Water Lilies

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 2 Marsham Street

Norman Rowe was born in Southsea, Portsmouth. He studied at Portsmouth College of Art (1946–49) and in 1949, received a scholarship to study in Paris. After this, he studied at the Slade School of Art (1949–52). He exhibited his work in London, Manchester and Belfast during the 1950s and 1960s and also visited Florence in 1963. In 1972 Rowe won the Fulbright Hayes Award to travel to the USA. Rowe’s first solo exhibition was held in 1978 at the Wolverhampton Art Gallery and he continued to exhibit his work during the 1980s with Fischer Fine Art in London. His work is represented in several collections including De Beers; the Nuffield Foundation and West Midlands Arts. Rowe lives and teaches in Wolverhampton.

Places

Subjects

water lily, sunlight, path, garden, pond

Materials & Techniques

canvas, oil, oil painting

Artist

Norman Rowe (1929 - )

Title

Water Lilies

Date

1979-1980

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 137.00 cm, width: 152.50 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Fischer Fine Art, March 1980

Inscription

none

GAC number

14967