Brian Sinfield Art Gallery
Current Exhibition
Robbie Wraith RP 13 November 2021 - 4 December 2021
'Paintings'
“Every time I look at a picture by Robbie Wraith, I am astonished at his ability to portray ordinary, inanimate subjects with such consummate skill – a slice of cake, a bunch of keys, wrapped chocolates in a silver bowl, objects few artists would ever consider painting. Under Wraith’s brush these gem-like pictures come alive, but this is small fry. Wraith is a master of the portrait, and it is as a portraitist he is best known and sought after. His list of sitters includes many famous dignitaries. He has painted Her Majesty the Queen and other members of the Royal family, and in 1997, as travelling artist, he accompanied HRH Prince of Wales on his official visit to South Africa.
He is a master of all mediums – watercolour, pastel, charcoal, pencil and oil. Unlike many ‘realist painters’ his pictures are rich with great depth creating a rare beauty and he often chooses subjects that are challenging, subjects that would daunt most artists. ‘Burlesque’ is a painting that appears to be unfinished but yet these four figures on one canvas are mesmerising; it needs no further work. It is a powerful piece that stands alone.” Brian Sinfield
Robbie Wraith left school at 16 and studied in Italy and England with Pietro Annigoni, at his invitation. This close association lasted until Annigoni’s death, including working as his assistant during Annigoni’s cycle of frescoes in Ponte Buggianese. He consciously avoided all art schools and ateliers.
The gallery has represented Robbie for thirty years and we are deliighted to be holding another solo exhibition.
Painting illustrated: Burlesque | oil on canvas | 101 x 153 cm
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Christmas Exhibition
All I want for Christmas is a ...
If there was ever a year to treat yourself then this is it. We have curated an inspiring exhibition featuring approximately 30 new paintings by gallery artists.
All paintings are available to view at the gallery from Saturday, 20th November and will continue until the end of the year.
Painting illustrated: Rebecca Campbell | Home Grown | oil on linen | 73 x 61 cm
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Just In
Fred Cuming RA
We have been lucky enough to receive a small body of work from private collections.
Amongst Britain's most outstanding, respected and poetic landscape painters, Fred Cuming RA is considered one of the finest landscape painters of his generation. Obsessed with capturing colour and light, Cuming’s work expresses a dreamlike quality which transports the reader into his evocative world.
Cuming was born in London in 1930 and studied at Sidcup School of Art from 1945 to 1949 and, having completed his National Service, went on to study at the Royal College of Art from 1951 to 1955, where he gained a Rome Scholarship and an Abbey Minor Scholarship. He was elected a Royal Academician in 1974 and a member of the New English Art Club and an Associate of the Royal College of Art. His first solo show was held in 1978 in London, and since then he has exhibited regularly in solo shows throughout the UK and more recently in the United States. His work has also been included in many group exhibitions since 1953. In 2001 he was given the honour of being the featured artist in the Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition, with an entire gallery within the show dedicated to his work.
He is the winner of many awards including the Grand Prix Fine Art (1977), the Royal Academy’s House & Garden Award and the Sir Brinsley Ford Prize (New English Art Club, 1986). His work is held in private collections throughout the world.and in 2004 was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Kent at Canterbury. His work is represented in private and corporate collections in fifteen countries.
He lives and works in East Sussex.
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