Lot 579: James C. Tarr (British, 1905-1996) A Game of

James C. Tarr (British, 1905-1996) A Game of Badminton in High Summer signed lower left "James Tarr" oil on board 23 x 34cm Jack Tarr was a near contemporary of Bawden and Ravilious at the Royal College of Art. After leaving college he became Painting Master at the Gloucester School of Art, and painted many good watercolours of the Gloucestershire countryside and had a number shown at the Royal Academy. He later succeeded Stanley Lewis, ARCA, MBE (b.1905) as Principal of the Newport School of Art.