By the sea show_depth and ink hatching on vintage

and ink hatching on vintage book pages & UV protective museum glass

as every work had to be sold instantly he found it impossible to build up a body of work that the dealers required for the solo shows that would have made his name

Drawn in 1941 while the sitter was serving as a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy it has all the late Deco style of Hollywood studio portraits of the previous decades

Foster’s deftness of brush and narrative movement made him one of the most successful illustrators in a golden era of American illustration

Billie Holliday and Sarah Vaughan -  were at the height of their fame

By the sea show_depth and ink hatching on vintageThis painting is in our Cecil Court Gallery.