Lot 1279: John Eveleigh (b.1926) v Portrait of John Pilgrim,

John Eveleigh (b.1926) v Portrait of John Pilgrim, seated, half length Signed, also inscribed with the sitter's name and the date "April 25th 1970", pen, ink and sepia wash, 39.5cm by 33cm John Eveleigh's career is based in two countries, England and Australia. He studied at Canterbury College of Art and was the Head of Foundation Studies in Folkestone, later the highly successful Arts Director of the New Metropole Arts Centre 1971-1983. He was very successful also in Australia as Senior Lecturer in Painting at the University of Woollongong. He also became Honorary Curator of the Permanent Collection of the James Cook Collection, North Queensland. His beautiful and colourful landscapes and portraits have been widely shown - the Royal Academy, Royal Watercolour Society, Piccadilly Gallery, Roland Browse Delbanco, Wye College, Nevill Gallery, Wildenstein, Agnews, Mall Gallery, New Grafton and numerous venues in australia. They figure in collections all over the world, Africa, Australia, USA, Canada, Sydney university, KCC, Camberwell Borough Council, Hertford County Council, J. Walter Thompson, Marks & Spencer and many others.