PAUL HOGARTH OBE RA (1917-2001)Limted Ed Lithograph \"Chiswick Art Deco\" For Sale

PAUL HOGARTH OBE RA - Chiswick Art Deco

Super Lithograph on mould-made paper of this wonderful art deco building, signed in pencil, titled and numbered 286/300, printed by Stanley Jones at Curwen Press.

This print was based on an original painting commissioned by Reckitt & Colman in 1984 who occupied this stunning building prior to its demolition. It was felt highly appropriate that Paul Hogarth should execute the work, being a direct descendant of the painter William Hogarth whose house was a short walk from the building. The work comes with a typed sheet explaining its history.

41 x 61 cm image size

In excellent condition, unframed.

Suitable for combined shipping, £1 uk, £3 overseas each additional sheet.

Paul Hogarth was born in Britain on 4 October 1917, at Kendal, Cumbria. In 1923 his family and he moved to Manchester. He attended the Manchester School of Art from 1934 to 1936, where he became involved in the Artists\' International Association and the Communist Party of Great Britain. After 1936 he attended Saint Martin\'s School of Art in London, and drove lorries in the Spanish Civil War for the International Brigade.

Paul Hogarth was a painter with a talent for illustration and reportage, which was allied to his love of travel. This led him to produce drawings and watercolours recording events and places all over the world. As an illustrator he studied under James Boswell, and worked with a number of eminent authors, including Robert Graves, Graham Greene, Brendan Behan, Lawrence Durrell, and William Golding. He illustrated the New Penguin Shakespeare series of paperbacks in the 1970s, and his work can also be seen on the cover of John Wyndham\'s \'The Midwich Cuckoos\' (1964, Penguin ).

He was elected an associate member of the Royal Academy in 1974, a full member in 1984; and was awarded the OBE in 1989. His work is held in collections worldwide, and he exhibited regularly in the Francis Kyle Gallery in London.

He died on 27 December 2001. At the time of his death he had been married to actress Diana Hogarth (stage name Diana Robson) for 12 years