λ ROBERT MACBRYDE (SCOTTISH 1913-1966), STILL LIFE WITH GREEN PEPPER AND WATERMELON

λ ROBERT MACBRYDE (SCOTTISH 1913-1966) STILL LIFE WITH GREEN PEPPER AND WATERMELON Oil on board Signed (lower left) 74 x 49cm (29 x 19¼ in.)Provenance: Sotheby's, London, 1 March 2007, lot 292, where purchased by Robert Kime The study of three dogs on the reverse is by another hand, possibly Robert Colquhoun. Robert MacBryde (5 December 1913 - 6 May 1966) was a Scottish still-life and figure painter and a theatre set designer.MacBryde studied at the Glasgow School of Art from 1932 to 1937. Whilst there, he met Robert Colquhoun, with whom he established a lifelong romantic relationship and professional collaboration (Lot 646 exemplifies this connection). The pair would eventually become known as "the two Roberts". MacBryde studied and travelled throughout France and Italy but returned to London in 1939. Their large circle of friends included many of the well know artists of and writers of the day such as Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud, Fred Urquhart, and Dylan Thomas - and were renowned for their parties at their studio in Bedford Gardens.MacBryde was influenced by Graham Sutherland and John Piper, becoming a well-known painter of the Modernist school of art, known for his brightly coloured Cubist studies. In collaboration with Colquhoun, he created several set designs during and after the Second World War. Colquhoun died suddenly in London in 1962. Soon afterwards MacBryde moved to Ireland, but died in Dublin in 1966. Condition Report: Unexamined out of glazed frame. Appears to be in good original condition. Condition Report Disclaimer