Object Description
GEORGE HERBERT ROSE
(1882-1956)
Cirencester
Signed l.l.: Rose and inscribed l.r.: Cirencester
Watercolour and pen and ink
Framed
34 by 25 cm., 13 ½ by 10 in.
(frame size 52 by 40 cm., 20 ½ by 15 ¾ in.)
George Herbert Rose was born in Chipping Ongar, Essex, the son of a tailor. In 1911 he started work as a commercial clerk and became a part-time art student at the Regent Street Polytechnic. After a time in London he settled in Suffolk becoming an active member of the Ipswich Art club where he was a regular exhibitor. A landscape painter in both oils and watercolours he also exhibited at the Royal Academy, New English Art Club and Royal Scottish Academy.