Stanley Lewis (1905 - 2009):
Self-portrait, c.1930
Passe-partout (ref: 4093)
Black chalk with white highlights on buff paper.
6.8 x 6.1 in. (17.2 x 15.5 cm)See all works by Stanley Lewis chalk artists at work men 1.PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST Lewis
Provenance: from the artist's own collection.
Literature: Llewellyn, Sacha, and Paul Liss. Portrait of an Artist. Liss Llewellyn, 2021, p.283.
Exhibited: The Unknown Artist: Stanley Lewis and his contemporaries, Cecil Higgins Art Gallery & Bedford Museum, 12th June - 5th September 2010..cat.no.17
Stanley never travelled anywhere without his sketchbook to hand - " Look at Durer – he never left the house without a sketchbook, recording a broken wall, a tree, a figure walking..... I want to paint life; life everywhere, rather than death - an artist must have a theme; a trick I've enjoyed every minute of it with a pencil in my hand or a brush.