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Title: Chris Ish 20 x 15 Inches Oil on Board This is a portrait by James Lawrence Isherwood of the famous writer, Christopher Isherwood, whose works are in libraries all over the world. On the reverse of the work, Isherwood has written “Chris Ish” and there is no doubt that he admired the author who…
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Title: Lady Chatterley’s Lover 16 x 12 Inches Oil on Board Isherwood is know for his Wigan people paintings plus his landscapes and seascapes etc, but he is also know for some more unusual subjects, such as this. If there was anything to catch his attention, it was something that was a talking point. Subjects…
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L S Lowry R.A. Oil on board 24 x 18 inches Isherwood was a great admirer of Lowry, and wheadled his way into his company at every opportunity. He was heartened in the mid 1960s when Lowry purchased one of his paintings – Minnie Small with Black cat. He hung it in his studio and…
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Orange Wigan 12 x 10 Inches Oil on Board It’s not very often that an excellent Wigan figures painting is offered for sale, so this is a great rare opportunity for someone to be able to acquire such a painting. Isherwood is known to have painted in many places, but Wigan remained his favourite place and…
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This painting measures 18 x 10 inches, it is oil on board and is titled ‘Torquay Nocturne’ Isherwood was a master of impressionism, he was able to capture a scene with the minimum of brush strokes and this is a fine example of what could be created. The blue background portrays not only the sea, but also the sky. There…
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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…
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Following the death of his mother, Jim Isherwood spent some Christmas days alone. One diary entry reads: “Got up at 3. Fed the birds. Painted 11 pictures.” At times like this, he wallowed in his own sad company. But not all festive days were lonely as Molly Isherwood, his sister-in-law testifies. She remembers: “When his…
