PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF ALLEN & BERYL FREER (LOTS 306 & 355)
ALLEN FREER (B.1926)
Still life vase of flowers
signed Freer (lower right)
watercolour, gouache, charcoal and ink
66 x 44.5 cm (26 x 17 1/2 in)

PROVENANCE:
Allen & Beryl Freer

I have always loved painting and drawing. I have always loved paintings and drawings. I paint and I draw.
Allen Freer (From Allen Freer: manuscript about the earliest recollections of art in his life, written circa 1978.)

An accomplished watercolourist, Allen’s work was published to illustrate both poetry and prose, and has been part of mixed shows at Agnew’s, the New Grafton Gallery, Spink and Sons, Robin Garton and with Austin/Desmond Fine Art. He also had solo shows at the Tib Lane Gallery in Manchester between 1970 and 1982. Allen Freer’s works are characterised by subtle colour. Their subject matter, composition and form are informed by his beloved artists. Most painted places are experienced first-hand. Their compositions are full of movement, capturing the spirit of place of each landscape.