Code:P142

Mid 20th Century oil on canvas painting of fishing floats. Signed JPL and dated 1964 to bottom right.

Label to verso shows the title of the painting as ‘Floats’ and gives details of the artist as Joanne Pemberton-Longman and of the price in 1964. The numerous old labels to the rear are rather pleasing.

Approximate dimensions framed: W:61cm H:51cm D:4cm

Condition: Good.

BIOGRAPHY:

JOANNE PEMBERTON-LONGMAN (1918–1973)

Painter in oil and tempera with a special interest in wildlife subjects. Studied at the Byam Shaw School of Drawing and Painting under F E Jackson, 1934–8. Went on to exhibit widely, with the RA, RHA, NEAC, ROI, SWA, NS and at the Paris Salon, where she won a silver medal in 1961. Sometimes signed work only with initials J P L, and as J P Longman, her real name being Joan Pemberton Longman. One-man show at RWS in 1949. Was a member of the St Ives Society of Artists and Society of Painters in Tempera. Died in Witney, Oxfordshire.