1930s Design For A London Clubhouse

1930s Design For A London ClubhouseThis fascinating watercolour provides a proposed design for the KSC club lounge bar. It dates to the 1930s 40s and features a range of stylish furnishings. The KSC clubhouse was based at 11 Lansdowne Road, Notting Hill, London and home to the Knights of Saint Columba. The Knights are an order affiliated with the Catholic Church. The building itself is rather palatial and originally owned by Edmund Davis, an Australian art collector who made a fortune

and as such became known as the ‘School Of Barnes’

Thomas James Soper (1836-1890)

There’s a small orange mark towards the top left that could possibly be varnish or paint

320 achieved for an oil painting in 2020

Housed within a fine swept frame with scroll/foliate decoration and pierced centres and corners

He also travelled to Paris in 1905 and 1907

Very tired with flaking paint in several areas

Abraham van Beyeren (c

Frame with some marks and areas of age-related wear

They feel akin to an engraving after an old master three centuries earlier

Bernhardt is depicted in profile

His skill for drawing enabled him to turn his hand to various disciplines