Gerald Leslie Brockhurst 1890 - 1978

Filter by

in Euro

Gerald Leslie Brockhurst R.A., R.P., R.E. - Nadejda, 1924
Auction
The Harborne Collection, the Estate of Magdi Obeid
March 2024
Bonhams, London (Online Auction)
Est.: 200 - 300 GBP
Realised: 282 GBP
Details
Gerald Leslie Brockhurst R.A., R.P., R.E. - Pool of Bethesda 103 x 128.5 cm. (40 1/2 x 50 1/2 in.)
Auction
Modern British Art
November 2023
Bonhams, London
Est.: 18.000 - 25.000 GBP
Realised: not available
Details
Gerald Leslie Brockhurst - Dorette (Kathleen Nancy Woodward)
Auction
Prints & MultiplesSummer Splash
August 2023
Bonhams, New York (Online Auction)
Est.: 900 - 1.200 USD
Realised: 1.792 USD
Details
Gerald Leslie Brockhurst - The Black Silk Dress (Anais)
Auction
Prints & Multiples
June 2023
Bonhams, Los Angeles (Online Auction)
Est.: 800 - 1.200 USD
Realised: 448 USD
Details
Gerald Leslie Brockhurst, R.A. - Portrait study of a young woman
Auction
British and European Art: Online
December 2022
Christies, London (Online Auction)
Est.: 12.000 - 18.000 GBP
Realised: 23.940 GBP
Details
Gerald Leslie Brockhurst, R.A. - Portrait of Dorette
Auction
British and European Art: Online
December 2022
Christies, London (Online Auction)
Est.: 10.000 - 15.000 GBP
Realised: 18.900 GBP
Details
Gerald Leslie Brockhurst R.A., R.P., R.E. - Piccadilly by Night 26 x 36.2 cm. (10 1/4 x 14 1/4 in.)
Auction
Modern British and Irish Art
November 2022
Bonhams, London
Est.: 6.000 - 8.000 GBP
Realised: 7.650 GBP
Details
Gerald Leslie Brockhurst R.A., R.P., R.E. - Pool of Bethesda 103 x 128.5 cm. (40 1/2 x 50 1/2 in.)
Auction
Modern British and Irish Art
November 2022
Bonhams, London
Est.: 30.000 - 50.000 GBP
Realised: not available
Details
Gerald Leslie Brockhurst R.A., R.P., R.E. - Betty 45.1 x 34.9 cm. (17 3/4 x 13 3/4 in.) (sheet); 37.9 x 28.3 cm. (14 7/8 x 11 1/8 in.) (image)
Auction
Modern British and Irish Art
November 2022
Bonhams, London
Est.: 6.000 - 8.000 GBP
Realised: 20.400 GBP
Details
Gerald Leslie Brockhurst R.A., R.P., R.E. - Portrait study of a lady 25.1 x 20 cm. (9 7/8 x 7 7/8 in.)
Auction
Modern British and Irish Art
November 2022
Bonhams, London
Est.: 6.000 - 8.000 GBP
Realised: 20.400 GBP
Details
Gerald Leslie Brockhurst, R.A. - Study for Vanity
Auction
Modern British Day Auction
June 2022
Sothebys, London
Est.: 1.500 - 2.000 GBP
Realised: 8.190 GBP
Details
Gerald Leslie Brockhurst, R.A. - Vanity
Auction
Modern British Day Auction
June 2022
Sothebys, London
Est.: 40.000 - 60.000 GBP
Realised: 176.400 GBP
Details

The artist Gerald Leslie Brockhurst

  • English portrait painter of the 20th century.
  • His talent in drawing was discovered as a child.
  • He painted portraits of personalities such as Marlene Dietrich and Margaret Campbell.

Gerald Leslie Brockhurst, born 10.10.1890 in Birmingham, deceased 04.05.1978 in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, was an English artist known for his impressive portraits from the 1930s and 40s. He showed great talent for drawing as a child, and was admitted to the Birmingham School of Art at the age of 12. There he was described by the headmaster as a »young Botticelli«. In 1913, he was awarded a travelling scholarship by the Royal Academy of Arts and was able to travel to France and Italy, where he found inspiration in the works of Piero della Francesca, Botticelli and Leonardo da Vinci.

Brockhurst started out making etchings, but later became best known for his portrait paintings. Both his etchings and his paintings show various depictions of women, including images of his wife Anaïs Folin as well as of his muse and later partner Kathleen Woodward. He divorced Folin in 1940 because of his liaison with Woodward. He also produced one of his more prominent works in collaboration with her as his official muse: Adolescence (1932).

The etching of the unclothed young woman looking at herself in front of a mirror is characteristic of Brockhurst's striving to depict the ideal image of young, attractive women (bodies). After a longer time in London, Brockhurst moved to New Jersey in the USA in 1939 at the beginning of the Second World War. There he was particularly successful with his portrait paintings in muted, dark colours, so that he was privileged to take on commissions from personalities such as Merle Oberon, Marlene Dietrich or Wallis Simpson, the Duchess of Windsor.

One of his most important paintings today is the life-size portrait of Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll from 1931, which belongs to the collection of the Tate Gallery in London. Around 1945 Brockhurst also produced a number of lithographs. In 1951 he was admitted as a member of the National Academy of Design. He lived with his muse and partner in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, until his death in 1978. 

Der Künstler Gerald Leslie Brockhurst

  • Englischer Porträtmaler des 20. Jahrhunderts.
  • Sein Zeichentalent wurde bereits im Kindesalter entdeckt.
  • Fertigte Porträts von Persönlichkeiten wie Marlene Dietrich oder Margaret Campbell.

Gerald Leslie Brockhurst, geb. am 10.10.1890 in Birmingham, gest. 04.05.1978 in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, war ein englischer Künstler, der für seine eindrucksvollen Porträts aus den 1930er- und 40er-Jahren bekannt ist. Schon als Kind zeigte sich bei ihm ein großes Zeichentalent, sodass er im Alter von 12 Jahren auf der Birmingham School of Art aufgenommen wurde. Dort wurde er vom Schulleiter als »junger Botticelli« bezeichnet. 1913 wurde er von der Royal Academy of Arts mit einem Reisestipendium gefördert und konnte so nach Frankreich und Italien reisen, wo er sich Inspiration in den Werken von Piero della Francesca, Botticelli und Leonardo da Vinci holte.

Brockhurst übte sich zunächst in der Fertigung von Radierungen, wurde später aber vor allem durch seine Porträtgemälde bekannt. Sowohl seine Radierungen als auch seine Gemälde zeigen unterschiedliche Darstellungen von Frauen, darunter Abbildungen seiner Ehefrau Anaïs Folin sowie von seiner Muse und späteren Partnerin Kathleen Woodward. Von Folin ließ er sich 1940 aufgrund seiner Liason mit Woodward scheiden. In Zusammenarbeit mit ihr als seine offizielle Muse entstand auch eines seiner prominenteren Werke: Adolescence (1932).

Die Radierung der unbekleideten jungen Frau, die sich selbst vor einem Spiegel betrachtet, ist kennzeichnend für Brockhursts Streben nach der Darstellung vom Idealbild junger, attraktiver Frauen(körper). Nach einem längeren Aufenthalt in London übersiedelte Brockhurst 1939 zu Beginn des Zweiten Weltkrieges nach New Jersey in die USA. Dort konnte er vor allem mit seinen Porträtgemälden in gedeckten, dunklen Farben überzeugen, sodass er Auftragsarbeiten von Persönlichkeiten wie Merle Oberon, Marlene Dietrich oder Wallis Simpson, der Duchess of Windsor, übernehmen durfte.

Zu seinen bedeutendsten Gemälden zählt heute das lebensgroße Porträt von Margaret Campbell, der Duchess von Argyll von 1931; es gehört indes zur Sammlung der Tate Gallery in London. Um 1945 produzierte Brockhurst schließlich auch einige Lithografien. 1951 wurde er als Mitglied in die National Academy of Design aufgenommen. Er lebte bis zu seinem Tod 1978 mit seiner Muse und Partnerin in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey.

Gerald Leslie Brockhurst - Adolescence (Kathleen Nancy Woodward)
Auction
Prints & Multiples
April 2021
Christies, New York
Est.: 7.000 - 10.000 USD
Realised: 15.000 USD
Details
Gerald Leslie Brockhurst R.A., R.P., R.E. - Le Casaquin de Laine (The Linen Jacket)
Auction
Prints and Multiples
April 2021
Bonhams, London
Est.: 500 - 700 GBP
Realised: 140 GBP
Details
Gerald Leslie Brockhurst R.A., R.P., R.E. - Le Casaquin de Laine (The Linen Jacket)
Auction
Prints & MultiplesPart I: (Lots 1-250) Part II: The Arthur N. Gilbert Collection of Important Prints by James Gillray (1756-1815)(Lots 251-363)
December 2020
Bonhams, London
Est.: 500 - 700 GBP
Realised: not available
Details
Gerald Leslie Brockhurst - Adolescence (Kathleen Nancy Woodward)
Auction
Prints & Multiples: Modern to Pop
September 2020
Christies, London (Online)
Est.: 7.000 - 10.000 GBP
Realised: 8.125 GBP
Details
Gerald Leslie Brockhurst, R.A. - Head of a Girl
Auction
Modern British Art
September 2020
Christies, London
Est.: 8.000 - 12.000 GBP
Realised: 8.125 GBP
Details
Gerald Leslie Brockhurst, R.A. - Nadejda, a Russian ballet dancer (recto); and Study of a male head (verso)
Auction
British & European Art
July 2020
Christies, London (Online Auction)
Est.: 6.000 - 8.000 GBP
Realised: 7.500 GBP
Details
Gerald Leslie Brockhurst, R.A. - Edward Alexander Partingdon, 3Rd Baron Doverdale (1904-1949)
Auction
Refining Taste: Works Selected by Danny Katz
May 2020
Sothebys, London
Est.: 15.000 - 25.000 GBP
Realised: not sold
Details
Gerald Leslie Brockhurst, R.A - Woman With An Earring
Auction
Refining Taste: Works Selected by Danny Katz
May 2020
Sothebys, London
Est.: 1.500 - 2.500 GBP
Realised: 1.625 GBP
Details
Gerald Leslie Brockhurst, R.A. - Anais In A Hat
Auction
Refining Taste: Works Selected by Danny Katz
May 2020
Sothebys, London
Est.: 2.600 - 3.500 GBP
Realised: 2.500 GBP
Details
Gerald Leslie Brockhurst R.A., R.P., R.E. - Young Womanhood
Auction
Prints and Multiples
December 2019
Bonhams, London
Est.: -1 - -1 GBP
Realised: 637 GBP
Details
Gerald Leslie Brockhurst - Adolescence (Kathleen Nancy Woodward)
Auction
Prints & Multiples
September 2019
Christies, London
Est.: 7.000 - 10.000 GBP
Realised: 11.250 GBP
Details
Gerald Leslie Brockhurst, R.A. - Les Deux Landaises (or Evening)
Auction
British & European Art: Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art
July 2019
Christies, London
Est.: 7.000 - 10.000 GBP
Realised: 15.000 GBP
Details

Similar and associated artists

David Hockney - A Bigger Book: Art Edition A, B, C, and D
David Hockney
Last auction: 16. Apr - 16. Apr 2024
Title: A Bigger Book: Art Edition A, B, C, and D
Price: 138.600 USD
Found at Christies
3,894 auction results
Henry Moore - Reclining Figures (C. 236-241)
Henry Moore
Last auction: 16. Apr - 17. Apr 2024
Title: Reclining Figures (C. 236-241)
Price: 4.445 USD
Found at Phillips
2,924 auction results
Joan Miró - “Sculptures”, 1974
Joan Miró
Last auction: 2. Apr - 2. Apr 2024
Title: “Sculptures”, 1974
Price: 2.100 DKK
Found at Bruun Rasmussen
6,841 auction results
Marc Chagall - Amoureux au bouquet de fleurs ou Les Amoureux aux fleurs
Marc Chagall
Last auction: 9. Apr - 9. Apr 2024
Title: Amoureux au bouquet de fleurs ou Les Amoureux aux fleurs
Price: 655.200 EUR
Found at Christies
6,110 auction results
Pablo Picasso - Françoise en soleil
Pablo Picasso
Last auction: 16. Apr - 16. Apr 2024
Title: Françoise en soleil
Price: 15.120 USD
Found at Christies
21,362 auction results
Andy Warhol - Holy Cats by Andy Warhol\'s mother.
Andy Warhol
Last auction: 11. Apr - 11. Apr 2024
Title: Holy Cats by Andy Warhol's mother.
Price: 2.904 EUR
Found at VAN HAM
11,584 auction results
John Piper C.H. - A Study for the Lithograph Seaton
John Piper C.H.
Last auction: 27. Mar - 27. Mar 2024
Title: A Study for the Lithograph Seaton
Price: not available
Found at Bonhams
1,335 auction results
Graham Sutherland O.M. - Opening to a Palm Plantation
Graham Sutherland O.M.
Last auction: 27. Mar - 27. Mar 2024
Title: Opening to a Palm Plantation
Price: 9.600 GBP
Found at Bonhams
738 auction results
Henri Matisse - Étude de visages (recto); Étude de motifs (verso)
Henri Matisse
Last auction: 18. Apr - 18. Apr 2024
Title: Étude de visages (recto); Étude de motifs (verso)
Price: 12.160 GBP
Found at Bonhams
2,933 auction results
Keith Haring - Into 84 Exhibition Poster
Keith Haring
Last auction: 16. Apr - 17. Apr 2024
Title: Into 84 Exhibition Poster
Price: 4.064 USD
Found at Phillips
2,101 auction results