Original mid 20th century mixed media painting, depicting a Clipper sailing vessel at sea under an atmospheric sky, by the exhibited marine artist Tom Lewsey (1910–1965).

 

Thomas Leslie Warrand Lewsey was born in Middlesex and studied at St Martin's Art School in London. He was in the Territorial Army and served with the Essex Regiment in World War 2 in Sierra Leone and Normandy rising to the rank of Major in 1949. He was a marine artist who exhibited widely, including at the Royal Society of Marine Artists and the Royal Institute Gallery, Piccadilly, and was honorary secretary of the Chelsea Arts Club. He spent much of his life in Suffolk, moving to Essex during his later years.

 

- Signed lower right

- Exhibition number verso

- Framed, glazed and ready to hang, in its original moulded wooden period frame

- Painting size 27.5cm x 21.5cm (approx. 10 3/4 inches x 8 1/2 inches)

- Frame size 44.5cm x 40cm (approx. 17 1/2 inches x 15 3/4 inches)

- Both painting and frame are in excellent condition

- Excellent investment

- Original gift

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