Torr Antiques & Decorative Arts

Description

A charming pencil and watercolour sketch on paper of 'Pegwell Bay Ramsgate from Sandwich Bay' initialled SM for Sydney Maiden and dated 1960. It is a beach scene with people strolling along the water's edge while others swim in the sea and children play in the sand. A boat with a white sail glides beyond the swimmers while the port of Ramsgate can just be made out on the headland in the distance. This is believed to be a preliminary sketch for a larger oil on canvas work as the artist has left some instructions in pencil including 'sand' on the beach and 'pewter grey' on the sea.

Biography: Sydney Joseph Fabricius Maiden (1893-1963) was a landscape and figurative painter in oil and watercolour. He was born in India in 1893 and served as an officer in the East Kent Regiment in both wars. He lived in London and later in Chipstead, near Sevenoaks, Kent. He exhibited in the 1930s at the Goupil Gallery, the New English Art Club and the Royal Academy. Sydney Maiden's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realised prices depending on the size and medium of the artwork.

Dimensions: Paper - 17.5 x 25 cm

Condition: The Very good vintage condition.

Postage & packing: It can be sent flat between two pieces of card for £5.00