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John Laviers Wheatley,  British 1892-1955-  Stormy seas wit

Sold for £160 at Roseberys on Mar 10, 2026.

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John Laviers Wheatley, British 1892-1955- Stormy seas with waves breaking against rocks; oil on canvas, signed and dated 'JOHN WHEATLEY 1951' (lower right), 59 x 79 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, UK. Note: Wheatley received art lessons from Stanhope Forbes (1857-1947) and Walter Sickert (1860-1942) before studying at the Slade School of Art, where he later taught between 1920 and 1925. He exhibited widely, including at the first exhibition of the newly formed Society of Graphic Arts in 1921, and in a joint exhibition with Muirhead Bone (1876-1953) at the Grosvenor Gallery in 1922.

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