Oil on canvas, with estate label to verso, presented within a gilt frame with linen liner.

Stretcher size 13 3/4 x 10 5/8 in.; Frame dimensions 18 x 15 in.

From the Collection of Sharon Knox, Durham, North Carolina

Norman Hepple was born in London and studied at the Goldsmiths College of Art and the Royal Academy Schools. During World War II he was appointed official artist to the National Fire Brigade, and several works from that period are now held in the Imperial War Museum. He was elected a member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters in 1948, serving as the president from 1979 to 1983. In 1950, Hepple elected to the New English Art Club and was made a full Academician for the Royal Academy in 1961.

Good estate condition; no evidence of restoration visible under UV light.

$500 - 1,000