11th Oct, 2023 12:00

From the Studio: Works from Eleven Artists' Estates

 
Lot 140
 

140

HUGH CRONYN (BRITISH 1905-1996)

SELF-PORTRAIT
signed HUGH CRONYN lower right
oil on canvas
129 x 78.5 cm; 50 3/4 x 30 3/4in
(unframed)

Painted circa 1960 within a year of the Cronyns' purchasing Adyar Studio in Flanders Road, on the edge of Bedford Park, Chiswick. The splendid Arts and Crafts house boasted a magnificent studio on the first floor. In his early career Cronyn was a prolific and successful portrait painter.

Sold for £800


 

SELF-PORTRAIT
signed HUGH CRONYN lower right
oil on canvas
129 x 78.5 cm; 50 3/4 x 30 3/4in
(unframed)

Painted circa 1960 within a year of the Cronyns' purchasing Adyar Studio in Flanders Road, on the edge of Bedford Park, Chiswick. The splendid Arts and Crafts house boasted a magnificent studio on the first floor. In his early career Cronyn was a prolific and successful portrait painter.