GERALD LESLIE BROCKHURST (BRITISH 1890-1978), SEATED FEMALE NUDE
Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000
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GERALD LESLIE BROCKHURST (BRITISH 1890-1978) SEATED FEMALE NUDE Pencil Signed, dated May 12 -1910- and indistinctly inscribed F Bramley [] A.R.A. (visitor)/ 9 sittings/ F W Broach[] (lower right) 73.5 x 48.5cm (28¾ x 19 in.) Provenance: Sale, Christie's, London, 13 May 1994, lot 131 (part lot) Frank Bramley (1857-1915) was one of the pioneering figures who founded the Newlyn School alongside Stanhope Forbes. In 1894 Bramley became an Associate of the Royal Academy (ARA) and a Royal Academician (RA) in 1911. Established artists would visit the Royal Academy School to help aid emerging artists during life drawing lessons. It is possible that 'F W Broach' refers to the class tutor.
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GERALD LESLIE BROCKHURST (BRITISH 1890-1978) SEATED FEMALE NUDE Pencil Signed, dated May 12 -1910- and indistinctly inscribed F Bramley [] A.R.A. (visitor)/ 9 sittings/ F W Broach[] (lower right) 73.5 x 48.5cm (28¾ x 19 in.) Provenance: Sale, Christie's, London, 13 May 1994, lot 131 (part lot) Frank Bramley (1857-1915) was one of the pioneering figures who founded the Newlyn School alongside Stanhope Forbes. In 1894 Bramley became an Associate of the Royal Academy (ARA) and a Royal Academician (RA) in 1911. Established artists would visit the Royal Academy School to help aid emerging artists during life drawing lessons. It is possible that 'F W Broach' refers to the class tutor.