Description
A very detailed and accurate Sidney Perrin watercolour of a wooded hillside overlooking a curving beach away in the distance. This could be somewhere on the western Somerset coast, possibly around Minehead or Weston-Super-Mare. Although not dated this painting is likely to have been painted by the artist in the mid 20th Century. It is mounted, framed and glazed. The frame measures 59 x 49 cm and the painting itself measures 38 x 28 cm.
Sidney Perrin British 1908 – 1987. Perrin was born in South East London and studied at The Camberwell School of Art and The Bolts Court School of Art and Engraving. He became Art Director of The Financial Times and retired to Somerset. He exhibited much of his art whilst still working in London but once he retired his paintings of The Somerset coastline were so popular that he struggled to keep up with demand.
