12th Mar, 2025 12:00
From the Studio: Works from Eleven Artists' Estates
119
⊕ MICHAEL UPTON (BRITISH 1938-2002)
BELGIAN COUNTRYSIDE (I-V), WITH ANNOTATED NOTE (VI)
inscribed 1st battle Longemarke. 1914 lower centre (i); titled Ypres Salient - Canadian lower right (ii); titled Ypres upper right (iii); titled and dated 1st battle Longemarke. 1914 lower centre (iv)
each watercolour on paper
each circa 9 x 12.5cm; 3 1/2 x 5in
all unframed
(6)
(vi) is inscribed Belgium, Great Order / Trees Equal Height In Ordered / Rows, Giving Symmetry And Some Boredom / Ochre Walls / And Bright / Red Roofs. / Above Yellow Green Fields / Golden Light.
Sold for £50
BELGIAN COUNTRYSIDE (I-V), WITH ANNOTATED NOTE (VI)
inscribed 1st battle Longemarke. 1914 lower centre (i); titled Ypres Salient - Canadian lower right (ii); titled Ypres upper right (iii); titled and dated 1st battle Longemarke. 1914 lower centre (iv)
each watercolour on paper
each circa 9 x 12.5cm; 3 1/2 x 5in
all unframed
(6)
(vi) is inscribed Belgium, Great Order / Trees Equal Height In Ordered / Rows, Giving Symmetry And Some Boredom / Ochre Walls / And Bright / Red Roofs. / Above Yellow Green Fields / Golden Light.
Auction: From the Studio: Works from Eleven Artists' Estates, 12th Mar, 2025
Auction Location: London, UK
This one-of-a-kind auction focuses on the redisovery of 20th century artists, many of whom exhibited in leading West End galleries in their day, their works featuring in museums and art galleries around the world. All now deceased, with many having suffered undeserved obscurity since, their inclusion in From the Studio: Works from Artists' Estates puts the spotlight firmly back on them, to reveal a range of extraordinarily talented men and women.
Most of the artists were admired, promoted and written about by eminent 20th century art critics. Several were Jewish emigres, forced from their homelands to find their way anew in Britain and elsewhere. Many were close friends with other leading contemporary artists, sharing studios and ideas; some taught, several at the Royal College of Art. Throughout, their efforts both individually and together chart the myriad movements and counter movements that define the dynamic 20th century modernist landscape, ranging from Impressionism to Abstraction.
PUBLIC EXHIBITION:
Sunday 9th March:12pm to 4pm
Monday 10th March: 10am to 8pm
Tuesday 11th March: 10am to 5pm
AUCTION:
Wednesday 12th March 2025, 12pm, precisely
Contact the Pictures Department for further information | pictures@olympiaauctions.com | + 44 (0) 20 7806 5541
Viewing
PUBLIC EXHIBITION:
Sunday 9th March:12pm to 4pm
Monday 10th March: 10am to 8pm
Tuesday 11th March: 10am to 5pm
AUCTION:
Wednesday 12th March 2025, 12pm, precisely
