David Jan Curtis R.O.I.
ARTIST: David Jan Gardiner Curtis ROI RSMA (1948-) British
TITLE: “Staithes Yorkshire”
SIGNED: lower left
MEDIUM: oil on board
SIZE: 44cm x 34cm inc frame
CONDITION: excellent
PRICE: £sold
DETAIL: Self-taught artist, designer and teacher, born and in lived in Doncaster, Yorkshire. He served an apprenticeship in industry, then headed an engineering design team with Hawker Siddeley, commencing full-time painting in 1988. Curtis painted in many parts of Britain. He was a commission painter for Federation of British Artists, lectured to art groups and taught part-time at Doncaster Faculty of Art and Design. He was elected a member of RSMA in 1983 and of ROI in 1988. Took part in many mixed exhibitions, including RA Summer Exhibition, RWS Open and elsewhere. He was a Stanley Grimm Memorial Prizewinner at ROI in 1991. Had series of solo shows with Richard Hagen Ltd, Broadway, from 1990. The Sultanate of Oman, HM Crown Commissioners and British Gas hold his work.
ARTIST: David Jan Curtis ROI RSMA (1948-) British
TITLE: “The Stile, Holland House, Misson, Doncaster”
SIGNED: lower left
MEDIUM: oil on board
SIZE: 47cm x 41cm framed
CONDITION: excellent
PRICE: £sold
DETAIL: A charming original oil painting by one of our contemporary favourites David Curtis. Born In Doncaster he is a member of both the RSMA and ROI. He has exhibited widely in this country and abroad and won nunerous awards including, in 1992, the prestigious Singer Friedlander / Sunday Times award. In 2009 he was selected as the artist of his generation to depict the Changing of The Colour Ceremony with HM Queen Elizabeth II.
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