FDA-P.573-2017
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.573-2017
Object type
Identification
Title
Landscape in Northern France
Comments
Born in London in 1923, OE artist Christopher Pemberton won a scholarship to Eton, where he was taught art by Drawing Masters Wilfred Blunt and Robin Darwin. He painted a mural at Eton, titled 'Solomon and Sheba', which sadly no longer survives. Pemberton excelled in classics, became captain of the school, and won a classical scholarship to Christ Church, Oxford. However, his studies were interrupted by the war, during which he served in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. He eventually read modern history at Christ Church, before turning his attention to painting.
Pemberton enrolled at Camberwell School of Art, Oxford, where, like fellow OE artist Howard Hodgkin, he studied under William Coldstream. He went on to teach art in Dorset and Shropshire, before returning to Camberwell, where he worked for 27 years. He owned a farmhouse near Cherbourg in Normandy and this landscape was painted in that vicinity in 1983. Pemberton’s portraits, still lifes and landscape views in France and England reflect his interest in the work of Paul Cézanne. His English translation of Joachim Gasquet’s Cézanne: A Memoir with Conversations was published in 1991.
Pemberton enrolled at Camberwell School of Art, Oxford, where, like fellow OE artist Howard Hodgkin, he studied under William Coldstream. He went on to teach art in Dorset and Shropshire, before returning to Camberwell, where he worked for 27 years. He owned a farmhouse near Cherbourg in Normandy and this landscape was painted in that vicinity in 1983. Pemberton’s portraits, still lifes and landscape views in France and England reflect his interest in the work of Paul Cézanne. His English translation of Joachim Gasquet’s Cézanne: A Memoir with Conversations was published in 1991.
Description
Dimensions
height (frame): 860mm
width (frame): 1420mm
width (frame): 1420mm
Inscription
Signed and dated lower left corner: 'C Pemberton 83'
Label on verso: 'Cadogan Contemporary [etc]'
Label on verso: 'Cadogan Contemporary [etc]'
Materials & techniques note
Oil on canvas
Physical description
Painted wooden frame
Production
Person
Pemberton, Christopher, 1923 - 2010 (Artist)
Date
1983
History and association
Associated object
Object history note
Provenance: With Cadogan Contemporary (dealer), London;; sold through Rosebery's, London, on 11 April 2017 (Lot 32); from which sale purchased by Eton College (with the support of the Friends of the Eton College Collections)
