Cyril Walduck Edwards RI RBA
The Dockyard, London
Oil on canvas, signed lower left, titled on verso
Image size: 27 ½ x 35 ¾ inches (70 x 90 cm)
Contemporary style frame
Exhibited
The Royal Society of Oil Painters
This painting hearkens back to London's industrial heritage of the early and mid 20th century. The blocky brown and grey docks contrast with the bright sky and Thames. Two large steamships feature in the background, whilst figures and cranes bustle around them in acts of repairing and loading the ships. This work is a wonderful representation of London's not-so-distant past, and is an aesthetic melody for the eyes, with its contrasting colours and bustle of activity.
Cyril Walduck Edwards
Edwards was born in Bengal, India. He studied at Regent Street Polytechnic and exhibited widely at the Royal Academy of Arts, Royal Cambrian Academy, Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours.