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Jack Stephenson was born at Grimsby, Lincolnshire and educated at East Ham Grammar School. He studied at Walthamstow School of Art, where tutors included Ken Howard and Fred Dubery and then Hornsby College of Art under Ian Simpson and David Tindle.
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Jack taught art at schools and colleges in London for some 30 years, whist regularly exhibiting in London galleries and at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. He married the horticultural artist Christine Stephenson and took early retirement aged 50 to focus on painting. Working out of his Studio in North-East Suffolk he was primarily a portrait painter and exhibited with the Suffolk Group of Artists and the Southwold Art Circle, notable sitters included the actor Bill Nighy and his paintings feature in many prominent Suffolk collections.
The present works, from the artist’s Estate, have never previously been seen at auction, the quality and assuredness of Jack Stephenson’s technique shines through these works and we anticipate this will be the first of many East Anglian art auctions to feature Jack Stephenson’s superb paintings.
Lot 150 in our Fine Art sale on the 9th and 10th of June is a wonderfully evocative collection of private correspondence from the Royal family and includes a special note from our King, His Majesty Charles III.
Introducing our early summer Harry Reeman’s Sale on the 2nd of June, including the usual eclectic array of antique furniture, furnishings, paintings, ceramics, silver and sundries and showcasing an enigmatic collection of shop contents from the long-standing interior design firm Woolpit Interiors.