RUSSELL REEVE R.B.A., R.E. (1895 – 1970)
“Cat
& her Kittens”
Charcoal
and Chalk. 27 x 40.5cm.
Prov: From the Artist’s Studio Collection
Bears Studio Stamp on the
reverse IMAGE
“Cats Drinking”
Watercolour. 34 x 49.5cm
Prov: From the Artist’s Studio Collection
Bears Studio Stamp on the
reverse IMAGE
Russell Reeve was a watercolour painter and etcher, born at Hethersett, Norfolk. He studied at the Norwich School of Art and
at the Slade School under Philip Wilson Steer and
Henry Tonks. He also studied at the Royal
College of Art. His work was exhibited
at the Royal
Academy, the New English
Art Club, the Royal Society of
Portrait Painters, the London Group, Goupil Gallery, the Royal
Society of British Artists, the Royal
Society of Painter Etchers and Engravers and in the
provinces. His work is in many public
collections including the Victoria
and Albert Museum, the Guildhall Art
Gallery, the Imperial War Museum,
the museums and art galleries of Belfast,
Bradford, Sheffield,
Barnsley, Camberwell, Hornsey, St Marylebone,
Sydney Australia and the Duke of York’s Headquarters
Chelsea. A retrospective of his work was
held at Christchurch Mansion Ipswich in 1992 and Piano Nobile Fine Paintings showed selected works in 1993. In 2004 Sothebys
held a studio sale.
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