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Height

17.02 cm

Width

12.95 cm

Wear conditions Wear conditions

Good

Wear conditions

Excellent

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Good

May show slight traces of use in keeping with age. Most vintage and antique items fit into this condition.

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Description

Watercolour by John Gutteridge Sykes. Subject is a moored fishing boat, possibly a coble.
Unframed. Overall size approx. 7" x 5".
This is part of a collection of works by the artist that we acquired recently, along with the artists membership certificate for the Royal Society of Arts, a copy of which is supplied with this artwork.

Comes with a unique signed Certificate of Authenticity

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ABOUT THE ARTIST

John Gutteridge SYKES

1866
1941

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 met Laura KNIGHT and Harold KNIGHT when they were living in Staithes prior to their move to Cornwall. With the help of a wealthy patron (who held out a guaranteed market for his work and sponsorship to travel), he moved as the Knights did to visit the Newlyn painters in 1914, and remained for the rest of his life. According to Dorey, the friend who helped him find his permanent home in Newlyn, after staying in lodgings on Paul Hill for some months, was sculptor Frank DOBSON. Other firm friends were Harold HARVEY, S J Lamorna BIRCH and Stanhope FORBES, Ernest PROCTER as well as Alfred MUNNINGS.

Unfortunately his benefactor died, and from then on the livelihood for this excellent watercolourist (never quite as popular as oil in terms of sales) became precarious. He and Sadia managed somehow though with much difficulty, and brought up a son, Melville (also a skilful painter who died young) and two daughters, Effie and Dorcie. Forbes was always encouraging to him and recommended his work to exhibitions wherever possible. Once again his reputation grew, though bringing in only a modest income.

His daughter, Dorcie SYKES, also became a well known painter in watercolour, and was to stay in the family home for the remainder of her life, despite exhibiting her paintings and prints all over the world.. He sold a painting Rhododendrons at NAG just before the Gallery discontinued the mounting of separate exhibitions for the duration of WWI. (A collection of pictures continued to be hung, and replaced as they were sold, by the artists living locally.) He exhibited at NAG in 1937, and his watercolour A River Crossing was illustrated in colour in the W H Lane Auction catalogue (March sale) 2003.

He died following a series of three strokes, on 28 October 1941, with Sadia surviving him by 20 years (d 1961). The family are now buried together in Paul Churchyard.

Condition report:

Painting is in good condition with wear commensurate with age.

Material
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Unknown
Origin
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Item location
Thelveton, United Kingdom
Period
Unknown
Designer
Unknown
Brand
Unknown
Condition
Used

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DeVere Fine Art are a leading online art gallery selling original and affordable works of art by established artists. Our Principal, Mr. Stephen McPartland, has been buying and selling art since the late 1980's. Our period of interest is mainly the 20th century, and a lot of the work we sell has an East Anglian origin. We are based in Norfolk and ship artworks all over the world, although purchases can be collected from our gallery. We offer a guarantee of authenticity for the purchaser which is not time limited.

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