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KEY PEOPLE 16: Miles Sharp (1897 - 1973)

PictureWeddington Hall watercolour
Miles Bamford Sharp was a landscape artist. He worked with oil, watercolours, and also made line engravings. Much of his work has been exhibited at the Royal Academy. He also exhibited at RBA, RI, ROI, RBSA and had a number of one-man shows, including at Foyles Gallery.

Miles was born at Brighouse, Yorkshire in 1897. He studied for eight years at the Bradford and Leeds Schools of Art then moved on to the Royal College of Art where he gained his Diploma. He also studied at the Central School of Arts and Crafts.

After finishing his studies he returned to Brighouse to become Head Draughtsman at Barraclough Brothers.

In 1925 Miles Sharp moved to Nuneaton to become Art Master of the newly formed Nuneaton Art School based in the Nuneaton Museum & Art Gallery. The Art School flourished under his leadership, growing from 120 students, to 600-800 by the time he retired in 1952. He moved to Budleigh Salterton in Devon where he continued to teach art and paint. He died there in 1973.

Among his local works are two watercolours of Weddington Hall (one of which is pictured above, the other below), as well as several watercolours of Coton Church, Arbury Farm, the Council House, Manor Court Road, Bramcote and the Market Place.

Many of these works are currently in the possession of the Nuneaton Museum and Art Gallery and are shown below.

Weddington Hall. Watercolour***
Weddington Hall. Watercolour***
'A Nuneaton Farmyard'. This is quite possibly that of Weddington Farm, Church Lane***
Miles Sharp's signature, taken from the back of 'A Nuneaton Farmyard'. ***
Miles Sharp's address, taken from the back of 'A Nuneaton Farmyard'. Includes the painting price at £25.***
Practise brush strokes, taken from the back of 'A Nuneaton Farmyard'.***
A detail from 'A Nuneaton Farmyard'.***
Oil painting of an old farm barn. Undated*
Oil painting of an old farm barn. Miles Sharp's signature on reverse*
A Miles Sharp painting of Woodbury Common, in Devon. **
'Woodbury, Devon' Oil on board 16" x 24" signed labels verso with location and 'Exmouth Art Group'.
Heathland Oil on Canvas
Landscape, verso (to Oil on Canvas)**
Woodland Landscape**
Coastal scene, Sark. Watercolour, signed and dated 1911
Corn Stooks. Watercolour signed and dated 1925 (24cm by 34cm)
View of Lufflands Farm in Yettington East Devon
View of Lufflands Farm in Yettington East Devon
Untitled. Street scene** Oil on canvas
Ploughed field and trees Oil on canvas
Earthworks near Woodbury Castle, Devon. Watercolour - in frame.
Earthworks near Woodbury Castle, Devon. Watercolour.
Earthworks near Woodbury Castle, Devon. Watercolour, detail.
Earthworks near Woodbury Castle, Devon. Watercolour, back note.
Estuary Scene. Watercolour Location not known
Kilnsley Crag, Yorkshire Oil on Canvas
St Ives Harbour, Cornwall. c1950s etching, artist and studio on verso. 170mm x 250mm
'A Village in the Dales' Watercolour and pencil, signed recto, titled to label verso, approx 26cm x 37cm.
A Farm near Exmouth * Oil on board 18" x 24" signed
Unknown title. Image 1 Watercolour by the listed artist Miles Sharp dated 1912, 18"x24"
Unknown title. Image 2 Watercolour by the listed artist Miles Sharp dated 1912, 18"x24"
A fort on a small island, possibly Sark, Channel Islands oil on canvas, signed and dated '27 lower right 42 x 40 cm
Country river landscape with Victorian lady watercolour signed and dated 44.5cm x 71.5cm
Fortress St Servan, Brittany
Moored boats in an estuary watercolour 37 x 55cm
Portsmouth Yacht Club watercolour 36 x 54cm
Barn at Sheepy Magna, Leicestershire. Oil on canvas 1968 63.5 x 76.2cm ****
Coming in from Sailing. Oil on board, 40.5 x 101.6 cm #
East Budleigh c1948. Oil on panel, 61 x 76.4 cm #
Exmouth harbour. Oil on board 44 x 59 cm.****
Heather and Gorse, Woodbury Common, East Devon c1965. Oil on canvas, 46 x 61 cm ##
Maer Rocks, Exmouth 1966 Oil on hardboard, 45 x 60 cm #
Shimmering Water. Oil on board 44 x 58 cm****
Tag Lock Oil on canvas, 40 x 48 cm #
The Harbour Entrance, Exmouth. Oil on canvas, 45 x 60 cm ****
Thorpe in Wharfedale, North Yorkshire c1940 61 x 76cm ##
Woodbury Common, Devon. Oil on canvas, 44 x 60 cm ***
Woodbury Common, Windy Day. Oil on board 45.7 x 61cm ****
* Image kindly provided by Ian Marlowe, 2010
** Image by John Brookes
*** Nuneaton & Warwickshire Museum & Art Gallery ('A Nuneaton Farmyard' and the 2 'Warwickshire Village' paintings donated by Weddington Castle Online on 7/8/2012)
**** Kirklees Museum and Gallery
# Calderdale Municipal Borough Council
## Rotherham Museum and Gallery
### Leicestershire County Council

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