WALTER SICKERT Pupil FRANK GRIFFITH Pastel Drawing YOUNG MALE PORTRAIT c1940
FRANK GRIFFITH (1889-1979). Welsh painter. Studied at La Palette in Paris 1907, later L'Academie Ranson under Maurice Denis. In 1912 Griffith returned to London as a pupil of Walter Sickert at Rowlandson House. Here he worked with members of the Camden Group. Griffith exhibited with the London Group during the 1920's. Exhibited at the Beaux Arts Gallery in 1933 and 1936. In 1996 the Southampton City Art Gallery held a retrospective exhibition of Griffith's work.
Griffith served with the Lancashire Fusiliers during the First World War, seeing action in France & Gallipoli. On his return to France he was taken prisoner & held until the Armistice. In 1921 Griffith married French girl Lucie Henriette Richard.
The above photo of Frank Griffith is not included with this item.
Title: Young Male Portrait.
Medium: Pastel.
Date: Circa 1940.
Signed: Unsigned. Atelier Frank Griffith ink stamp to the bottom left hand corner and to the reverse side.
Dimensions: Drawing Size Approx: 350mm x 255mm.
Condition: Very good.
Notes: A superb drawing. Unframed.
