HUBERT ANDREW FREETH R.A. (1912-1986)

Hubert Andrew Freeth (1912-1986)

Title: Piccadilly, mixed media water colour and pen and ink drawing of Piccadilly Circus

Signed lower left,  dated 1978

Original frame, inscribed and titled verso original gallery labels Rob Whittle Fine Art and Richard Hagen Fine Paintings

Framed size:  66.5cm x 56cm       Picture size:  41cm x 29.5cm

Price:  £925.00

Hubert Andrew Freeth was born in Birmingham and began his studies at the School of Art (1929-1936) in his native city until receiving an engraving Scholarship to the British School in Rome, where he stayed for a further three years. In 1939, at the outbreak of World War II he was employed as an official war artist travelling to the Middle East. Consequently, the War Artist’s Advisory Committee as well as private collectors and the British Museum bought his depictions of the war. His superb talent for etchings was recognised in 1965 when he was honoured by becoming a Royal Academician. He was also recognised by the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers, the Royal Society of Painters in watercolours, the Royal Watercolour Society and the Royal Society of Portrait Painters

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