in Cornwall' CCC Centennial 1889-1989, Truro, Part IPenlee House, Penzance: 'A Village in Focus: Mousehole', 'A Village in Focus: Newlyn' 29 November 2008-14 March 2009. Sykes Exhibition, 9th-16th August 2008, The Centre, Newlyn: organised by Glyn Richards & Jeremy Drew