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Charles Ernest Cundall (1890-1971)
Central Park South, New York
Signed, old labels to the reverse
Oil on canvas
16 x 22 inches
Exhibited: New English Art Club
£8,500 (inclusive of ARR)
This wonderful image of New York captures a view from a lush corner of Central Park South and includes the Sherry Netherland Hotel, The Savoy Plaza Hotel, The Essex House and Hampshire House. The artist produced several paintings of the city; a similar view was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1960.
Charles Cundall was a painter, pottery and stained glass artist who was born in Stratford, Lancashire. After working as a designer for Pilkington’s Pottery Company under Gordon Forsyth, Cundall studied at Manchester School of Art, obtaining a scholarship to Royal College of Art, 1912. After World War I Army service he returned to Royal College in 1918, then was at Slade School of Fine Art, 1919–20, and in Paris. Cundall travelled widely in several continents and became noted for his panoramic pictures, such as Bank Holiday, Brighton, in Tate Gallery’s collection. He was a member of the New English Art Club, the Royal Society of Portrait Painters, the Royal Watercolour Society and other bodies and was a prolific Royal Academy exhibitor. Had first solo show at Colnaghi, 1927. Official War Artist in World War II, during which he was elected RA, 1944. His wife was the painter Jacqueline Pietersen. He Lived in London.
Source: 'Artists in Britain Since 1945' by David Buckman