Torr Antiques & Decorative Arts

Description

A finely worked ink drawing with a watercolour wash on paper of 'Blois' in the Loire Valley, France signed by Sydney Maiden and dated 1947. The pencil inscription in the artist's hand ' beneath the image 'The Market place - Blois - showing bomb damaged area as in 1947 before rebuilding', would suggest that this scene is of historical interest.

Biography: Sydney Joseph Fabricius Maiden 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 a range of realised prices depending on the size and medium of the artwork. The record price for this artist at auction is 2,332 USD for an oil on canvas of Ramsgate harbour, sold in 2012.

Dimensions: Paper - 38 x 39.5 cm, Image - 16 x 24.5 cm

Condition: Very good vintage condition. It would frame very well.

Postage & packing: It can be sent flat between two pieces of card for £6.50