Holy Trinity and Weir, River Avon Watercolour Arthur Keene

A lovely watercolour titled 'HOLY TRINITY & WEIR, RIVER AVON' signed by the artist Arthur Keene to the lower right. This is a very pretty landscape by an artist closely associated with the area. Framed and glazed, frame in as found condition.

8.5 by 11.1 in. (21.6 by 28.2cms.)

Arthur Keene was born in 1930. After leaving school he went to Coventry Art School before serving in the army, during which time he produced several portraits of officers. Following service, he studied at Birmingham Art College and also spent four months in Rome where he focused on portraiture and architecture.

Arthur first worked in advertising and then later for the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust as a chief guide at Hall’s Croft during which period he continued to produce portraits and other paintings, mainly watercolours, in his spare time. On leaving the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in 1989 he became a full-time freelance artist