Lot Essay
Sickert had several studios in Fitzroy Street, off Fitzroy Square, between 1905 and 1919. He kept a room at 15 Fitzroy Street and taught from a private studio at 8 Fitzroy Street, which he acquired in the late summer of 1915.
We are very grateful to Dr. Wendy Baron for her assistance in cataloguing this lot.
Forrest Hewit (1870-1956), the director of the Calico Printers Association, was a figure and landscape painter who studied under Sickert. He was a regular exhibitor at various institutions between 1925-40, including the New English Art Club, the Royal Academy and the Royal Society of British Arts.
We are very grateful to Dr. Wendy Baron for her assistance in cataloguing this lot.
Forrest Hewit (1870-1956), the director of the Calico Printers Association, was a figure and landscape painter who studied under Sickert. He was a regular exhibitor at various institutions between 1925-40, including the New English Art Club, the Royal Academy and the Royal Society of British Arts.