Figure with Cat

Details

John Sheldon (1923-1993)
Figure with Cat
signed 'Sheldon' (upper right)
oil on canvas
40¼ x 29¾ in. (102.2 x 75.6 cm.)
Painted circa 1959.

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Lot Essay

Shelton studied at the Burslem School of Art and at the Slade with fellow Stoke painter Arthur Berry. He was friends with Robert MacBryde (1913-1966) and Robert Colquhoun (1914-1962) and the impact of their work is clearly evident in Figure with Cat particularly in his handling of the cat and figure. The work relates to Cat on a Table in the collection of The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent.

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