ROBERT POLHILL BEVAN (1865-1925)
A Public House, St. John’s Wood, circa 1910
crayon and watercolour on paper
signed with monogram (lower left)
23 x 29 cm
Robert Polhill Bevan was born in Brunswick Square, Hove, near Brighton. Until the end of his life Bevan continued to paint in the Bolham valley and Luppitt. He also depicted a number of London street scenes, largely focused on the area around St John’s Wood and Belsize Park.
The public house depicted in this work on paper has recently been identified as ‘British Flag’, 7 Newcourt Road, which has now closed.
Provenance
Walter Taylor, bought directly from the artist;
Andreas Mayor, by 1965;
Sworders, 20 April 2021, lot 52, where purchased.
Exhibited
Southampton, Southampton City Art Gallery, The Camden Town Group, 1951, no. 15;
Arts Council of Great Britain, Robert Bevan, 1956, no. 53;
Arts Council of Great Britain, Drawings of the Camden Town Group, 1961, no. 10;
P & D Colnaghi Ltd., London, Robert Bevan 1865-1925: Centenary Exhibition, March - April 1965, no. 62.
Welbeck, Harley Gallery, Coast, Country, City, August - November 2021.
Literature
R.A. Bevan, Robert Bevan 1865-1925: A Memoir by his Son, London, 1965, pl. 30.