Noël Gibson (1928-2005) - East End of London street scene wi...

Hammer

£500

Noël Gibson (1928-2005) - East End of London street scene with buildings and lamp post, signed, oil on board, 36" x 48"

** The work is double-sided and has to the reverse a black and white oil sketch of buildings on a street, possibly London

** The artist is renowned for his impasto style and he primarily worked in the Bethnal Green and Whitechapel area, recording his childhood memories of the East End of London in the 1960s and 1970s. The artist was born in Glasgow in 1928 and moved to East London in 1962, staying in the area until 1974, when he became Provost Verger of South Worc Cathedral in 1977. He trained as a singer but taught himself how to paint; a Bohemian, he loved the Italian way of doing things and was well known for decorating his house at 90, South Worc Bridge Road with flowers

The Hackney Council mounted an exhibition of his work featuring sixty paintings, almost all of them were sold and he was commissioned to paint many more; his paintings were purchased by private collectors in America, Australia, New Zealand and the Netherlands. He exhibited at the Canaletto Gallery in 1972, the Whitechapel Gallery, and the Nunnery Gallery