{"product_id":"colin-davies-1934-a-continental-landscape-original-oil-painting-60x50cm","title":"Colin Davies (1934) - A Continental Landscape - Original Oil Painting 60x50cm","description":"\u003ch2\u003eOriginal Mid-Century Oil Painting\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eColin Davies (British, b.1934) — Oil — “A Continental Landscape”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eExpressive modern British landscape in oil on board; signed lower right\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eKey Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e Colin Davies (British, b.1934)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e “A Continental Landscape”\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMedium:\u003c\/strong\u003e Oil\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSupport:\u003c\/strong\u003e On board\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSignature:\u003c\/strong\u003e Signed lower right “Davies”\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e Image: 50 × 60 cm (19.7 × 23.6 in);\u003cbr\u003e\nFramed: approx. 64 × 74 cm (25.2 × 29.1 in)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Excellent – clean surface, stable impasto, secure frame with minor age wear only.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProvenance:\u003c\/strong\u003e William Shannon Fine Art, Edinburgh. From a private collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA richly textured and atmospheric mid-century landscape by\nColin Davies (b.1934), a British painter active during the 1960s–1970s. Executed in oil on board, this expressive composition depicts rolling hills and distant dwellings under a moody sky, rendered in confident impasto and subtle tonal shifts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDavies’ work bridges post-war Scottish and English modernism, combining architectural structure with expressive brushwork. His paintings from this period are closely aligned with the Modern British movement that emerged from the 1950s and 60s London art scene.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Artist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eColin Davies (British, b.1934) painted actively through the 1960s–1970s. His practice sits within post-war British modernism, blending a measured, architectural sense of structure with expressive, textural brushwork. Works from this period align closely with the Modern British movement associated with the 1950s–60s London art scene.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eEstimated Date\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCirca 1965–1975\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eProvenance \u0026amp; Notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eExhibited at\nThe Furneaux Galleries, Wimbledon, London:\nSummer Exhibition 1966\n(28 July – 10 August 1966). Private-view catalogue held in the\nTate Library, London, listed as\nSummer Exhibition 1966: Featuring Work by Colin Davies\n(Furneaux Galleries, 1966). Later handled by\nWilliam Shannon Fine Art, Edinburgh.\nRelated works include\nLe Tréport Near Dieppe\n(dated 1975) and\nKent – Foreshore\n(sold Mark Hill Auctions, Jan 2025). A further painting by Davies,\nMarshland Evening\n(1963), is held in the public collection of the London Borough of Camden.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Crag Bank Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53551630385490,"sku":"CBA-132","price":325.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1078\/0904\/6866\/files\/IMG_1667_3bbd6017-3f90-423e-94cf-56e50cbea1b1.jpg?v=1780843949","url":"https:\/\/cragbankart.co.uk\/products\/colin-davies-1934-a-continental-landscape-original-oil-painting-60x50cm","provider":"Crag Bank Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}