Open House Saturday: 17 December 2022

Henry will be opening his home gallery again for an Open House on Saturday 17 December 2022. All are welcome and we very much hope you will be able to attend. Online booking is essential via the website and link below.

Below is a sample of the collection of works that will be on show at the Open House. Do not hesitate to get in contact, should you have any queries about any of the works in the collection.

Erich Wolfsfeld, (German 1884-1956), The Archers, c.1910, Etching, signed (lower right), 79cm x 65cm (plate size), (framed 98cm x 110cm), £2,250

Etcher, painter and teacher, he was brought up in Berlin, where he attended the Academy, 1902–13, although had periods away, studying at Académie Julian. In 1910 he won the Kaiser Wilhelm Gold Medal for this picture The Archers.

After Army service in World War I he was in 1920 appointed professor of painting and etching at Berlin Academy. This post he held until 1935, when Nazi pressure forced him out and he came to the UK. His portrait of the sculptor Sir Goscombe John was later acquired by National Portrait Gallery. A number of provincial galleries also hold his work.

John B Lear, (American 1910-2008), An Acrobat, c.1960s, oil on canvas, signed (lower right), 41cm x 30cm, (54cm x 43cm framed), £9,500

Lear explored homoeroticism in a truly unique style. His work was shown at numerous solo and group exhibitions during his lifetime. Highly collected privately, his work is also held in many public collections such as the Detroit Museum, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Georgia Museum of Art.

Michael Leonard, (British b.1933), Bending Nude (Study), 1990, conté on paper, dated (middle left), 29cm x 19.5cm (50cm x 40cm in mount), unframed, £1,750

The nude, particularly the male nude, has been a recurring theme in Leonard’s work. This work relates to the painting ‘Bending Nude, 1984. It was not uncommon for the artist to re-examine previous compositions.

Lin Jammet, (British 1958-2017), Three Figures, 1992, watercolour and pencil on paper, 76cm x 51cm, (87cm x 61cm framed), £2,500

Son of Elisabeth Frink and architect Michael Jammet, although slightly better known as a printmaker, Jammet was an highly accomplished artist in his own right.