Waterside Inn £80
Original ink study for ‘Waterside Inn’ (1951). Measures 13cm x 18cm. Conservation mounted. Provenance: Given by artist to Monica Poole.
George Mackley (1900-1983) was a printmaker, painter and teacher, born in Tonbridge, Kent, where he settled. Studied at Goldsmiths’ Training College, 1918–21, to become a teacher, where he became interested in art. Later while teaching obtained private tuition in wood engraving from Noel Rooke at Central School of Arts and Crafts, which persuaded him to concentrate on this medium rather than on oils and watercolours, which he had shown at RA. Inspired by the work of Agnes Miller Parker, he concentrated on views of the riverside, his engravings having a crispness and economy of line. Member of SWE, RE and Art Workers’ Guild. Published Wood Engraving in 1948, Engraved in Wood in 1968 and Confessions of a Woodpecker, 1981. Victoria & Albert Museum and Ashmolean Museum in Oxford are among many holding his work. Blond Fine Art had a show in 1995. Mackley’s studio was left to his friend, fellow wood engraver, Monica Poole.
Original ink study for ‘Waterside Inn’ (1951). Measures 13cm x 18cm. Conservation mounted. Provenance: Given by artist to Monica Poole.
Original ink study for ‘Sheds’ (1968). Measures 9.5cm x 14.5cm. Conservation mounted. Provenance: Given by artist to Monica Poole.
Original ink study for ‘Broadwinner’ (1959). Measures 9.5cm x 14.5cm. Conservation mounted. Provenance: Given by artist to Monica Poole.
Image courtesy of Campbell Fine Art.
Original ink study for ‘Hemmingford Grey’. Measures 8cm x 13cm. Conservation mounted. Provenance: Given by artist to Monica Poole.
Original signed watercolour. Measures 20cm x 25cm. Conservation mounted.
Original signed watercolour study. Measures 12cm x 19cm. Conservation mounted.
