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WILLIAM JOHNSTONE (1897-1981)

The Countryside in Wartime - Broomhill

signed 'Johnstone' (lower right) and signed and dated 'William Johnstone/1923' (on the reverse)
oil on board
29 x 25in. (73.7 x 63.4cm.)
Provenance
With the Stafford Gallery, London, 1931
With Alexander Reid & Lefevre, London, 1939.
Exhibited
Buenos Aires, British Council South America Fine Art Exhibition 1943
London, Arts Council of Great Britain William Johnstone Hayward Gallery February - March 1981, no.4.

Lot Essay

This is a rare early landscape painting which was later submitted by the artist as his application for the position of a war artist. The title is however puzzling as the composition shows little evidence of the theme of war, and may in fact have been titled during the late 1930's when the submission was made for the post.

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