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Roger Hilton

Bretons Tending Cabbages

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Roger Hilton

1911 - 1975


Bretons Tending Cabbages

oil on canvas

unframed: 41 by 25.5 cm. 16¼ by 10 in.

framed: 51 by 35 cm. 20 by 13¾ in.

Executed in the 1930s.

John Robert Hilton CMG, the Artist's brother, and thence by family descent to the present owner

After completing his studies at the Slade, Hilton spent some years studying painting in Paris in the 1930s, mainly under Roger Bissiere. During this time, it is very likely he would have travelled to Brittany.