Harold Sandys Williamson Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Harold Sandys Williamson Art Value Price Guide

Oct. 30, 2024
HAROLD SANDYS WILLIAMSON ( 1892 – 1978)
Est: £600 - £800
HAROLD SANDYS WILLIAMSON ( 1892 – 1978) AN EMPIRE TEA PLANTATION - EMPIRE MARKETING BOARD lithographic poster, c.1930, condition A-; backed on linen 20 x 30.5 in. (51 x 78 cm.)
Lyon & Turnbull
Jul. 08, 2023
Advertising Poster GPO Mails Packets Falmouth Harold Sandys Williamson
Est: £150 - £300
Original vintage advertising poster commissioned by the General Post Office GPO - Mails for the Packets arriving at Falmouth, 1833. Great artwork by Harold Sandys Williamson (1892-1978) depicting the arrival of transatlantic post with a horse carriage marked Russell & Co London to Falmouth on the docks in front of a row of tall sailing ships moored in the harbour against a blue grey background, the GPO logo and title text below. Horizontal. Large size. Fair condition, restored tears, restored paper losses, minor staining, backed on linen. Country of issue: UK, designer: Harold Sandys Williamson, size (cm): 101x126, year of printing: 1930s.
Antikbar Original Vintage Posters
Jul. 08, 2023
Advertising Poster Loading Mails Docks London GPO Harold Sandys Williamson
Est: £150 - £300
Original vintage advertising poster commissioned by the General Post Office GPO - Loading Mails at the Docks Inn London 1934 - Great artwork by Harold Sandys Williamson (1892-1978) depicting a large steamship in a harbour being loaded with packages from a crane with red Royal Mail vans parked on the land alongside, the GPO logo and title text below. Horizontal. Large size. Good condition, restored tears, restored paper losses, minor staining, backed on linen. Country of issue: UK, designer: Harold Sandys Williamson, size (cm): 103x127, year of printing: 1930s.
Antikbar Original Vintage Posters
Jul. 12, 2022
20 Years of “Underground” Posters.
Est: $1,400 - $1,700
ARTIST: HAROLD SANDYS WILLIAMSON (1882-1978) SIZE: 25 x 40 in./63.5 x 101.6 cm PRINTER: Waterlow & Sons, London DESCRIPTION: London’s New Burlington Galleries announces their exhibition of “Underground” Posters with trumpet-blaring fanfare. Williamson, the Headmaster of Chelsea Polytechnic, designed 14 posters for the London Underground from 1924 to 1939. (Art Deco; Posters on Posters; Exhibitions)
Poster Auctions International Inc
Nov. 23, 2021
H.S. (HAROLD SANDYS) WILLIAMSON (1892-1978). IMPERIAL AIRWAYS / LOADING AIR MAILS FOR THE EMPIRE. 1934. 29¼x36¼ inches, 74¼x92 cm. GPO
Est: $800 - $1,200
H.S. (HAROLD SANDYS) WILLIAMSON (1892-1978) IMPERIAL AIRWAYS / LOADING AIR MAILS FOR THE EMPIRE. 1934. 29 1/4x36 1/4 inches, 74 1/4x92 cm. GPO, London. Condition B+: repaired tears at edges, some into image; creases, small replaced losses and restoration in margins. Williamson was a painter and Headmaster at the Chelsea School of Art from 1930-1958. After serving England during the First World War, he began designing posters for London Transport, the Empire Marketing Board and the General Post Office, for whom he created a series of four images in 1934. All of his work bears a stylized, Art Deco sensibility, as seen here in his depiction of the "Scylla," one of two Short L.17 aircraft that went into service for Imperial Airways in 1933. Croydon was Britain's main airport between the wars and was home to Imperial Airways from the company's formation in 1924. British Aviation p. 82.
Swann Auction Galleries
Nov. 16, 2019
PROPAGANDA POSTER WWII UK HOME FRONT HOP PICKING H. S. WILLIAMSON CEMA
Est: £120 - £240
Original vintage World War Two propaganda poster commissioned by the C.E.M.A. (Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts - later to become the Arts Council of Northern Ireland), it features a painting by the respected artist Harold Sandys Williamson (1892-1978) titled 'September Hop-picking' and it was originally intended to be hung "where war workers congregate". In 1940, during the Second World War, the Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts (CEMA), was appointed to help promote and maintain British culture. Chaired by Lord De La Warr, President of the Board of Education, the Council was government-funded and after the war was renamed the Arts Council of Great Britain. The interest in the arts during World War II led to the first government subsidy of the arts in Britain with the founding of the Arts Council in 1946, championed by Jenny Lee. Williamson was born in Leeds and attended the Leeds School of Art from 1911 to 1914, when he moved to London to study at the Royal Academy schools. During the year he was at the Academy school he was awarded the Turner Gold Medal. At the start of World War One, Williamson sought to enlist in the Britiah Army and was, at his second attempt, accepted as a private in the King's Royal Rifle Corps in January 1916. Williamson was injured at least twice during the fighting on the Western Front in France. The first occasion was during the Battle of Delville Wood in September 1916, when he was hit by a grenade fragment. Whilst recovering from a subsequent infection, he undertook orderly work in the operating theatre at No. 6 General Hospital in France and made a number of paintings based his experiences there. Williamson was also injured in April 1918 at the Villers-Bretonneux sector, when the sunken road his unit was defending was overrun by German forces. This action became the subject of his painting A German Attack on a Wet Morning, April 1918, which Wiiliamson completed in the spring of 1919. The painting was shown at the Royal Academy in 1919 to some public acclaim and was purchased by the British War Memorials Committee. Although Williamson wrote an extensive set of notes to accompany the painting, he left it to others to point out that the figure in the work facing the viewer with an injured hand was a self-portrait. After the War, Williamson established himself as a commercial artist. He designed posters for the London Underground and London Transport between 1922 and 1939 and also for the Empire Marketing Board, the GPO and the Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts. In 1930 he was appointed Head of the Chelsea School of Art, a post he held until 1958. During his tenure there he recruited Henry Moore to lead a new department of sculpture at the college. Other artists employed by Williamson as teachers included Graham Sutherland, Ceri Richards and Claude Rogers. Williamson was elected to the London Group in 1933 and, from 1937 to 1943, he served as the Group's chairman. He also exhibited on a regular basis with the New English Art Club and at the Royal Academy. In World War Two, Williamson completed a number of short-term commissions for the War Artists' Advisory Committee on the work of the Post Office in the London Blitz.Year of printing: 1943, country of printing: UK, designer: Harold Sandys Williamson, dimensions (cm): 76x101.5.
Antikbar Original Vintage Posters
Aug. 07, 2019
HAROLD SANDYS WILLIAMSON (1892-1978). SOUTHERN RAILWAY'S SOUTHAMPTON DOCKS. 1938. 39x49 inches, 99x125 cm. Waterlow & Sons, London.
Est: $600 - $900
HAROLD SANDYS WILLIAMSON (1892-1978) SOUTHERN RAILWAY''S SOUTHAMPTON DOCKS. 1938. 39 1/4x49 1/4 inches, 99 3/4x125 cm. Waterlow & Sons, London. Condition B+: restored tears through bottom margin affecting text; repaired tears, creases and restoration in margins and image and along vertical and horizontal folds.
Swann Auction Galleries
Apr. 16, 2019
HAROLD WILLIAMSON (1892-1978)
Est: £100 - £150
HAROLD WILLIAMSON (1892-1978) Bears at Tea colour lithograph, unframed Image: 20 x 30 in. (50.8 x 76.3 cm.) Literature: R. Artmonsky, Art For Everyone Contemporary Lithographs, Suffolk, 2010, pp. 62-63, illustrated. Artist's Resale Right may apply on this lot.
Chiswick Auctions
Feb. 07, 2019
HAROLD SANDYS WILLIAMSON (1892-1978). WHY NOT THE THRILLING THIRTIES? AND - / BY UNDERGROUND! 1931. 40x25 inches, 58x63 cm. The Baynard
Est: $800 - $1,200
HAROLD SANDYS WILLIAMSON (1892-1978) WHY NOT THE THRILLING THIRTIES? AND - / BY UNDERGROUND! 1931. 40x25 inches, 58 3/4x63 1/2 cm. The Baynard Press, [London.] Condition B+: repaired tears, creases and minor abrasions at edges; repaired pin holes in corners.
Swann Auction Galleries
Mar. 01, 2018
HAROLD SANDYS WILLIAMSON (1892-1978). SOUTHERN RAILWAY'S SOUTHAMPTON DOCKS. 1938. 39x49 inches, 99x125 cm. Waterlow & Sons, London.
Est: $700 - $1,000
HAROLD SANDYS WILLIAMSON (1892-1978) SOUTHERN RAILWAY''S SOUTHAMPTON DOCKS. 1938. 39 1/4x49 1/4 inches, 99 3/4x125 cm. Waterlow & Sons, London. Condition B+: restored tears through bottom margin affecting text; repaired tears, creases and restoration in margins and image and along vertical and horizontal folds.
Swann Auction Galleries
May. 10, 2016
H.S. (HAROLD SANDYS) WILLIAMSON (1892-1978). LOADING AIR MAILS FOR THE EMPIRE / ROYAL MAIL. 1934. 29x36 inches, 66x92 cm.
Est: $700 - $1,000
H.S. (HAROLD SANDYS) WILLIAMSON (1892-1978) LOADING AIR MAILS FOR THE EMPIRE / ROYAL MAIL. 1934. 29x36 1/2 inches, 66x92 3/4 cm. Condition B+: minor tears at edges, some slightly into image; small loss at upper left corner; minor creases and abrasions in image. Paper. Williamson was a painter and Headmaster at the Chelsea School of Art from 1930-1958. After serving England during the First World War, he began designing posters for London Transport, the Empire Marketing Board and the General Post Office, for whom he created a series of four images in 1934. All of his work bears a stylized, Art Deco sensibility, and this image, with its flat colors and Machine Age rendering of the ships, bears a strong resemblance to Roger Broders' image of Marseille harbor.
Swann Auction Galleries
Jun. 29, 2012
H S Williamson (Harold Sandys 1892-1978) Mails for
Est: £50 - £70
H S Williamson (Harold Sandys 1892-1978) Mails for the Packets arriving at Falmouth, 1833 and Relays carrying the King's Messages, 1482, original posters PRD 89 and 90 printed for the GPO - 51 x 64 cm (2)
Onslows
Jun. 29, 2012
H S Williamson (Harold Sandys 1892-1978) Loading
Est: £500 - £700
H S Williamson (Harold Sandys 1892-1978) Loading air mails for the Empire, Croydon, 1934, original poster PRD 91, printed for the GPO - 51 x 64 cm
Onslows
Jun. 29, 2012
H S Williamson (Harold Sandys 1892-1978) Loading
Est: £500 - £700
H S Williamson (Harold Sandys 1892-1978) Loading mails at the docks in London, 1934, original poster PRD 90 printed for the GPO - 51 x 64 cm
Onslows
May. 10, 2012
HAROLD SANDYS ("H.S.") WILLIAMSON (1892-1978). LOADING MAILS AT THE DOCKS IN LONDON. 1934. 40x49 inches, 103x126 cm.
Est: $3,000 - $4,000
HAROLD SANDYS ("H.S.") WILLIAMSON (1892-1978) LOADING MAILS AT THE DOCKS IN LONDON. 1934. 40 1/2x49 1/2 inches, 103x126 cm. Condition A- / B+: minor repaired tears at edges, some affecting image. Williamson was a painter who was Headmaster at the Chelsea School of Art from 1930-1958. After serving England during the First World War, he began designing posters for London Transport, the Empire Marketing Board and the General Post Office, for whom he created a series of four images in 1934. All of his work bears a stylized, Art Deco sensibility, and this image, with its flat colors and Machine Age rendering of the ships, bears a strong resemblance to Roger Broders' image of Marseille harbor.
Swann Auction Galleries
Nov. 05, 2010
Harold Sandys Williamson (1892-1978)
Est: £600 - £800
Harold Sandys Williamson (1892-1978) KNOCKHOLT BEECHES lithograph in colours, 1929, printed by The Dangerfield Printing Co. Ltd., London, condition A-; not backed and four other London Transport posters 40 x 25in. (102 x 64cm.) (5)
Christie's
Nov. 05, 2010
Florian (Harold Sandys Williamson 1892-1978)
Est: £600 - £800
Florian (Harold Sandys Williamson 1892-1978) THE ROOF OF LONDON, HAMPSTEAD lithograph in colours, 1922, printed by Chromoworks Ltd., London, condition A-; not backed 40 x 25in. (102 x 64cm.)
Christie's
Feb. 04, 2010
HAROLD SANDYS WILLIAMSON (1892-1978). SOUTHAMPTON DOCKS. 1938. 39x49 inches, 101x125 cm. Waterlow & Sons, London.
Est: $700 - $1,000
HAROLD SANDYS WILLIAMSON (1892-1978) SOUTHAMPTON DOCKS. 1938. 39 3/8x49 1/4 inches, 101x125 cm. Waterlow & Sons, London. Condition B+ / B: restored tears through bottom margin affecting text; repaired tears and restoration in margins and image; vertical folds.
Swann Auction Galleries
Nov. 12, 2009
H S Williamson (Harold Sandys 1892-1978)Loading
Est: £100 - £150
H S Williamson (Harold Sandys 1892-1978)Loading mails at the docks in London 1934, original poster PRD 90 printed for the GPO (General Post Office) - 50 x 63 cm signed in pencil by the artist Condition B tears, loss and tape marks
Onslows
Nov. 12, 2009
H S Williamson (Harold Sandys 1892-1978) Loading
Est: £300 - £400
H S Williamson (Harold Sandys 1892-1978) Loading air mails for the Empire Croydon 1934, original poster PRD 91 printed for the GPO (General Post Office) - 50 x 63 cm signed in pencil by the artist Loading air mails for the Empire: Croydon 1934 was one of the first series in the posters for schools scheme. The series consisted of four posters, all designed by Harold Sandys Williamson, head of the Chelsea School of Art and Design. Titled Overseas Communications, these explored the geographical development of Post Office communications through different modes of transport. The series includes Relays Carrying the King's messages 1482, Loading the transatlantic mail at Falmouth. 1833 and Loading mails at the dock in London. 1934. Condition B small tear
Onslows
Nov. 10, 2008
POSTER: HAROLD SANDYS WILLIAMSON (1892-1978).
Est: $5,000 - $7,500
HAROLD SANDYS WILLIAMSON (1892-1978) THERE AND BACK / BY UNDERGROUND. 1928. 39 3/4x25 inches, 100x60 1/4 cm. The Baynard Press. Condition B+: repaired tears, creases and abrasions at edges. With a palpable nod to the composition of Toulouse-Lautrec, Williamson depicts a jaunty view of a chorus girl seen from the orchestra pit. The dynamic composition includes the formation of the line of dancing girls, the conductor's outstretched arms and the improbably balanced form of the central figure.
Swann Auction Galleries
May. 09, 2007
Harold Sandys Williamson (British, b.1892)
Est: £300 - £500
There and Back by Underground 1928, printed by Sanders, Phillips and Co., Ltd., 1015 x 635mm (40 x 25in)(SH)(condition A/B)
Bonhams