John Whitlock Codner RWA, Still Life Painting of Red Pink & White Flowers by 20th Century British Artist, 1985

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Still Life Oil Painting of Assorted Red, Pink & White Summer Flowers in a Vase by 20th Century British Artist, … more Still Life Oil Painting of Assorted Red, Pink & White Summer Flowers in a Vase by 20th Century British Artist, John Whitlock Codner RWA (1913-2008)

Art measures 14 x 12 inches
Frame measures 20 x 18 inches

Presented in the highest quality hand-finished off-white Frinton moulding. Signed on lower right, also inscribed with the artist name & date (1985) verso.

John Whitlock Codner (1913 - 2008) was a British painter. He exhibited at the Royal Academy and his works remain in major collections to this day. He was the son of the society painter Maurice Codner and was educated at St. Edward's School, Oxford. After the war, Codner studied in London, at the Regent Street Polytechnic School of Art. He then taught at the Sir John Cass School of Art, from 1947 to 1951. Following a move to the West Country, he became a member of the Royal West of England Academy (RWA). He worked from his studio in Stokenham in Devon and was an honorary member of the Bristol Savages. He was best known as a figure painter, but also produced still life and landscape paintings. He exhibited his paintings at the Royal Academy and the RWA. less