λ HAROLD WOOD (BRITISH 1918-2004) SUNSET, BEETHAM, WESTMORELAND Oil on panel Signed and dated 71 (lower right) signed and inscribed to label and dated 10 May 1971 to various labels (verso) 20.5 x 30.7cm (8 x 12 in.) Born in 1918, in Lancashire, Wood studied Drawing and Painting at the Harris School of Art, Preston. In 1935 he trained as a Decorative Artist with 'Leyland Paint Co.' Between1939 and 1946 Harold was in War Service in North Africa, Abyssinia and Europe. After the War he worked in London as an illustrator and model maker. He began painting full time in 1953, doing mainly one-man shows in London where he did various mural commissions. In 1947 he was commissioned to illustrate the life of Abdul Aziz al Saud, the first King of Saudi Arabia, a total of 58 paintings in watercolour, completed in 1977. Captured by the middle east Wood went on to work for the Sultan of Oman producing paintings of his Arabian horses. With a total of 285 paintings to date for the two patrons, Harold became known as 'Painter of the Arab World'. In 1980 Harold came to live in Kinsale, Ireland and later to Ballinhassig. In 1993 he discovered Connemara and, in between the Arabian commissions, fell in love with the mountains and landscape, in contrast to the endless heat and dust of the desert which occupied a great deal of his working life for over 26 years. Versatile and colourful artist, born in Preston, Lancashire, where he studied part-time at Harris Art School, 1935-9. He claimed to be "self-taught in painting"; however, in the five years to World War II he "learned much technical expertise" while working in the decorative art department at Leyland Paint & Varnish. After over six years' wartime service in the Army, including a period in Germany, Wood worked as an illustrator in London. He learned etching for two terms at the Central School of Arts and Crafts, but otherwise "spent all my spare time in the National Gallery". The early Italian masters, Oskar Kokoschka whom he met in 1954, and the writings of John Berger were key influences. For a time Wood was involved in town planning, architectural drawing and model-making, including work for Lancashire County Council, Peterlee New Town and George Wimpey.
λ HAROLD WOOD (BRITISH 1918-2004) SUNSET, BEETHAM, WESTMORELAND Oil on panel Signed and dated 71 (lower right) signed and inscribed to label and dated 10 May 1971 to various labels (verso) 20.5 x 30.7cm (8 x 12 in.) Born in 1918, in Lancashire, Wood studied Drawing and Painting at the Harris School of Art, Preston. In 1935 he trained as a Decorative Artist with 'Leyland Paint Co.' Between1939 and 1946 Harold was in War Service in North Africa, Abyssinia and Europe. After the War he worked in London as an illustrator and model maker. He began painting full time in 1953, doing mainly one-man shows in London where he did various mural commissions. In 1947 he was commissioned to illustrate the life of Abdul Aziz al Saud, the first King of Saudi Arabia, a total of 58 paintings in watercolour, completed in 1977. Captured by the middle east Wood went on to work for the Sultan of Oman producing paintings of his Arabian horses. With a total of 285 paintings to date for the two patrons, Harold became known as 'Painter of the Arab World'. In 1980 Harold came to live in Kinsale, Ireland and later to Ballinhassig. In 1993 he discovered Connemara and, in between the Arabian commissions, fell in love with the mountains and landscape, in contrast to the endless heat and dust of the desert which occupied a great deal of his working life for over 26 years. Versatile and colourful artist, born in Preston, Lancashire, where he studied part-time at Harris Art School, 1935-9. He claimed to be "self-taught in painting"; however, in the five years to World War II he "learned much technical expertise" while working in the decorative art department at Leyland Paint & Varnish. After over six years' wartime service in the Army, including a period in Germany, Wood worked as an illustrator in London. He learned etching for two terms at the Central School of Arts and Crafts, but otherwise "spent all my spare time in the National Gallery". The early Italian masters, Oskar Kokoschka whom he met in 1954, and the writings of John Berger were key influences. For a time Wood was involved in town planning, architectural drawing and model-making, including work for Lancashire County Council, Peterlee New Town and George Wimpey.
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