James Lawrence Isherwood - Guards Band London

20th Century Paintings

Original 20th Century Artwork in Oil, Watercolour, Pen and Ink and other Mixed Media.

20th Century Paintings Online Art Gallery

The 20th Century represents a revolutionary period in the history of art, where innumerable movements came in and out of fashion. Fauvism the French style of "the wild beasts" where strong colours came to the fore, Futurism the Italian style with a dynamism that reflected the “modern world”. Cubism, where Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque etc., brought different views of subjects together resulting in abstract paintings. The satire of Dada, Surrealism, Pop Art, Minimalism, Photorealism, etc., the list is endless.

Oakham Fine Art has a collection of outstanding and unique 20th Century paintings including rare works by the "5th Beatle" Stuart Sutcliffe and Jack Vettriano's very first painting Monet's Poppy Fields. Please click on the thumbnail images below to see the details and expanded image of each of the artworks.

If you would like further information on any of our artworks, or you are interested in purchasing any of the pictures and you require additional images then please do not hesitate to contact us and we will be happy to provide these on request.

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20th Century Paintings for Sale

20th Century Art: Bio

Through the Gate, Gumley by Neil Cawthorne

Through the Gate, Gumley - Neil Cawthorne (1936 - 2022)

REF: 5080 - SOLD
Medium - Oil on canvas
Size - 19" x 29" (49cm x 74cm)
Recto - Signed and dated 1969

PROVENANCE
Purchased from the artist at a Quorn exhibition of his work circa 1969 and has remained in the same family since.

Condition - Very Good

Before the Start - Jack Leyine

REF: 5061
Medium - Oil on Board
Size - 19½" x 28½" (49cm x 72cm)
Recto – Signed

Verso – White chalk date of 28 - 10 - 04

PROVENANCE
Private Collection

Condition - Excellent

Wet Day for the Match (Memories of Man City in the 50s) - James Downie (1949 - )

REF: 5052 - SOLD
Medium - Oil on canvas
Size - 11½" x 15½" (29cm x 39cm)
Recto - Signed

PROVENANCE
Purchased directly from the artist, 26th April 2011

Condition - Excellent

Pink Rain, Guards Band, Buckingham Palace - James Lawrence Isherwood (1917 – 1989)

REF: 5049
Medium - Oil on board
Size - 14" x 22½" (36cm x 57cm)
Recto – Signed and dated 73

Verso - Inscribed “Pink Rain Guards Band Buckingham Palace 95 GNS”
Isherwood has also added his trademark X (cross) which when asked why he did it, he replied “It means ‘God help me!’”

PROVENANCE
The artwork was authenticated by Molly Isherwood on behalf of the Isherwood estate in July 2002.

Condition – Very Good. There is a repaired 5” crack that runs vertically from one of the guard’s shoulders to the top edge of the painting. This is only visible under close inspection and is not distinguishable when this stunning painting is hung.

The Ise Valley, Northamptonshire - Neil Cawthorne (1936 - 2022)

REF: 5054 - UNAVAILABLE
Medium - Oil on canvas
Size - 19" x 27½" (48cm x 70cm)
Recto - Signed

Verso - Inscribed “The Ise Valley”

PROVENANCE
Purchased directly from the artist

Condition - Excellent

Woman in Clogs and Shawl, Wigan - James Lawrence Isherwood (1917 – 1989)

REF: 5050
Medium - Oil on board
Size - 23½" x 17" (60cm x 43cm)
Recto - Signed and dated 67

Verso - Inscribed “Woman in Clogs and Shawl, Wigan” Isherwood has also added his trademark X (cross) which when asked why he did it, he replied “It means ‘God help me!’”

PROVENANCE
The artwork was authenticated by Molly Isherwood on behalf of the Isherwood estate in July 2002.

Condition - Excellent

Exploration - Charles Spencelayh (1865 – 1958)

REF: 5057
Medium - Watercolour on paper
Size - 13½" x 15½" (34cm x 39cm)
Recto – Signed and dated April 31 in Red

Verso - Inscribed “Exploration” Charles Spencelayh

PROVENANCE
Lawrences

Condition - Excellent

The Beatles Tree (A Side) - Stuart Sutcliffe (1940 - 1962)

REF: 5065A
5065A and 5065B are one item as the artworks are recto and verso.

Medium - Watercolour and Ink on Paper
Size - 4½" x 7" (12cm x 18cm)

Two original ink and watercolour artworks on both sides of a page removed from Stuart Sutcliffe's Liverpool Art School examination notebook from 1960. The piece includes caricatures of members of The Beatles “hidden” within the branches of the tree. Read the Stuart Sutcliffe bio section for further information.

The artworks were the property of the Sutcliffe Estate and sold at Sothebys, London in September 1999. The artworks are also included in the “Stuart” limited edition book that is available for purchase from ourselves in conjunction with this artwork.

Condition: Excellent. There is a small tear near the top of the artwork likely to have been caused by Stuart himself as he pressed his pen firmly against the paper. This does not detract at all from the artwork rather it adds to the story.

The Beatles Tree (B Side) - Stuart Sutcliffe (1940 - 1962)

REF: 5065B
5065B and 5065A are one item as the artworks are recto and verso.

Medium - Watercolour and Ink on Paper
Size - 4½" x 7" (12cm x 18cm)

Two original ink and watercolour artworks on both sides of a page removed from Stuart Sutcliffe's Liverpool Art School examination notebook from 1960. The artworks were the property of the Sutcliffe Estate and sold at Sothebys, London in September 1999. The artworks are also included in the “Stuart” limited edition book that is available for purchase from ourselves in conjunction with this artwork.

Condition: Excellent. There is a small tear near the top of the artwork likely to have been caused by Stuart himself as he pressed his pen firmly against the paper. This does not detract at all from the artwork rather it adds to the story.

A Foxhound Pup - Neil Cawthorne (1936 - 2022)

REF: 5055
Medium - Pastel on Paper
Size - 9" x 11" (23cm x 28cm)
Recto - Signed

PROVENANCE
Authenticated by the artist

Condition - Excellent

Turf Fields with the Mountains Beyond - Paul Henry (1876 – 1958)

REF: 5053 - SOLD
Medium – Colour collotype on paper
Size - 16½" x 19" (42cm x 48cm)
Recto – Signed in pencil in the bottom right margin. Fine Art Guild publisher’s stamp on the bottom left margin. Copyright W.J. Stacey, London.

PROVENANCE
Rare Artist’s Signed Proof edition. Date of approval 1938
Limited Edition of 200 prints - Titled “A Showery Day”
Lots Road Auction Rooms

Condition – Very Good. One very small pin hole within the image

Kibworth, Leicestershire - John Kenney (1911 – 1972)

REF: 5056
Medium - Oil on canvas board
Size - 17" x 21½" (43cm x 55cm)
Recto – Signed J.T. Kenney 47.

Verso - Inscribed “M.E.M. B/S” 17 4/47” “With best wishes from the Battys” “May every sound become a song and all be right and nothing wrong!”

PROVENANCE
Purchased from a private collection.
The subject of the painting is John’s home town of Kibworth in Leicestershire, England. The primary focus of the painting is of St Wilfrid’s Church viewed from approximately 12 Church Road.

Condition - Excellent

Dieppe 47 - Frank Dobson (1886 - 1963)

REF: 5063
Medium - Pen and Gouache on Paper
Size - 6½" x 11" (17cm x 28cm)
Recto - Signed and inscribed “Dieppe 47”

PROVENANCE
Purchased from Edward Sherman, Sacramento, May 2002

Condition - Excellent

Rudolf - Charles Spencelayh (1865 – 1958)

REF: 5058 - SOLD
Medium - Oil on canvas
Size - 15" x 11½" (38cm x 29cm)
Recto – Signed. Titled “Rudolf” on the frame

PROVENANCE
Tennants

Condition – Excellent

Westminster Abbey - Alfred de Breanski Jnr (1877 - 1955)

REF: 5059
Medium - Oil on canvas
Size - 17½" x 23½" (44cm x 60cm)
Recto - Signed

Verso - Inscribed “Westminster”. Stamped Winsor and Newton, London

PROVENANCE
Clars

Condition - Excellent