Beschreibung:

Michael J Praed [b 1941] - Porthcurnow, 1988- signed bottom right inscribed on the reverse oil on board 59 x 89cm * Biography Michael Praed was born in Cornwall in 1941 and studied at the Penzance and Falmouth Schools of Art He taught art in Penzance for nearly thirty years before working full-time on his own paintings. He lives in the fishing port of Newlyn and his studio has views over the harbour and across the bay to St Michael's Mount. Praed's paintings of the Cornish coastline, sea and cliffs have a distinctive personal style. The strong, near vertical lines and rust coloured formations that often pervade the coastal work evoke those in the granite cliffs and harbours of West Cornwall. Praed's paintings have been exhibited widely in the UK and abroad for over forty years. He has held solo shows in London and across continental Europe. He is a member of the Penwith Society of Artists and a former Chairman of the Newlyn Society of Artists.