A couple of hand drawn sketches on paper by Harold Hope Read 28x38cm - double sided and unframed c1930

Here we have a couple of hand drawn sketches on paper by Harold Hope Read 28x38cm - double sided and unframed c1930

Harold Hope Read was born in Greenwich in 1881 and had a fairly strict, religious based upbringing in a Quaker household. In 1901 the family moved to Lewisham and by 1907, he was living at Bolton Studios in South Kensington. By 1910, he was living in Brighton. Its inhabitants and beaches served as a backdrop for his artistic experimentation.

It was here that the artist was involved with fellow artists William Orpen and Sir William Rothenstein, who was coincidently brother in law to Orpens wife and younger brother of Charles Lambert Rothenstein who was Hope Reads friend and patron. Charles Lambert Rothenstein was an important patron of young British artists and collectors, particularly for members of the New English Art Club.

Hope Reads work is widely considered to prefigure Edward Ardizzones style. Ardizzone's lively line-and-wash drawings were also gently humourous and largely based on observation. His work spanned childrens books, including the Little Tim series. He was commissioned by the War Artists Advisory Committee in the Second World War as an official war artist.

Hope Read exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1927 and found success during the 1940s, at which time he was a regular exhibitor at the Alpine Gallery, the New English Art Club and the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours. He was also a member of the National Society of British Artists and produced several cartoons for publication, including eleven for Punch Magazine between 1905 and 1922.

These sketches are from a portfolio collection bought at local Sussex auction - trimmed mounted and framed they would make stylish and original images for your home or office

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