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KEY PEOPLE: Miles Sharp (1897 - 1973)Weddington Hall. Watercolour.

Miles Bamford Sharp was a landscape artist. He worked with oil, watercolours, and also made line engravings. Much of his work has been exhibited at the Royal Academy. He also exhibited at RBA, RI, ROI, RBSA and had a number of one-man shows, including Foyles Gallery.

Miles was born at Brighouse, Yorkshire in 1897. He studied for eight years at the Bradford and Leeds Schools of Art then moved on to the Royal College of Art where he gained his Diploma. He also studied at the Central School of Arts and Crafts.

After finishing his studies he returned to Brighouse to become Head Draughtsman at Barraclough Brothers.A Warwickshire Farmyard

In 1925 Miles Sharp moved to Nuneaton to become Art Master of the newly formed Nuneaton Art School based in the Nuneaton Museum & Art Gallery. The Art School flourished under his leadership, growing from 120 students, to 600-800 by the time he retired in 1952. He moved to Budleigh Salterton in Devon where he continued to teach art and paint. He died there in 1973.

Among his local works are two watercolours of Weddington Hall (one of which is pictured above), as well as several watercolours of Coton Church, Arbury Farm, the Council House, Manor Court Road, Bramcote and the Market Place.

 

Many of these works are currently in the possession of the Nuneaton Museum and Art Gallery.

Weddington Hall. Watercolour***

'A Warwickshire Farmyard'. This is quite possibly that of Weddington Farm, Church Lane**

Miles Sharp's signature, taken from the back of 'A Warwickshire Farmyard'. **

Miles Sharp's address, taken from the back of 'A Warwickshire Farmyard'. Includes the painting price at £25.**

Practise brush strokes, taken from the back of 'A Warwickshire Farmyard'.**

A detail from 'A Warwickshire Farmyard'.**

Oil painting of an old farm barn. Undated*

Oil painting of an old farm barn. Miles Sharp's signature on reverse*

A Miles Sharp painting of Woodbury Common, in Devon. **

'Woodbury, Devon'

Oil on board 16" x 24" signed labels verso with location and 'Exmouth Art Group'.

Heathland

Oil on Canvas

Landscape, verso (to Oil on Canvas)**

Woodland Landscape**

Coastal scene, Sark. Watercolour, signed and dated 1911

Corn Stooks. Watercolour signed and dated 1925 (24cm by 34cm)

A Warwickshire Village scene. Dated 1941.**

A Warwickshire Village scene. Dated 1941.

Untitled. Warwickshire street scene**

Oil on canvas

Ploughed field and trees

Oil on canvas

Earthworks near Woodbury Castle, Devon. Watercolour - in frame.

Earthworks near Woodbury Castle, Devon. Watercolour.

Earthworks near Woodbury Castle, Devon. Watercolour, detail.

Earthworks near Woodbury Castle, Devon. Watercolour, back note.

Estuary Scene. Watercolour

Location not known

Kilnsley Crag, Yorkshire

Oil on Canvas

St Ives Harbour, Cornwall. c1950s etching, atist and studio on verso. 170mm x 250mm

'A Village in the Dales'

Watercolour and pencil, signed recto, titled to label verso, approx 26cm x 37cm.

 

A Farm near Exmouth *

Oil on board 18" x 24" signed

Unknown title. Image 1

Watercolour by the listed artist Miles Sharp dated 1912, 18"x24"

Image from eBay sale May 2011

Unknown title. Image 2

Watercolour by the listed artist Miles Sharp dated 1912, 18"x24"

Image from eBay sale May 2011

A fort on a small island, possibly Sark, Channel Islands oil on canvas, signed and dated '27 lower right 42 x 40 cm

Country river landscape with Victorian lady watercolour signed and dated 44.5cm x 71.5cm

Fortress St Servan, Brittany

Moored boats in an estuary watercolour 37 x 55cm

Portsmouth Yacht Club watercolour 36 x 54cm

Barn at Sheepy Magna, Leicestershire. Oil on canvas 1968 63.5 x 76.2cm ****

Coming in from Sailing. Oil on board, 40.5 x 101.6 cm #

East Budleigh c1948. Oil on panel, 61 x 76.4 cm #

Exmouth harbour. Oil on board 44 x 59 cm.****

Heather and Gorse, Woodbury Common, East Devon c1965. Oil on canvas, 46 x 61 cm ##

Maer Rocks, Exmouth 1966 Oil on hardboard, 45 x 60 cm #

Shimmering Water Oil on board 44 x 58 cm****

Tag Lock Oil on canvas, 40 x 48 cm #

The Harbour Entrance, Exmouth Oil on canvas, 45 x 60 cm ****

Thorpe in Wharfedale, North Yorkshire c1940 61 x 76cm ##

Woodbury Common, Devon Oil on canvas, 44 x 60 cm ***

Woodbury Common, Windy Day_ Oil on board 45.7 x 61cm ****

* Image kindly provided by Ian Marlowe, 2010

** Private collection, John Brookes

*** Nuneaton & Warwickshire Museum & Art Gallery

**** Kirklees Museum and Gallery

# Calderdale Municipal Borough Council

## Rotherham Museum and Gallery

### Leicestershire County Council

 

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