Nicholas St John Rosse

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British Art: Contemporary Paintings by
Nicholas St John Rosse

Nicholas St John Rosse was born in 1945 in Hampstead, London, and was educated at University College School. From an early age he became interested in painting, encouraged and enthused by watching the landscape painter Donald Towner at work in the open air and visiting his studio. After leaving school Nicholas went to see Pietro Annigoni in Italy with a portfolio of drawings and three very beneficial years in Florence followed as a student with the master and attending the Scuola Del Nudo of the Florence Academy:

“I drew, I painted, I learned at first hand about the preparation and use of traditional materials. Above all I watched Annigoni at work – portraits, landscapes, large-scale religious compositions, sculpture and lithographs. He combined a zest for life with a totally uncompromising dedication to his art - an attitude that has had a lasting influence on his students even though we have all developed different approaches to painting.”

Nicholas St John Rosse’s subjects include portraits, nudes, figures and sea paintings. He has exhibited widely, having a number of one man shows in London, the counties and abroad. He has also exhibited at the R.A., the Royal Society of Portrait Painters, the Royal West of England Academy, the St Ives Society and the Royal Society of Marine Artists. He is a regular contributor to various art magazines.

He has twice won the coveted Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Award, and has works in their collection. This Montreal based foundation exists specially to encourage artists working in representational styles.

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