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Lot description
Josselin Bodley, British 1893-1975 - Village church, 1935; oil on canvas, signed lower right 'Josselin Bodley' and inscribed with artist's name and dated to the reverse of the stretcher 'Bodley 1935', 55.5 x 46.3 cm (ARR) Provenance: with The Leicester Galleries, London (according to the partial label attached to the reverse of the frame); Private Collection Note: the artist served during WWI and created a number of scenes depicting the aftermath of battlefields that are now in public collections, including 'Polygon Wood, Ypres, 1915' and 'Shelley Farm, St Eloi, 1915' now in the The Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum. He is known for his architectural scenes, devoid of figures but packed with human presence. He exhibited regularly with The Leicester Galleries in the 1930s.