Landscape with Trees and Cliffs

Avery was born in South Moulton, Devon. He was educated first at Barnstaple Grammar School and then at St Paul's College, Cheltenham, where he studied painting with James Salmon (later the Principal of Croydon College of Art). Whilst at Cheltenham, Wilfred's growing interest in modern painting was reinforced by a meeting with Paul Nash who encouraged him to look to Paris, rather than to London or New York, for the influences which would subsequently shape his work. Landscape with Trees and Cliffs is one of many works by Avery to depict the Devon coast.

Read more about Avery’s life and works on Art UK https://artuk.org/discover/stories/wilfred-avery-unifying-landscape-and-the-male-body#

© Executor of the Estate of Wilfred Avery

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
5/2020
Collection Class
Paintings
Medium
oil on hardboard
Common Name
Landscape with Trees and Cliffs
Simple Name
painting
Period Classification
Modern (1900-)
Production Town
Production Country
United Kingdom: England
Production Date
1958
Production Person Initials
Wilfred
Production Person Surname
Avery
Production Year Low
Production Year High

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Landscape with Trees and Cliffs