11th Sep, 2025 10:30
Autumn Specialist Sale
ARR Stuart Maxwell Armfield (British, 1916-2000) - Tempera - Mushrooms
Stuart Maxwell Armfield (British, 1916-2000) - Tempera on board - Mushrooms (James Coleman Fine Art exhibition catalogue entry No. 33 where dated as 1966), signed lower left, 49cm x 151cm, framed
(See James Coleman Fine Art exhibition catalogue, entry No. 33 where dated 1966)
Born in Sanderstead, Surrey, Armfield studied at the West of England College of Art, Bristol. From 1935-40 he was on the art staff of Ealing Studios. His career started in the film industry in Paris and it was here from his cousin Maxwell Armfield that he learned the tempera technique for which he was renowned. He later wrote the manual ''Tempera Painting''. Following his move to Cornwall in 1942, Armfield became a professional artist exhibiting at the Royal Academy and with the St Ives Society of Artists. Armfield lived in Polperro, Looe and eventually Plymouth. Armfield was a Quaker pacifist and a conscientious objector in World War II. After the war his work took on a significant symbolist theme. James Coleman Fine Art held an eightieth-birthday retrospective in 1996 and a memorial show following his death in 2000.
Stuart Maxwell Armfield (British, 1916-2000) - Tempera on board - Mushrooms (James Coleman Fine Art exhibition catalogue entry No. 33 where dated as 1966), signed lower left, 49cm x 151cm, framed
(See James Coleman Fine Art exhibition catalogue, entry No. 33 where dated 1966)
Born in Sanderstead, Surrey, Armfield studied at the West of England College of Art, Bristol. From 1935-40 he was on the art staff of Ealing Studios. His career started in the film industry in Paris and it was here from his cousin Maxwell Armfield that he learned the tempera technique for which he was renowned. He later wrote the manual ''Tempera Painting''. Following his move to Cornwall in 1942, Armfield became a professional artist exhibiting at the Royal Academy and with the St Ives Society of Artists. Armfield lived in Polperro, Looe and eventually Plymouth. Armfield was a Quaker pacifist and a conscientious objector in World War II. After the war his work took on a significant symbolist theme. James Coleman Fine Art held an eightieth-birthday retrospective in 1996 and a memorial show following his death in 2000.
Auction: Autumn Specialist Sale, 11th Sep, 2025
Our Autumn Specialist Sale of Fine Furniture, Modern Design, Paintings, Prints, Silver, Jewellery, Watches, Ceramics, Glassware & other Collectors items.
Highlights will include a Rare Rolex ‘Double-Red’ Sea-Dweller Submariner 2000 stainless steel bracelet watch, a Victorian carved walnut and marble specimen table stamped Gillow and Edwards & Roberts, a fine selection of jewellery including a 3ct single stone diamond ring, a 17th century needlework, and a large collection of Ecclesiastical silver. A number of lots in the sale are from descendents of General Charles Gordon (1833-1885).
Over 120 lots of pictures including original artworks by Montague Dawson, FRSA, RSMA (1895-1973), Edward Brian Seago, RWS, RBA, (British, 1910-1974), Frederick Henry Howard Harris (British, 1826-1901), Edward Wesson (British, 1910-1983), and Barrington Tabb (British, 1934-2022) will also feature. A good selection of portaits are offered on behalf of charity for the Bristol and Weston Hospitals Trust.
Viewing
Wednesday 10th September - 10am until 5pm
