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Hubert Arthur Finney:
The Yard Under Snow, Milwaukee, circa 1966
Framed (ref: 10045)
Blue pencil and gouache on paper.

Tags: Hubert Arthur Finney drawing gouache pencil Garden houses landscape 1.H.A.Finney Garden Museum RCAGardenMusuem

Provenance: The Artist's Family

Exhibited: The Lightbox, Woking, Out of the Shadows, 2020, cat 61

TOGETHER WITH A RELATED WORK. 

In the 1960's Finney went on a teaching  exchange for one year with the University of Wisconsin in the USA. Crossing on the QE2 he lived in Milwaukee for a year.  Stimulated by his new environment his artistic energy flourished and he produced a vibrant body of new work. He also  formed long lasting friendships with well known artists such as Joe Freibert and Danny Pierce, drawing, like them scenes around Chicago. 

Exhibited: Sanctuary, Artist-Gardeners, 1919-39, Garden Museum, London, 25th February – 5 April, 2020

Literature: Christopher Woodward, Sanctuary: Artist-Gardeners, 1919–1939, published by Liss Llewellyn, 2020