Norman Blamey RA, Figures at a church bazaar c1950
Norman Blamey OBE RA (1914-2000) 'The Parish Bazaar,' (c1950) oil on board, within its original frame, signed far right. Dimensions: 35cm x 40cm, with its frame 46cm x 52cm
Blamey painted at least four versions of jumble sales or church bazaars, all of which took place at St Pancras Old Church Rooms in London. The work for sale is the first photo in the deck of three, two other versions are shown for comparison.
Norman Blamey OBE RA
Throughout his career Norman Blamey, worked with two subjects he knew intimately: the Church and his family. This work is fairly heavily textured as a result of Blamey's technique, which involved applying paint mainly with the edge of a palette knife. This process would often take several months to complete.
Blamey was born in St Pancras, the only son of a manufacturing chemist and his wife. His first studies in art were at the Regent Street polytechnic, and he went on to teach there himself. He first showed at the Royal Academy in 1938, and continued to do so for 50 years.
After WW2, he taught at the Chelsea School of Art, where he was senior lecturer from 1963-79, and, after his election as a Royal Academician in 1975, he was a visiting lecturer at the RA schools.
Blamey believed passionately in the traditional disciplines of the draughtsman, but was too retiring to pronounce on them, and taught by example, making drawings himself to show how he thought things should be done.
Norman Blamey OBE RA (1914-2000) 'The Parish Bazaar,' (c1950) oil on board, within its original frame, signed far right. Dimensions: 35cm x 40cm, with its frame 46cm x 52cm
Blamey painted at least four versions of jumble sales or church bazaars, all of which took place at St Pancras Old Church Rooms in London. The work for sale is the first photo in the deck of three, two other versions are shown for comparison.
Norman Blamey OBE RA
Throughout his career Norman Blamey, worked with two subjects he knew intimately: the Church and his family. This work is fairly heavily textured as a result of Blamey's technique, which involved applying paint mainly with the edge of a palette knife. This process would often take several months to complete.
Blamey was born in St Pancras, the only son of a manufacturing chemist and his wife. His first studies in art were at the Regent Street polytechnic, and he went on to teach there himself. He first showed at the Royal Academy in 1938, and continued to do so for 50 years.
After WW2, he taught at the Chelsea School of Art, where he was senior lecturer from 1963-79, and, after his election as a Royal Academician in 1975, he was a visiting lecturer at the RA schools.
Blamey believed passionately in the traditional disciplines of the draughtsman, but was too retiring to pronounce on them, and taught by example, making drawings himself to show how he thought things should be done.
Norman Blamey OBE RA (1914-2000) 'The Parish Bazaar,' (c1950) oil on board, within its original frame, signed far right. Dimensions: 35cm x 40cm, with its frame 46cm x 52cm
Blamey painted at least four versions of jumble sales or church bazaars, all of which took place at St Pancras Old Church Rooms in London. The work for sale is the first photo in the deck of three, two other versions are shown for comparison.
Norman Blamey OBE RA
Throughout his career Norman Blamey, worked with two subjects he knew intimately: the Church and his family. This work is fairly heavily textured as a result of Blamey's technique, which involved applying paint mainly with the edge of a palette knife. This process would often take several months to complete.
Blamey was born in St Pancras, the only son of a manufacturing chemist and his wife. His first studies in art were at the Regent Street polytechnic, and he went on to teach there himself. He first showed at the Royal Academy in 1938, and continued to do so for 50 years.
After WW2, he taught at the Chelsea School of Art, where he was senior lecturer from 1963-79, and, after his election as a Royal Academician in 1975, he was a visiting lecturer at the RA schools.
Blamey believed passionately in the traditional disciplines of the draughtsman, but was too retiring to pronounce on them, and taught by example, making drawings himself to show how he thought things should be done.