Oconnor John Scorror (1 results)

Original ink and watercolour on paper depicting a street scene with a girl sitting on the wagon of a donkey cart. 60 x 48cm. Unsigned. Unframed. There is a light vertical central fold, otherwise condition is very good. A large, typical ink and watercolour painting by the painter, printmaker and illustrator John Scorror O'Connor (1913-2004), indicative of his family roots in County Tipperary, Ireland. Born in Leicester, O'Connor initially studied at the Leicester College of Art, subsequently attending the Royal College of Art, London (1933-1937), where his teachers included Eric Ravilious, John Nash (a long-time friend) and Robert Austin. Under such influence, O'Connor first made his name as a wood engraver, illustrating numerous books during the 1930s and 40s, including for private presses such as the Golden Cockerel Press. Following war service, he continued his teaching career, begun at Birmingham College of Art (1937), then Bristol College of Art (193841), taking up a post at Hastings School of Art, before moving, in 1948, to Colchester where he became principal of Colchester School of Art. Here, his colleagues included his own former teacher John Nash, as well as Edward Bawden. In 1947 he was elected to the Royal Society of Painters-Etchers and Engravers and in 1965 Senior Fellow of the Royal Watercolour Society.Later, he became a visiting lecturer at St Martin's School of Art until 1975, before finally relocating to lecture at the Glasgow School of Art. O'Connor executed a large oil painting incorporating the same girl and wagon depicted in the present watercolour in 1956.