• Sketch for large painting, 1954 -
    Biography Sold


    Presentation: Framed
    Signed with monogram, titled, and dated on reverse
    Oil on canvas, 9 X 10 ins. (23 X 25.5 cms.)
    Provenance: acquired directly from the artist; private collection

    In spite of obvious similarities between his work and that of the Neo-Romantics (most obviously Sutherland and Piper), Bolam's Neo-Romantic imagery evolved independently from their work.
  • View beyond a fence, 1950s -
    Biography Sold


    Presentation: Framed
    Signed with monogram (twice)
    Gouache and oil over pen and ink, 11x 8 ins. (29 X 21 cms.)
    Provenance: acquired directly from the artist

    In a fine 4 section stepped gilded frame, with hand washed mount

    Bolam's Neo-Romantic studies are richly evocative of the landscape of the post-war years. He was especially inspired by the landscape of the Chilterns, where he lived until the mid 1950s, and thereafter the Cambridgeshire/Essex borders.
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