Lot 893: Sold for £55 hammer
A Two Day Art & Antiques Auction to include Silver & Jewellery,
Thursday 17th October 2024 - Friday 18th October 2024
Mervyn Suart (1908 - 1992): 'Logga dei Lanzi, Firenze' depicting classical buildings and statues in Florence, watercolour and gouache on paper laid down on board, signed, titled and further signed verso, 40cm by 50cm, unframed. Together with one other damaged watercolour and ink on paper laid on board depicting African figures, by the same hand, signed and dated 1956, 45cm by 57cm, unframed, (2).
Mervyn's career was incredibly varied, he served in the army during the second world war, spending part of the time as a war artist at the front, he had the task of painting soldiers with serious facial injuries, later used by pioneering plastic surgeon Sir Harold Gillies in his ground breaking book "The Principles and Art of Plastic Surgery". After the war mervyn continued with his work of illustrating for numerous magazines, books, and periodicals, he was exhibited at several London shows and was even commissioned to paint one of the ceilings at Goodwood House.