Roy Turner Durrant 1950s watercolour

An early and subsequently sought after piece by Suffolk painter, Roy Turner Durrant.

Watercolour in tones of pink, lilac and mauve housed in a box frame. Monogramed r57 which was usual for his works of this period. See examples held by The Redfern Gallery for comparison. 

 

Roy Turner Durrant (1925-1998) was an important British painter who has is held by National and International collections.

 

He studied at Camberwell School of Art (1948-52) and there was influenced by Keith Vaughan, Michael Rothenstein, Michael Salaman, John Buckland Wright, Edward Ardizzone and John Minton. A member of the New English Art Club, from the late 1940s he exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy and in numerous commercial galleries in London. From the 1950s, his early figurative style began to change, becoming more abstract. 

 

Durrant had many solo exhibitions around and within London, including Guildhall in 1948, the Cromwell Gallery in 1949, the Beaux Arts Gallery in 1950, Kensington Art Gallery in 1951, Coffee House, Trafalgar Square in 1952, Everyman Cinema, Hampstead in 1953, and the Artists' International Association Gallery London in 1953, 1957 and 1969. Further exhibitions have been held at the Roland Browse & Delbanco Gallery in London in 1954, New Vision Art Centre in both 1957 and 1960, A.I.A in 1957 and 1969, Grabowski Gallery, London in 1959, New Gallery Ipswich in 1960, Phoenix Gallery, Lavenham in 1960, Gainsborough's House in 1961, Cambridge University in 1969 and 1977, Cambridge Art and Design Gallery in 1974, and Caius College, Cambridge in 1976. Durrant's work is held in many private collections including that of Prince Charles. 

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