Artist: Alan Carr Linford Medium: Original Watercolor Title: Windsor Castle from the North Terrace Image Size: 13"x18" Matted: 20"x24" Unframed Condition: Fine Price: $1795.00
Biography for Alan Carr Linford (1926- ) It was the portrait painter Sir Edward Halliday who took the young artist under his wing and showed a portfolio of his work to Princess Elizabeth (as The Queen then was) and the Duke of Edinburgh at Clarence House. The drawings were views of the Thames and the Royal couple were so pleased with what they saw that they acquired four, commissioned ten, and brought six. This patronage launched Carr Linford's career and many commissions followed, including twenty-four river paintings for the Royal Yacht Britannia and further paintings of Windsor, which hang in the private apartments at Windsor castle. A painting of Birkhall commissioned for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother was recently exhibited at The Queen's Gallery. I quote Adrian Bury, Hon RWS, in his appreciation of Carr Linford from The Studio: "How many artists have been supported in their efforts by Royal interest. How much the nation owes in a cultural sense to our ruling house." This is not always generally realised. The Sultan of Oman commissioned a series of huge paintings of Oman and the artist rose to the challenge with great aplomb. Commissions came from all over the world followed by three one-man exhibitions at the Mistral Gallery in Dover Street, London. For many years the artist's happy hunting ground has been in the neighbourhood of the Thames where skilful attention to detail and the portrayal of light on water is captured.Carr Linford's work deserves the honours he has won and the patronage he receives. The world is his oyster, he loves his work, and this is reflected in the warmth and diversity of his paintings.
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