Derrick Latimer Sayer (British)
1917 - 1992
Large figurative female study 
mixed media on paper
Signed and Dated 
Size: 55cm x 76cm
 
1974 NUDE ABSTRACT STUDY (Un-framed)
 
This stunning large nude study is a good example of Sayer's figurative work. 
The painting is mixed media on light weight card.
 
Sayer studied at the Chelsea School of Art under Henry Moore and Graham Sutherland. He then had a period at Ben Nicholson's studio in St Ives. His work developed around a number of themes including Nicholson's linear abstraction. Ten of his paintings that were exhibited at the Hicks Gallery are now in the permanent collection of the The Healing Arts hanging alongside works by Patrick Heron, Mary Fedden and Howard Hodgkin.