"Out From Foochow" By Roland Davies, Signed

ID: 3515

"Out From Foochow" By Roland Davies, Signed

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Description

Large oil painting, "Out From Foochow" by Roland Davies ( British 1904-1993), signed Roland Davies on lower left , with gold frame.
Size 120 x 95 cm with frame.
Note; Foochow or Fuzhou is the capital of Fujian, China, lying between the Min River estuary to the south and the city of Ningde to the north. Together, Fuzhou and Ningde make up the Mindong linguistic and cultural region.
Roland Davies is a cartoonist, commercial artist and painter, born in Stourport, Worcestershire. Aged 13 he attended evening classes at Ipswich School of Art for two years, then full-time for two more. He left home and became apprenticed to a litho-printing firm in West Drayton, designing cinema and other posters. In World War II Davies worked for the Ministry of Information. By 1972, under the guidance of art dealer Alan Class, Davies had turned to painting in oils, creating nostalgic London street scenes, marine and cowboy pictures.
Note; this painting was previously sold by Christie's auctioneer.