Midwinter, Lonely Pennine Farm

Oil on canvas
11¾ x 23½ ins (29.85 x 59.69 cms)
Signed and captioned


Price: £ 8,200.00

Provenance

The James Mason Collection

General Notes

The actor James Mason was a fiend of Peter Brook and this painting comes from his collection.

In 1969 James Mason was introduced to Peter Brook by the actor Rodney Bewes, when they were filming 'Spring and Port Wine' in Bolton. Rodney Bewes had met the artist through Tom Courtney who also collected Brook's work. Bewes and Mason visited the artist's home in Brighouse, and formed a friendship, with their common interest in the landscape, towns and life of the Huddersfield and Holmfirth area.

Mason visited Peter Brook in the following 15 years, whenever he was in the area. In 1972 Brook appeared in 'Home James' a television film about Mason's Huddersfield memories. On the death of Mason's father Peter Brook painted Croft House, which was the family home in Huddersfield. This painting is included in the sale, lot 633. James Mason also assisted Peter Brook with loans to and purchases from the artist's exhibitions at Thomas Agnew and Sons, Old Bond St, London in the 1970s. James Mason purchased about 30 works by Peter Brook in total, and many of these were prominently displayed in his home in Switzerland. James Mason died in Switzerland in 1984