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With Sarah, Phil, Ellen, Rose the dentist, and the granddaughter whose name I forget.

Robert Jones, NAPA

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 Norman J. Battershill RBA ROI PS (1922-2010)   Son of the painter Leslie Battershill, Norman Battershill is described as a “realist” painter online.  In fact, I should say that he was a more Impressionist painter than the Impressionists, at least in many of his works.  He used big brushes to paint big, colourful shapes – and if some of his work could be described as realist (I prefer the word figurative) much of it represents the landscape rather than sedulously copying it.  He wrote quite a number of books, (eg, Light on the Landscape) handsomely illustrated and of great practical use – he didn’t use laboured explanation, he just showed you.  You can still find his books (if you get to them before I do) – I don’t paint like him (because I can’t!) but would love to be able to convey so much, with such an economy of means, and a quite limited palette.  He’s long been my favourite British painter, probably because I respond to typical English landscapes as much as he did.   I've only selected one of his images so far, because most of them seem to be saved as files incompatible with this site!  I shall try again later.  
With Sarah, Phil, Ellen, Rose the dentist, and the granddaughter whose name I forget.

Robert Jones, NAPA

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But here's another. 
With Sarah, Phil, Ellen, Rose the dentist, and the granddaughter whose name I forget.

Robert Jones, NAPA

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And another.
With Sarah, Phil, Ellen, Rose the dentist, and the granddaughter whose name I forget.

Robert Jones, NAPA

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Go on, have another: but I'm too good to you....   If auction prices are anything to go by, Battershill's work sells for quite low prices - why, I can't begin to understand. 

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He is, or was a fine artist, some excellent examples Robert as well as an introductory passage. I am familiar with him, having bought one of his books from eBay a while back, on your recommendation I may add… Simple, uncomplicated landscapes, tells it as it is with no unnecessary clutter!

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Wasn’t familiar with his work.  Do like his hedgerow paintings.  These are lovely. (Robert, to get round the incompatibility issue, you can just do a screenshot and crop it before posting.)

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xxFionaxx xxBellxx

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Some great paintings here. He seems to paint in both figurative and impressionistic style. Personally, I prefer his looser paintings but those hedgerow works are a delight too. I've just ordered his book, "Light on the Landscape" from Abebooks!

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Here’s another.

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Duplicate removed.

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With Sarah, Phil, Ellen, Rose the dentist, and the granddaughter whose name I forget.

Robert Jones, NAPA

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Thanks for the screenshot tip Jenny.  I'm always amazed that I can do anything with a computer, so am unsurprised by the many things I can't do... Norman B served for a time on the editorial board of The Artist, I think; and certainly wrote several excellent articles for the magazine, which is where I first encountered his work.  
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Robert thank you for your introduction to this excellent artist , one of the many that I did not know about. The selected paintings are superb and all are beautifully done, I certainly will be looking at more of his work . 
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I'd never heard of him either, but I'm glad you posted his work. He is a true master. I love his restrained colour palette and his economy with material.
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