Christopher wood painter woman

Christopher Wood was born in Knowsley close to Liverpool on 7 April His father, Dr Lucius Wood, was a well-respected doctor on the Earl of Derby’s Knowsley Estate. His mother’s family (the Arthurs) anticipated Woods’ later artistic connection with Cornwall, having lived there for generations.

Wood had a relatively privileged upbringing. He was a lively, athletic and charming young Englishman with cricket and golf early pre-occupations at his preparatory school, Freshfield and a brief stint at Marlborough, then Malvern College. Fate struck a physical blow that thwarted any sporting ambition when he was 14 and contracted septicaemia. This left him incapacitated for 3 years with the legacy of a limp, and dull but incessant leg pain. The resourceful young Wood took to music, playing the flute, and most importantly, drawing. He went on to study architecture at Liverpool University () but in , travelled to London where he made a decision to devote his life to pa

•

Christopher Wood, Self Portrait

Christopher Wood Having left my old smoke-filled industrial town of Bolton in September I arrived at Trent Park College, North London. I thought I had landed on a completely different planet ! My inmates at Ludgrove Hall of Residence would by enlarge seldom surface from their beds on a Saturday morning before 12 noon. As for me&#;&#;.filled with an air of exploration, I would board the tube train at Cockfosters and traverse the Piccadilly Line to Leicester Square. Here, the world of Mayfair art galleries overwhelmed me with excitement and inspiration.

On Saturday 13th November I visited the Redfern Gallery in Cork Street, Mayfair. Yes the date is easily memorable as I kept a diary of my gallery visits. That day I was introduced to the art of Christopher Wood.

My diary visit to the Redfern. Redfern, invitation to the opening of the exhibition (no I wasn&#;t invited !). Newspaper review of the exhibition, sorry it&#;s not eas

•

Christopher Wood, 
British - 
Breton Woman, c; 
pencil on paper, x cm 

Buyer's Premium

The buyer shall pay the hammer price together with a premium thereon of 26% up to £20, (% inclusive of VAT), 25% from £20, - £, (30% inclusive of VAT), 20% from £, thereafter (24% inclusive of VAT). The premium price is subject to VAT at the standard rate.

VAT

VAT is not charged on the hammer price unless it fryst vatten stated that there fryst vatten 'VAT applicable on the hammer price at the end of the description. Buyer's premium is subject to VAT.

(ARR) - ARTIST'S RESALE RIGHT

Qualifying living artists and the descendants of artists deceased within the last 70 years are entitled to receive a re-sale royalty each time their work is bought through an auction house or art market professional.

It applies to lots with hammer value over £1, as follows:
0 to £50, - 4%
£50, to £, - 3%
£, to £, - 1%
£, to £, - %
Exceeding £, - %
ARR fryst vatten