Lot 123: John Virtue (b. 1947)

John Virtue (b. 1947)
View of Gaulkthorn from Valley at Green Haworth
signed and dated 'John Virtue 1973/6' (lower right) and inscribed and dated again 'View of Gaulkthorn from Valley/at Green Haworth 1973/76' (on the backboard)
pencil, ink and gouache
32¼ x 53½ in. (82 x 135.9 cm.)

Purchased directly from the artist by the present owner.

John Virtue was born in Lancashire in 1947 and studied at the Slade School of Fine Art from 1965-69. As well as being an honorary Professor of Fine Art at the University of Plymouth, Virtue was the National Gallery's sixth associate artist 2003-2005. His monchrome landscapes are inspired by where he happens to be living. In 1971 he moved to Green Haworth, a small village on the edge of the Pennine moorland and his paintings during this time were predominately of this location. These works are all pre-1978 when Virtue ceased to work in colour, seeing it as 'an unnecessary distraction'.
Artist's Resale Right ("droit de Suite").If the Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer also agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.