Alec WILES (1924) Untitled Oil on board Signed and dated '93 61x80cm Alec Ernest Wiles was born in Southampton in 1924, after leaving school he trained briefly as a draughtsman before WWII broke out, he then enrolled in the RAF and spent the war in North Africa. After the war he followed his passion as an artist and sculptor. He worked in most media specialising in portraiture and the female form. During the 1950s Alec and his brother Arnold also drew cartoons for the satirical magazine Punch. He lived and worked across Southern England until 1961 when he moved to Cornwall with his wife and three daughters, settling at Twelveheads near St Day. Alec’s life was recording the world, whatever he saw he would sketch or paint. He drew tourists on Newquay pier and painted directors of public companies in board rooms, town councillors, fishing boats and flowers. He was most widely known for his sculptures, mainly working direct from life in bronze, resin-bronze, ciment-fondu and plaster. Epstein and Rodin were his main influences and he said that he only strove for 'quality' in his work. His bronze portrait head of “Miriam” was exhibited at The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, 1977 (No.1052) He was an Associate of The Penwith Society of Arts and a Member of the Newquay Society of Artists.
Alec WILES (1924) Untitled Oil on board Signed and dated '93 61x80cm Alec Ernest Wiles was born in Southampton in 1924, after leaving school he trained briefly as a draughtsman before WWII broke out, he then enrolled in the RAF and spent the war in North Africa. After the war he followed his passion as an artist and sculptor. He worked in most media specialising in portraiture and the female form. During the 1950s Alec and his brother Arnold also drew cartoons for the satirical magazine Punch. He lived and worked across Southern England until 1961 when he moved to Cornwall with his wife and three daughters, settling at Twelveheads near St Day. Alec’s life was recording the world, whatever he saw he would sketch or paint. He drew tourists on Newquay pier and painted directors of public companies in board rooms, town councillors, fishing boats and flowers. He was most widely known for his sculptures, mainly working direct from life in bronze, resin-bronze, ciment-fondu and plaster. Epstein and Rodin were his main influences and he said that he only strove for 'quality' in his work. His bronze portrait head of “Miriam” was exhibited at The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, 1977 (No.1052) He was an Associate of The Penwith Society of Arts and a Member of the Newquay Society of Artists.
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