Christ in the Wilderness

Details

Harold Wood (b. 1918)
Christ in the Wilderness
signed and dated 'HAROLD WOOD/1952' (lower left)
oil on board
13¼ x 44 in. (33.7 x 111.8 cm.), overall and 13¼ x 11 in. (33.7 x 27.9 cm), each

Exhibited

London, Zwemmer Gallery, Artists under 40, August - September 1954, no. 28 (possibly) as 'The Copse at Sunset'.
London, Beaux-Arts Gallery, 1956, catalogue not traced.
London, Grosvenor Gallery, 1964, catalogue not traced.
London, Bramantle Gallery, 1968, catalogue not traced.
London, Bramantle Gallery, 1970, catalogue not traced.
U.S.A., Chicago, Kamp Kallery, 1998, catalogue not traced.
Ireland, Cork, Vanguard Gallery, 2003, catalogue not traced.

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Lot Essay

Harold Wood was born in Preston, Lancashire, and he studied part-time at Harris Art School (1935-39) while also working in the decorative art department at Leyland Paint & Varnish. After six years' wartime service Wood worked in London as an illustrator and model maker. He started painting full time in 1955 and various commissions followed, including in 1974 a commission to illustrated the life of Abdul Aziz al Sauld, the first King of Saudi Arabia, for which Wood painted a total of 58 watercolours, completing the commission in 1977.

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