Forthcoming

David Evans (1929 - 1988)

Tower of Babel,1982

SKU: 8175

Watercolour on paper

Signed

30 x 49 in. (76 x 126 cm)

Presentation:
folio

Size:
Height – 76cm x Width – 126cm

DESCRIPTION

Provenance:
The Artist’s Studio

Literature: “David Evans (1929-1988)”, edited by Sacha Llewellyn & Paul Liss, published by Liss Llewellyn Fine Art, 2017. ISBN 978-0-9930884-6-9, cat 93, page 128-129.

Tower of Babel was inspired by the early 19th century Martello town on Shingle Street, a small coastal hamlet in Suffolk  where Evans liked to spend time on beach.



We are grateful to Pete Gage for assistance.

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THE ARTIST

David Evans (1929Ð1988)
David
Evans
1929 - 1988

The highly distinctive large scale watercolours of David Evans  have  much in common with those of Edward Burra, who, twenty four years his senior and much admired by Evans, was clearly an important influence.  Painting the landscape of his native Suffolk, where he settled (near Woodbridge) in 1969, his brightly coloured compositions, which typically measure 30 x 50 inches, fused his local habitat with vivid fantasies inspired by imagery from contemporary life.

He was a ardent campaigner and environmentalist and the effects of pollution in the form  of landfill, industrial plants and roads encroaching into his landscape are regular motifs.  He was also drawn to metropolitan subjects – rock bands, cafeterias, excursions to museums and days out to the beach.

Born in London. he studied at Central School of Arts and Crafts with Keith Vaughan. Early in his career he showed photomontages at Gallery One and gained several commissions; these included a design for the Hollywood Room in the Observer Film Exhibition, 1956, and a mural for the Soup Kitchen, Knightsbridge.  His characteristic large-scale watercolours and gouaches date from 1967 onwards.  They were first shown in public in 1973, when his work was included in a mixed show at Deben Gallery, Woodbridge. In 1975 his work was included in summer show at Redfern Gallery, which resulted in a series of highly successful solo exhibitions at Redfern in 1979, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986 and a memorial show in 1988. He also had one-man shows at McMur­ray Gallery from 1976-8. In 1981 he was the subject of an Anglia ITV folio documentary. In his pre-1970 London years David ran his own specialist classical record shop in the Brompton Road, and in spite of his later success, he worked in his final years as a porter at a local psychiatric hospital.  In the winter months he often found it hard to paint because the light conditions were too dull. He died at the age of 59 in a road accident. A memorial exhibition was held at Redfern in 1988.

The recent discovery of a unique group of pictures by Evans, which remained in his studio, unseen for several decades,  has allowed the opportunity to curate the first ever full retrospective, (to take place in 2017).

The exhibition will be accompanied by a 240 page book, reproducing for the first time over 100 works spanning his entire career.  The introduction will be written by the musician Pete Gage, a friend of Evans best known as the  vocalist from the pop group Dr Feelgood.

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A Green and Pleasant Land, Circa 1970

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Wild of poppies

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Profile portrait of man smoking, circa 1975

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Portrait of a young man

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Cosmos I

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Wenlock Edge, circa 1970

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Cosmos VII

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Street scene
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Smoking., late 1960’s

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Tree spirits, circa 1970

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Landfill with pure blue….circa 1970

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Formative landscape, circa 1970

£475.00

SKU: 8272

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Invitation I, circa 1970

£600.00

SKU: 8263

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The Reader

£675.00

SKU: 8258

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Desert

£850.00

SKU: 8253

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Winter landscape, circa 1970

£450.00

SKU: 8255

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A Small Angel

£850.00

SKU: 8252

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Oriental Dancer, circa 1970

£1,250.00

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SKU: 8247

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Kindred Spirits, circa 1960

£600.00

SKU: 8242

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Inner Landscape

£800.00

SKU: 8218

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Foreman, 1960’s

£800.00

Forthcoming
SKU: 8204

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Life Drawing Class
SKU: 8202

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4 Young Men, circa 1970

£1,000.00

SKU: 8195

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Land and Sky II

£1,375.00

SKU: 8167

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South Sea Bubble

£1,500.00

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SKU: 8151

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At the Plaza
SKU: 8140

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Landscape near Ipswich, 1982

£1,000.00

SKU: 8135

David Evans (1929 - 1988)

Portrait of a Young Man, naked from the waist up, circa 1970

£975.00

SKU: 8129

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Fete of Klee, circa 1982

£2,950.00

SKU: 8123

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Cosmos VIII, late 1960’s

£975.00

SKU: 8122

David Evans (1929 - 1988)

Cosmo 25, late 1960’s

£975.00

SKU: 8117

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Man and cat in sitting room, circa 1975

£2,500.00

SKU: 8102

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Heavy Traffic

£6,000.00

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Quarter Deck
SKU: 8098

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The Rose-coloured City, circa 1980

£3,950.00

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SKU: 8082

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Motorway
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City LightsThe Club
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Crossroads

£5,000.00