Old man, Spain - 1958 by Anthony Whishaw (RA)

Directly from the studio of the artist. Inscribed, dated and signed board verso.

A portrait of a Spaniard, painted in 1958 whilst in Spain over the Summer months. Anthony first visited Spain in 1951, and on graduation from the Royal College of Art in 1955, received a Spanish government scholarship, living and creating works throughout his travels around remote Spanish rural locations. Such was Anthony's connection with Spain that he had his first solo exhibition at Madrid's Libraria Abril in 1956. Along with wife and fellow artist, Jean Gibson, they were to spend much time in Spain over the following decades, away from their shared Kensington home and studio.