Keith Vaughan (1912-1977), Countryman and his Cottage

Keith Vaughan (1912-1977)
Countryman and his Cottage
signed and dated 'Keith Vaughan 1948' (lower right)
charcoal, ink, wax resist and gouache on board
21 x 28 in. (53.3 x 71.1 cm.)
Executed in 1948.

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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE LEONARD AND ROXANNE ROSOMAN
Christie’s are delighted to be offering the following two paintings by Keith Vaughan from the private collection of Leonard and Roxanne Rosoman. Acquired by the artist Leonard Rosoman (1913-2012) and his wife Roxanne (1937-2018), the pictures are testament to their close friendship and support for Vaughan.

Leonard Rosoman exhibited extensively, and his work hangs in national collections including the Tate Gallery, the National Portrait Gallery, the Imperial War Museum and the British Museum. He recorded his experiences during the War in a number of stunning and vibrant oils, including A House Collapsing on Two Firemen, Shoe Lane, 1940 (Imperial War Museum) and Bomb Falling into Water, 1942 (Tate Gallery). In 1943, his pictures caught the attention of Sir Kenneth Clark, and he was appointed the role of Official War Artist to the Admiralty.
After the War, Leonard took up a teaching post at Camberwell School of Art, followed by Edinburgh College of Art, where he worked alongside Sir Robin Philipson, then a lecturer at the college. He began teaching at the Royal College of Art in 1957, together with the Head of Painting Carel Weight, who became a good friend and who helped him to find his Kensington studio where he worked for the rest of his life. At the RCA, Leonard taught a new generation of artists including Peter Blake and David Hockney: of the latter he observed, ‘If anybody ever had something written on his forehead, he had’.
Leonard Rosoman became known for his large-scale works, including his mural for the 1951 Festival of Britain, The Drag Ball paintings from A Patriot for Me exhibition of 1968, and the vaulted ceiling in the Archbishop of Canterbury’s private chapel at Lambeth Palace, painted in 1988. Leonard also painted his celebrated mural, Upstairs and Downstairs (1986), for the Royal Academy’s restaurant. Elected to the Royal Academy in 1960, Leonard’s mural is a lasting memorial to his work and position at the Royal Academy. Works by his fellow Royal Academicians featured in his own collection, including Dame Elisabeth Frink, Carel Weight, Anthony Green, Josef Herman and Sir Robin Philipson.
Further pieces from the collection will be included in the Jewellery, Impressionist and Modern Art and Interiors Sales in 2019.