Adrian Daintrey

The Redfern Gallery, London,  where bought by Sir David Scott, 13 November 1929 for 15 guineas

STRUCTURE Original canvas. There are artist's pinholes in all four corners and the canvas undulates slightly in the corners. PAINT SURFACE The paint surface is in good overall condition. There are areas of dirt and surface deposits which may benefit from a light clean. ULTRAVIOLET UV light reveals no sign of retouching. FRAME Held in a painted composition frame which has sustained some abrasions.
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Daintrey's contrasting training, first at the Slade School of Art in the early 1920s and then in Paris, helped form his varied ability as a painter. In Paris he learnt painting from artists as diverse as Derain, Utrillo and Sickert and developed a sober Post-Impressionist style of which this landscape is a typical example. After the War he developed the style for which he is best known, a fluent pen and ink based illustrative style that is comparable with Ardizzone. Known for his modesty and dry wit, he once described himself as 'a semi-well known Royal Academy-type painter.' Sir David Scott invited Adrian Daintrey to lunch at Boughton in April 1959.