Flirting Again! Still Lifes many of his oils were

many of his oils were on the smaller scale and the majority depicting beautiful women he encountered in the Café Society around Brussels

A successful painter and educator

a compositional view point that simply places you at the scene and a sense of the times that transports you to the period more effectively than any virtual reality gizmo

an incredibly sophisticated use of colour and tone

Described as the ‘Grandfather of British illustration’ (thank you Chris Beetles) his economy of line was said to have modernised his trade and certainly influenced the next generation of cartoonists from Frank Reynolds to David Low

Flirting Again! Still Lifes many of his oils wereMedium Details: Caplain gold & ink on paper This painting is at our Cecil Court gallery.