The Gate by David Holt (2006)
A vibrant and graphic original oil painting
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Painted in 2006, this is an original oil on canvas, unframed, and measuring 50.5 × 50.5cm.
Signed, titled and dated by David Holt to the reverse.
A vibrant and graphic work by David Holt, 'The Gate' a five-bar field gate dominates the central foreground, the pastel lavender-purple for the gate’s timber construction contrasts against a fiery orange-amber sky and a deep emerald-to-sage green meadow. The shadowed lower half of the gate dissolves slightly into the surrounding grass with subtle ghosted cross-bracing and translucent glazes, drawing the viewer's eye up toward the brightly lit upper section.
Provenance: This painting comes directly from the artist's estate, and the work is offered with full provenance.
David Holt (1928–2014). Born in Hythe, Kent. Painter and Lecturer in Art. After National Service, he trained at the Canterbury School of Art, the Hammersmith School of Art and the Royal Academy Schools where he was awarded a medal for drawing and the Knapping Prize. He joined a studio-workshop with Gerald Holtom (designer of the CND symbol) in 1958 where he designed and produced proscenium curtains for schools. In 1958 he was awarded a Harkness Fellowship and travelled across America, producing many drawings and prints of the Pueblo Indians and their life-dance in Santa Fe in New Mexico, where he also worked with artist Agnes Sims. He returned to England in 1960 and continued to paint and work on large textile appliques for schools, churches, and private houses including Spade House in Kent, the former home of H G Wells.
He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 1962, and in 1964 was commissioned to design and make a large textile applique 'Christ in Majesty' which still hangs in the chapel of Christ Church College in Canterbury.
He was Head of Art at Canterbury Christ Church University until his retirement in 1995. He exhibited widely in the UK and the States and worked with many art societies and summer schools across East Kent.
His work can be found in both private and public collections throughout the UK and America, including the Yale Centre for British Art. His painting "Coastal Watcher" was recently used for the dustwrapper on Modernism and Memory: Rhoda Pritzker and the Art of Collecting (Yale University Press, 2016).
Condition
The painting is in very good condition, some age-related marking to the side and rear of the canvas but otherwise an impressive painting.
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Price
£60.00
