Live Auction 12303Modern British & Irish Art
William Brooker, A.R.A. (1918-1983)
Lot 57

William Brooker, A.R.A. (1918-1983)

Still Life - Dessicating Jar

Closed17 March 2016

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GBP 23,750

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William Brooker, A.R.A. (1918-1983)
Still Life - Dessicating Jar
signed and dated ‘.Brooker. '66’ (lower right), signed again, inscribed and dated again ‘Still life - dessicating jar/1966/William Brooker.’ (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
36 x 40 in. (91.5 x 101.5 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 12 December 2008, lot 36, where purchased by the present owner.

Specialist note

William Brooker enjoyed a long and successful teaching career, and among his students was Howard Hodgkin, who he taught at the Bath Academy of Art at Corsham. Hodgkin described his mentor as `the only real teacher I ever had ... he made one feel that painting was a very important occupation. Quite unique. No one else seemed a bit like that. He was a great teacher' (see N. Wadley, exhibition catalogue, William Brooker Retrospective, Newcastle Polytechnic, 1987).