£350 

Hubert Arthur Finney:
Abstraction 2: Visual Responses to Beethoven's Pastoral
Unmounted (ref: 11008)

signed,

black chalk and watercolour on paper

Tags: Hubert Arthur Finney chalk watercolour Canney Abstract Art

Provenance: The Artist's Studio

After gaining a Travelling Scholarship to Rome, in 1929, Finney returned to London to

embark on his career – but in the aftermath of the Wall Street Crash he considered

himself "lucky in obtaining a part-time teaching post at Chelsea School of Art under

P. H. Jowett (1882-1955). This teaching post enabled me to have contact with a few of

the personalities, who were ultimately to make a name for themselves in the world of

the visual arts. Henry Moore (1898-1986) was in charge of the sculpture department

and Graham Sutherland (1903-1980) of the department of design. After I had been

there a year, Jowett resigned his post to become principal of the Royal College of Art. A

most versatile personality took his place, H.S.Williamson (1892-1978) a considerable

musician, as well as an able and vital painter". An accomplished musician himself,

Finney believed that music, along with art, had the power to elevate its audience.

One of Finney's rare excursions into pure abstraction is entitled: Visual Responses

to Beethoven's Pastoral.