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Gordon Beningfield 1936 - 1998
Widgeon
Gordon beningfield has produced a lovely watercolour of Widgeon. A well known wildlife artist who was involved in BBC television programmes featuring wildlife. He was commissioned by the GPO in 1981 for a set of stamps depicting British butterflies and in 1985 a set of stamps showing British insects.
watercolour 10" x 13" (with frame 17" x 20 1/2") signed
ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
Gordon Beningfield 1936 - 1998
At the age of 15 Gordon was apprenticed to Faithcraft, an ecclesiastical art firm in St. Albans, England. He painted in both oil and watercolour and is well known for painting wildlife subjects in the British countryside. Gordon was also talented in producing fine bronzes and glass engravings. He was involved in BBC television programmes inolving wildlife. He was commissioned by the GPO in 1981 for a set of stamps depicting British butterflies and in 1985 a set of stamps showing British insects. His many books included Beningfield's Butterflies, 1978; Beningfields Countryside, 1980; and a pictorial autobiography, Gordon Beningfield The Artist and His Work, 1994.
