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For anyone keeping an eye on the Isherwood market, there’s a notable event coming up. The family of Pat White — Isherwood’s partner during the mid‑to‑late 1970s — have decided to release her private collection of more than a hundred works. As a collector, this is the sort of thing you don’t see often. Pat’s…
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Another exhibition and sale of Isherwood paintings took place from 6th February 2016 to 14th February 2016. I went along on the opening day to find a fantastic array of works, some early and others late, but all in, some of his finest work. I was very pleased to see that a number had already…
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A very successful exhibition and sale of works by J Lawrence Isherwood was held 3rd – 24th December 2015. Framed-Up, the Wigan gallery and framers exhibited the paintings from the estate of well known florist William Higham. All the paintings had previously been exhibited at the Turnpike Gallery in 2009. Contact details were… Simon Taylor…
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An iconic Lawrence Isherwood painting of The Houses of Parliament. Framed, Oil on board, 30x40cms done in his mid 60’s atmospheric period will be auctioned by the Willow Tea Rooms on Ebay over the next fortnight. The painting is illustrated in the Isherwood book by Stephen Eckersley on page 167 of his definitive history of…
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It is with great regret that we announce that Mrs Molly Isherwood, the inspiration behind this website, died peacefully this morning (22nd February 2014). Molly was the sister-in-law of James Lawrence Isherwood and since his death in 1989, she worked tirelessly to ensure that his work came to the attention of a wider public. She…
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Art By Isherwood regrets to record the death of the artist’s former wife, Florence. She passed away at 10-15 on Monday October 7 at the Great Western Hospital, in Swindon, after a short illness. She was in her 90th year. Florence Bankes married J Lawrence Isherwood at Wigan Parish Church in a “society” wedding just…
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The launch of the re-published profusely illustrated book on J Lawrence Isherwood was accompanied by a show of excellent oil paintings. The first 250 copies of the book in hardback found ready buyers, and author Steve Eckersley (right) decided on a re-print in soft back (also 250 copies). The launch was fixed for the evening of…
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April 28 to May 12, 2012 An exhibition and sale of almost 100 paintings by Isherwood was held at the premises of antiques dealer, Colin de Rouffignac, in Standish near Wigan. Colin, who knew Isherwood personally, gathered the Isherwood paintings from various different sources. The dealer has held successful shows of the artist in the past.…
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Isherwood never kept a day to day diary and chose to make copious, often fragmented, notes in Silverline students’ notebooks. Many of the diaries were either destroyed by Isherwood or have been lost, but recently the notes made between 1973 and 1979 were discovered, marked “private only.” The entries track his painting life and record…
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It is well-known that throughout his life, Isherwood found it difficult to sell his paintings. And so many were in his home in Wigan, it was impossible to discover if any had been stolen following a break-in. The local evening paper – The Post and Chronicle – in the artist’s home town broke the story…
