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Edgar Hubert, British (1906-1985), Untitled geometric abstract, oil on board, 28 1/4"H x 23 1/4"W(sight), 34"H x 28 3/4"W(frame)

Edgar Hubert British, (1906-1985) Untitled geometric abstract oil on board Signed to lower right. Biography from the Archives of askART: Edgar Hubert (1906-1985) was a British abstract painter. Chris Stephens describes Edgar Hubert as having produced 'some of this country's most radical abstract paintings of the 1930s'. Born Norman Edgar Hubert on 1 June 1906 in Billingshurst, West Sussex, he spent his boyhood in Clevedon, Somerset. He studied art at the Reading School of Art (now University of Reading and, from 1926 to 1929, at the Slade School* of Fine Art. Henry Tonks was one of his tutors at the Slade and he shared rooms with William Townsend (who wrote of Hubert in his journals and other papers during his time there. In the late 1930s, due to ill health, Hubert left London to live with his family in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire. He was deeply affected by the deaths, between 1936 and 1947, of his father and two brothers. He continued to live with his mother until her death in about 1960. He then moved to Seaford, East Sussex. Hubert's lifelong shyness and introversion contributed to a neglect of his work in histories of twentieth century British art. When his close friend and colleague Geoffrey Tibble died in 1952, Hubert became reclusive and withdrew from the art world. Hubert continued to paint until shortly before his death on 25 January 1985. Hubert's early work was figurative, developing into both abstract and semi-figurative styles. Between 1933 and 1936, Hubert was a significant figure in the Objective Abstraction movement with Graham Bell, William Coldstream, Rodrigo Moynihan and Geoffrey Tibble. Hubert's 'Painting 1935-6' at the Tate is from this period. Many of the artists involved in Objective Abstraction went on to be part of the realist Euston Road School but Hubert continued to work in both abstract and semi-figurative styles. Influenced by Surrealism and geometric abstraction, his wartime paintings were of post-Cubist figures and abstractions of geometrical linear patterns. His later paintings included more organic forms, together with geometric patterns (several in black and white). In 1930, Hubert exhibited in the First Exhibition of the Young Painters Society, New Burlington Galleries. Between 1931 and 1947, Hubert regularly exhibited with the London Group. In 1942 his work was shown at the Lefevre Gallery, in 1946 at the London Gallery and the Anglo-French Art Centre, and in 1948 and 1953 at the Mayor Gallery. He had one-person exhibitions at the Mayor Gallery in 1946 and in 1948. Also in 1948, with encouragement from Lawrence Alloway, Hubert submitted his work to the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) exhibition 40 Years of Modern Art 1907-1947. In 1958, the ICA held a one-person exhibition Paintings by Edgar Hubert. In Paris, his work was shown at the British Council's La Jeune Peinture en Grande Bretagne (1948) and the Salon des Réalités Nouvelles (1949). Hubert was included in the exhibition British Art and the Modern Movement 1930-40 held by the National Museum of Wales Cardiff in 1962. The Fine Art Society exhibition Edgar Hubert 1906-1985 was held in 2005, reviving interest in his work. In 2014, one of Hubert's works was acquired by the Jerwood Foundation for the Jerwood Collection of 20th and 21st century British art. Source: Wikipedia, 2021

Edgar Hubert, British (1906-1985), Untitled geometric abstract, oil on board, 28 1/4"H x 23 1/4"W(sight), 34"H x 28 3/4"W(frame)

Edgar Hubert British, (1906-1985) Untitled geometric abstract oil on board Signed to lower right. Biography from the Archives of askART: Edgar Hubert (1906-1985) was a British abstract painter. Chris Stephens describes Edgar Hubert as having produced 'some of this country's most radical abstract paintings of the 1930s'. Born Norman Edgar Hubert on 1 June 1906 in Billingshurst, West Sussex, he spent his boyhood in Clevedon, Somerset. He studied art at the Reading School of Art (now University of Reading and, from 1926 to 1929, at the Slade School* of Fine Art. Henry Tonks was one of his tutors at the Slade and he shared rooms with William Townsend (who wrote of Hubert in his journals and other papers during his time there. In the late 1930s, due to ill health, Hubert left London to live with his family in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire. He was deeply affected by the deaths, between 1936 and 1947, of his father and two brothers. He continued to live with his mother until her death in about 1960. He then moved to Seaford, East Sussex. Hubert's lifelong shyness and introversion contributed to a neglect of his work in histories of twentieth century British art. When his close friend and colleague Geoffrey Tibble died in 1952, Hubert became reclusive and withdrew from the art world. Hubert continued to paint until shortly before his death on 25 January 1985. Hubert's early work was figurative, developing into both abstract and semi-figurative styles. Between 1933 and 1936, Hubert was a significant figure in the Objective Abstraction movement with Graham Bell, William Coldstream, Rodrigo Moynihan and Geoffrey Tibble. Hubert's 'Painting 1935-6' at the Tate is from this period. Many of the artists involved in Objective Abstraction went on to be part of the realist Euston Road School but Hubert continued to work in both abstract and semi-figurative styles. Influenced by Surrealism and geometric abstraction, his wartime paintings were of post-Cubist figures and abstractions of geometrical linear patterns. His later paintings included more organic forms, together with geometric patterns (several in black and white). In 1930, Hubert exhibited in the First Exhibition of the Young Painters Society, New Burlington Galleries. Between 1931 and 1947, Hubert regularly exhibited with the London Group. In 1942 his work was shown at the Lefevre Gallery, in 1946 at the London Gallery and the Anglo-French Art Centre, and in 1948 and 1953 at the Mayor Gallery. He had one-person exhibitions at the Mayor Gallery in 1946 and in 1948. Also in 1948, with encouragement from Lawrence Alloway, Hubert submitted his work to the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) exhibition 40 Years of Modern Art 1907-1947. In 1958, the ICA held a one-person exhibition Paintings by Edgar Hubert. In Paris, his work was shown at the British Council's La Jeune Peinture en Grande Bretagne (1948) and the Salon des Réalités Nouvelles (1949). Hubert was included in the exhibition British Art and the Modern Movement 1930-40 held by the National Museum of Wales Cardiff in 1962. The Fine Art Society exhibition Edgar Hubert 1906-1985 was held in 2005, reviving interest in his work. In 2014, one of Hubert's works was acquired by the Jerwood Foundation for the Jerwood Collection of 20th and 21st century British art. Source: Wikipedia, 2021

• EDGAR HUBERT (BRITISH 1906-1985)

• EDGAR HUBERT (BRITISH 1906-1985) COMPOSITION, FEBRUARY 1944 gouache on paper 66.7 x 52cm; 26 1/4 x 20 1/2in 89.5 x 73cm; 35 1/2 x 29 3/4in (framed) Property from a Distinguished Private Collection Provenance The Fine Art Society, London Purchased from the above by the present owner in 2005 Exhibited London, The Fine Art Society, Edgar Hubert 1906-1985, 2005 Considered amongst the most radical abstract painters of the 1930s, Hubert is often overlooked in discussions of British 20th century art. He studied initially at the Reading School of Art before attending the Slade (1926-1929). Between 1933-36 he became one of the leading voices of Objective Abstraction; others in the group included Graham Bell, William Coldstream, Rodrigo Moynihan and Geoffrey Tibble. Hubert exhibited regularly with the London Group (1931-47), showed with the Mayor Gallery (1948-53), and was the subject of a retrospective at the ICA in 1958. From the end of the 1940s he lived in the family home in Billingshurst, West Sussex, and following the death of his good friend Jeffrey Tibble in 1952 he lived an increasingly reclusive life.

Norman Edgar Hubert (British, 1906-1985)

Norman Edgar Hubert (British, 1906-1985), geometric abstract in black and white, dated 1955 verso, 62 by 52cm, framed. Note: Artist Resale Rights apply

Edgar Hubert, British 1906-1985 - Untitled, August 1941;

Edgar Hubert, British 1906-1985- Untitled, August 1941; gouache on paper, inscribed and dated on the reverse, signed in pencil to a card now affixed to the reverse of the frame, 36.5x25cm, (ARR) Please refer to department for condition report

EDGAR HUBERT | Composition, October 1941

watercolour, gouache and pen and ink on paper

EDGAR HUBERT | Composition, November 1941

watercolour, gouache and pen and ink on paper

EDGAR HUBERT (1906-1985) - Composition Dec ‘44

EDGAR HUBERT (1906-1985) Composition Dec ‘44 signed and dated ‘Dec ‘44/Edgar Hubert’ (on the backboard) ink and watercolour 9 1/2 x 8 1/4 in. (24 x 21 cm.)

Edgar Hubert (1906-1985) - Untitled, 1941

Edgar Hubert (1906-1985) - Untitled, 1941 brush, ink and watercolour on paper, signed on an adhesive label on the reverse 15 1/2 x 10 in., 36.8 x 25.4 cm IMPORTANT: This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.

Edgar Hubert (1906-1985) Composition, May 1945 watercolour and gouache 14 x 9½ in. (35.5 x 24.1 cm.)

Edgar Hubert (1906-1985) Composition, May 1946 dated 'May '46' (underneath the mount) watercolour, gouache and crayon 14¼ x 9 7/8 in. (36.2 x 25.1 cm.)

Edgar Hubert (1906-1985) British. 'Abstract',

Edgar Hubert (1906-1985) British. 'Abstract', Watercolour and Ink, Signed and Dated 'Oct '45' in Pencil, 15.5" x 10.5".

EDGAR HUBERT Abstract. Watercolour. 14 x 10ins.

EDGAR HUBERT Abstract. Watercolour. 14 x 10ins. Signed and dated Oct '45 in Pencil. Provenance: The Mayor Gallery, London.

Edgar Hubert (1906-1985), Figures in a landscape,

Edgar Hubert (1906-1985), Figures in a landscape, signed and dated 5-5-41, watercolour over pencil, 37.5 x 26.5cm.; 14.75 x 10.5in.

Edgar Hubert (1906-1985), Figures in a landscape,

Edgar Hubert (1906-1985), Figures in a landscape, signed and dated 17-4-41, watercolour over pencil, 37.5 x 26.5cm.; 14.75 x 10.5in.

Edgar Hubert (1906-1985) Beaconsfield Gouache on

Edgar Hubert (1906-1985) Beaconsfield Gouache on paper 35.5 x 24.5 cm (14 x 9 3/4 in)

Edgar Hubert (1906-1985) Untitled Four gouache and

Edgar Hubert (1906-1985) Untitled Four gouache and Ink on paper each signed and dated each 37.5 x 26 cm (14 3/4 x 10 1/4 in)

Edgar Hubert (1906-1985) Abstract; design for a book jacket 10 x 7.5in.

Edgar Hubert (1906-1985) watercolour and ink Abstract; design for a book jacket dated Dec '49 verso, Ex. collection of Arthur Wheen - Keeper of the V& A Library 10 x 7.5in.

Edgar Hubert (British, 1906-1985) Untitled, 1953

Untitled, 1953 signed and dated in pencil on the backboard, mixed media on paper 18 x 14.5cm (7 1/16 x 5 11/16in). together with another work by the same hand (2)