2nd Mar, 2023 10:30
The Scottish Contemporary Art Auction
* WILLIAM NORMAN GAUNT (BRITISH 1918 - 2001)
IONA
oil on board, signed
framed
image size 50cm x 60cm, overall size 57cm x 67cm
Note: William Norman Gaunt was born in Leeds In 1918 and studied at Lancaster School of Art under Walter Bayes RWS. He gained his National Diploma in 1949 and was made a Fellow of the International Institute of Arts and Letters in 1959. His work is well renowned for his characterful depictions of figures, coastal scenes and equestrian portraits. Gaunt worked in oils but was also a gifted watercolourist. It's not known how often he visited Scotland but he is known to have painted in Kirkcudbright, Sutherland, Loch Earn, in Glasgow and around the Clyde. His Scottish paintings were sold by T&R Annan & Sons (Glasgow). Norman Gaunt's Scottish paintings rarely appear at auction but we sold "Kite Flying" lot 18, 27th November 2016, for £900 (hammer) and "Boats On The Clyde" (lot 30, 24th January 2021) for £2800. Most recently, a relatively small watercolour "Boats on the Clyde" sold for £1200 (lot 256 29th September 2022).
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Sold for £220
Estimated at £200 - £400
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