Charles Mahoney

ARTIST

Mahoney, Charles

1903 – 1968

In his memoir Since 50, Men & Memories 1922-1938 (New York,1940, p. 236) the first two names that appear on William Rothenstein list of top Royal College of Art students were Henry Moore and Charles Mahoney – the list continues with the names of luminaries such as Eric Ravilious, Edward Bawden, Barnett Freedman Edward Le Bas, and Evelyn Dunbar. The process of reassuring Mahoney’s place in 20th century British Art has had several important milestones including the 1975 Ashmolean exhibition, the Liss Fine Art/Fine Art Society touring show (2000) and Mahoney’s predominant feature in Tate Britain’s The Art of the Garden, (2005) – but the process of reassessment still has a long way to go.

Painter, muralist, draughtsman and teacher. Born Cyril Mahoney in London – his fellow-student Barnett Freedman re-christened him Charlie at the Royal College of Art, which he attended 1922-6 after a period at Beckenham School of Art under Percy Jowett. Early on, Mahoney established a reputation as a conscientious teacher. He was at the Royal College 1928-53, from 1948-53 as a painting tutor, and was noted there for his concern for academic discipline. His portrait is included in Rodrigo Moynihan’s celebrated Teaching Staff of the Painting School at the Royal College of Art, 1949-50. From 1954 to 1963 he taught at the Byam Shaw School of Drawing and Painting and from 1961 to 1968 at the Royal Academy Schools. He painted murals at Morley College 1928-30 with his colleagues Eric Ravillious and Edward Bawden. Unfortunately these murals were destroyed during World War II. The work led to further murals: at Brockley School, Kent, with Evelyn Dunbar; and at Campion Hall Lady Chapel, Oxford. His oil paintings are frequently of a religious nature. He was a skilled botanist, and many of his drawings depict his garden at Wrotham, Kent. He exhibited at NEAC and the RA, being made an RA elect in 1968. He is represented in the Tate Gallery and other public collections. The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, held a memorial exhibition in 1975. Exhibitions were held in 2000 at the Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston, Royal Museum and Art Gallery, Canterbury, and the Fine Art Society plc in association with Liss Fine Art.

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Charles Mahoney

ARTIST

Mahoney, Charles

1903 – 1968

In his memoir Since 50, Men & Memories 1922-1938 (New York,1940, p. 236) the first two names that appear on William Rothenstein list of top Royal College of Art students were Henry Moore and Charles Mahoney – the list continues with the names of luminaries such as Eric Ravilious, Edward Bawden, Barnett Freedman Edward Le Bas, and Evelyn Dunbar. The process of reassuring Mahoney’s place in 20th century British Art has had several important milestones including the 1975 Ashmolean exhibition, the Liss Fine Art/Fine Art Society touring show (2000) and Mahoney’s predominant feature in Tate Britain’s The Art of the Garden, (2005) – but the process of reassessment still has a long way to go.

Painter, muralist, draughtsman and teacher. Born Cyril Mahoney in London – his fellow-student Barnett Freedman re-christened him Charlie at the Royal College of Art, which he attended 1922-6 after a period at Beckenham School of Art under Percy Jowett. Early on, Mahoney established a reputation as a conscientious teacher. He was at the Royal College 1928-53, from 1948-53 as a painting tutor, and was noted there for his concern for academic discipline. His portrait is included in Rodrigo Moynihan’s celebrated Teaching Staff of the Painting School at the Royal College of Art, 1949-50. From 1954 to 1963 he taught at the Byam Shaw School of Drawing and Painting and from 1961 to 1968 at the Royal Academy Schools. He painted murals at Morley College 1928-30 with his colleagues Eric Ravillious and Edward Bawden. Unfortunately these murals were destroyed during World War II. The work led to further murals: at Brockley School, Kent, with Evelyn Dunbar; and at Campion Hall Lady Chapel, Oxford. His oil paintings are frequently of a religious nature. He was a skilled botanist, and many of his drawings depict his garden at Wrotham, Kent. He exhibited at NEAC and the RA, being made an RA elect in 1968. He is represented in the Tate Gallery and other public collections. The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, held a memorial exhibition in 1975. Exhibitions were held in 2000 at the Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston, Royal Museum and Art Gallery, Canterbury, and the Fine Art Society plc in association with Liss Fine Art.

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Study for Yellow Ox-eye Daisies, mid 1950s

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Sunflowers

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Mahoney Sunflowers Study No4

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Mahoney Sunflowers Study No3

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Mahoney Flowers Study

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Mahoney Sunflowers Study No1

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Study of a sunflower head, mid 1930’s
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Caravan at Penvensey, ’58

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Study of a cut sunflower head, mid 1930’s

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

The Wise and Foolish Virgins, circa 1928

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Seated nude (mid 1920’s)

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Mahoney Sunflowers Study No5

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

The Artist and His Model, circa 1935

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Study for Campion Hall Mural, Christ standing, circa 1942

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Study of a giant sunflower

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Study of sunflower in bud

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Spring

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Study of a broken Sunflower stem

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Study of a seated muse

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Figures fleeing from a giant

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Study for praying woman, kneeling in profile, Campion Hall Chapel, circa 1942

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Study for Autumn, 1950
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Allegory of Four Winds, circa 1925
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Muses; Study for Self-portrait of the Artist at Work. 1950’s
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Study of a Sunflower

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Window sill with flower pot and bird, Mother and child in garden, 1935

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

A small Christmas Tree, circa 1940

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Study of poppy heads, 1930’s

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Unfinished study of Sunflowers

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

sheet of flower studies with Sunflowers

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Sunflowers at Oak Cottage

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Bathsheba, late 1940’s

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Study of Nicolas Poussins 1648 painting: Madonna on the steps, mid 1920s

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Gas Mask Drill, Ambleside, circa 1942

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Study of a soldier for Our Lady of Mercy, 1942
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Study of Piano Accordion for Morley College mural, 1927

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Eryngium Agavifolium, design for Gardeners Choice
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

A set of 20 vignettes, purpose unknown, several of which can be associated with decorative projects Dunbar was involved with in the mid-1930

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

The full size preparatory cartoon for The Birth of the Virgin, Campion Hall, circa 1941

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Encampment, design for a mural, c.1925

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Street scene – design for a mural, circa 1925

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Study for Gardener’s Choice, c. 1935

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Portrait of a young man, three quarter view, head, circa 1930

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Portrait of Geoffrey Rhoades, 1930

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Study for The Clock and The Dial, mural at Brockley County School (now Prendergast – Hilly Fields School) 1935

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Three Women in a Vase, Handing out Flowers

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Ambleside, circa 1942

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Landscape with Chesnut Tree, circa 1930

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Portloe, circa 1957

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Still life with artist’s pamphlet Christmas Coleus, 1940’s

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Sandpit at Borough Green, circa 1950

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Cloud study
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Details study of a pear tree

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

View from rear window at Mahoney’s family home, Anerley, c.1922

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Rural Cottage

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Figure outside house – circa 1935

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Study for the Sleeve of Thomas More, 1932

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

The Artist’s Hand with Painted Teasel

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Distant view of Cotswolds Farm cottage, late 1920s

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Roses

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Mullein leaves with mildew silvering the greens

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Roses, Lilies and Tree Trunk

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Sheet of studies of a Muse

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

The Artist and his Muses, c 1950

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Allegory

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Study of an apple tree with finch

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Women and Flowers

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Studies for watering can, mid 1930’s

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

The Emblems of the Virgin, design for Campion Hall altarpiece, circa 1941

£1,200.00

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Gourd

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Study of plant bulbs, circa 1940

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

The waiting room, circa 1930

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Dorethy, the artist’s wife, sewing, circa 1945
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

The Artist’s Hand, c.1940

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Woodburner, circa 1940

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Study of the artist’s hat

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Sunflower and ferns

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Sheet of studies with sunflowers

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Study for the Garden full length

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Study for woman on ladder, Autumn, circa 1951

£860.00

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Drapery Study for a Muse, 1927

£1,500.00

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Study of woman and dress

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Standing nude, rear view

£860.00

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

The Art Student, circa 1960

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Woman Reading, circa 1950

£600.00

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

The return of the prodigal son, mid 1920’s

£1,650.00

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Decorated hat, circa 1950

£575.00

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Nude posing in front of Sunflowers

£1,250.00

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Study of dress

£860.00

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Girls Outing

£1,050.00

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Study sheet with figures for Gas Mask Drill, 1939
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Girl standing, three quarter view

£650.00

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Sunflowers

£1,475.00

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Still life with paint pot and flowers in a vase

£1,900.00

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

The hearth at Oak Cottage, circua 1938

£1,200.00

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Sheet of studies with Palm, circa 1930

£510.00

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

A bouquet of sunflowers, daisies, pears and gourds

£1,950.00

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

The Artist picking Sunflowers

£975.00

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Study of Nasturtiums

£2,150.00

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Adam and Eve Seen through a Window, 1935

£3,800.00

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Colour study for The Raising of Lazareth, c.1925

£1,375.00

SKU: 1745

Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Lily heads and stems, 1950s

£500.00

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

The beach at Pevensey, circa 1958

£3,000.00

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Tuscany Roses

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Woodburner with Cosmos in a vase

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Two boys playing on a street pavement

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Study for The Birth of the Virgin, c. 1942

£15,000.00

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Design for the altar wall, Annunciation in an Allotment, partially coloured, circa 1942

£5,750.00

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Study of a cherub, for Campion Hall, early 1940’s

£1,500.00

SKU: 228

Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Bonfire of the vanities, circa 1950

£1,930.00

SKU: 219

Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Fleeing figures, mid 1920’s

£22,000.00

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Adoration of the Shepherds, (Winter), c.1942

£8,750.00

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Mahoney Sunflowers Study No6

£950.00

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Sheet of plant studies with Chrysanthemum flowers in a glass jar

£1,900.00

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, circa 1936
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Study for the Morley College mural
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Thistles in a glass jar, circa 1930
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Flower Studies with Tulipa eichleri and primulas
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Studies of Roses
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Bathsheba
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Study for Lutyens conversing with a Campion Hall gardener, circa 1941
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Lutyens conversing with a gardener, compositional study for Campion Hall, circa 1941
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Kneeling workman – study for Campion Hall, circa 1940
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Study for The Visitation, c. 1942
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Gas Mask Drill, Ambleside, circa 1942
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Cat peering through window , circa 1950
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Ligularia chirorum, c.1937
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Christmas Greetings From Charles and Dorothy Mahoney 1948
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Christmas tree in pot, 1956
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Study for Morley College Mural, 1928
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Study for Morley College mural, far left, circa 1928
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Sitting room with Christmas Tree at Oak Cottage, circa 1950
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Returning from feeding the chickens
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Portrait of an RCA student, circa 1926
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

One Place, circa 1930
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Portrait of Father Martin d’Arcy (1888-1976) – a study for the Campion Hall murals, circa 1942
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Gas Mask Drill, 1939
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

The Artist’s cat
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Study of Girl Behind Wall, c.1928
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Muse: Study for Drama
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Ambleside, possibly the waterhead hotel, circa 1942
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Bathseba, circa 1940
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Study of two sunflowers
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Study of a sunflower in the artist’s garden with rooftops beyond, 1940’s
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Study of an oversized cat, a gardener and a wheelbarrow
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Study of a lower arm
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Still life within an Orange box
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Muse – study for Campion Hall, circa 1940
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

The Willow Grove, Great Bardfield, Spring 1933
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Study of various flowers
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Girl with broom & figures picking fruit
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Muse, circa 1950
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Woman watching the mountain
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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)

Interior, student digs, mid 1920’s
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