Description
This lovely little painting by John Ambrose is of The Fox Inn at Enville. The Fox Inn dates back to the late 18th Century and is part of the Enville Estate in Staffordshire. Ambrose has painted this in his typically impressionist style. The picture is framed in a 70’s style frame with a hessian mount inside a gilded softwood frame. The frame measures 38 x 33 cm (15″ x 13″) with the painting itself measuring 24 x 19 cm (9.5″ x 7.5″).
John Ambrose RSMA British 1931 – 2010
Ambrose was born in Brierley Hill in the West Midlands and had a career in engineering before moving to the coast of Cornwall where he spent the rest of his life. He loved the water and most of his paintings feature water in some form or other. He is renowned as one of this countries best modern impressionist painters with a very astute use of colour within his paintings. His paintings are highly sought after by collectors from The UK, Germany, Italy and The US. He was elected to the Royal Society of Marine Artists in 1990 and also exhibited at The Royal Institute of Painters in Oil.
