The Sunset Angel

Details

Bernard Sleigh, R.B.S.A. (1872-1954)
The Sunset Angel
oil on canvas, unframed
57½ x 30½ in. (146.2 x 77.4 cm.)

Exhibited

Bournemouth, Russell Cotes Art Gallery, Exhibition of Works of Art by Eminent Living Artists, 1945
Bradford, City of Bradford Art Gallery, 59th Spring Exhibition, 1952, no. 122
Birmingham, Birmingham City Musuem and Art Gallery, Masterly Art (Birmingham School of Art 1884-1920), 1987

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Lot Essay

Bernard Sleigh was born in Birmingham, where he both studied and taught at the Birmingham School of Art. Exhibiting at the Royal Birmingham Society of Arts, Sleigh was strongly influenced by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, as the current lot illustrates. With a strong pre-Raphaelite, medieval and Christian sentiment to his work, the multi-faceted artist's legacy can also be found in murals, stained-glass, wood-cuts and book illustrations.

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