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Charles Ernest Cundall
(1890 - 1971)
“Race Day, Ascot”
Signed, lower left: Charles Cundall
Oil on canvas
16 x 24 in – 40.6 x 61 cm
Frame size
21½ x 29¼ in – 54.6 x 74.3 cm
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Provenance
Private collection, UK
Biography
Charles Ernest Cundall was one of the more distinguished painters of the 20th century, a mainstay of the Royal Academy, exhibiting each and every year from 1923-1970.
He was born 6th September 1890 in Stretford near Manchester in Lancashire.
Initially Cundall was employed as a designer of pottery and stained glass at the Pilkington Pottery Company.
Charles ernest cundall biography of abraham
Subsequently he studied at the Manchester School of Art and was awarded a scholarship to the Royal College of Art in London. Cundall’s studies were interrupted by the First World War during which he served with the Royal Fusiliers, 1914-1917, before being badly wounded.
On his recovery he returned to study at the RCA and the