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Vase of peony and rhododendron, c. 1929

SKU: 4374

Indian ink over pencil with highlight in white, 11 5/8 x 7 5/8 in. (29.5 x 19.5 cm.)

Presentation:
mounted

Size:
Height – 29.5cm x Width – 19.5cm

DESCRIPTION

Provenance:
Private collection, 1970

According to The Dictionary of British Artists 1880-1940, in addition
to painting Haggis ‘worked as an Australian Boundary rider, station
hand, plumbers mate, beekeeper and in insurance.’

Born in
London, Haggis studied art in Australia and at the Royal College of Art
under Malcolm Osborne. He showed widely, including Walker Galleries
London, the RA, RP, NEAC, RCamA, RWA and Paris Salon. His work is in
Australian and British museums. His portrait commissions included
Fredric March, Mai Zetterling and Claire Bloom. He painted many
landscapes in Britain, especially in Yorkshire and Hertfordshire, where
he lived at Welwyn. In 1921 he founded the Welwyn Garden City Art Club.

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THE ARTIST

John Haggis
John
Haggis
1897 - 1968

Portrait, landscape and figure painter in oil and watercolour. Born in London, Haggis studied art in Australia and at the Royal College of Art under Malcolm Osborne. He showed widely, including Walker Galleries London, the RA, RP, NEAC, RCamA, RWA and Paris Salon. His work is in Australian and British museums. His portrait commissions included Fredric March, Mai Zetterling and Claire Bloom. He painted many landscapes in Britain, especially in Yorkshire and Hertfordshire, where he lived at Welwyn. In 1921 he founded the Welwyn Garden City Art Club. According to The Dictionary of British Artists 1880-1940, in addition to painting Haggis ‘worked as an Australian Boundary rider, station hand, plumbers mate, beekeeper and in insurance.’

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