The Brotherhood of Ruralists Information Website - Graham Ovenden Artist Catalogue 1971-1980

We are currently developing this catalogue of works by Graham Ovenden. It will be many months until it can be regarded as comprehensive, but work is being carried out almost continuously. Works are listed by year of completion or first exhibition.

1971

Margie, pencil on paper, 11" x 14" {A1}

Sophie, pencil on paper, 15" x 12 1/2" {A1}

Lucy, charcoal and conté on paper, 8 1/2" x 6 1/4" {A1}

Study for 'The Brickyard', charcoal and conté on paper, 10 1/2" x 8" {A1}

Kathy, oil on paper, 8" x 7 1/5" {A1}

The Jane Doll, oil on paper, 19 1/2" x 14 1/2" {A1}

The Little Bitch, oil on panel

Anna, photograph {A1}

The Meeting, oil on canvas, 35½" x 24" {B33}

The Meeting (small version), oil on paper, 11½" x 7¼" {B33}

Belinda age 8 years, Oil on paper, 17" x 15¼" {B33}

Landscape towards Tistead 1971, Charcoal and conté, 10¼" x 10½" {B33}

Untitled Drawing, 1971, Pencil, 12" x 15" {B33}

1972

Donna, pencil on paper, 10" x 11" {A1}

Study, charcoal on paper, 8" x 6" {A1}

1973

Samantha, pencil on paper, 11 1/2" x 8 1/4" {A1}

Beverly, pencil on paper, 12" x 12 1/2" {A1}

Camille, pencil on paper, 13" x 17" {A1}

Susannah, pencil on paper, 9" x 11" {A1}

Susannah (Study for the painting Susannah), pencil on paper, 19" x 14" {A1}

Lolita 'The Final Reproach', pencil on paper, 13" x 17" {A1}

Samantha, photograph, 9 7/8" x 7 7/8" {A1}

Sam, Lambeth Palace, photograph, 7 7/8" x 9 1/2" {A1}

Susannah (portrait), photograph, 8 3/4" x 11" {A1}

1974

The Sisters, pencil on paper, 9" x 12" {A1}

'Lolita Meditating', pencil on paper, 13" x 17" {A1~}

Michelle, carbon and conté on paper, 12" x 9 1/2" {A1}

Jane, coloured pencils on paper, 10" x 7 1/2" {A1}

Donna, pencil on paper, 11" x 9 1/2" {A1}

Susannah, oil on canvas, 48 4/5" x 40 4/5" {A1}

Jenny and Sophie Dyke, oil on canvas, 37" x 42 4/5" {A1}

Shell Fountain, Clivedon, photograph, 9 1/4 x 11 1/8" {A1}

Clivedon (monument), photograph {A1}

Leah del Rivo, coloured pencils on paper, 15 1/2 x 10 1/4 {B6}

1975

Camille, etching and aquatint on paper, 9" x 6 1/2". Edition of three {A1}

Lolita After the First Lovemaking, aquatint and drypoint {A1}

Lolita, The Final Reproach, aquatint and drypoint, 13" x 17" {A1}

Lolita Recumbent, aquatint and drypoint, 13" x 17" {A1}

Lolita Seductive, aquatint and drypoint, 13" x 17" {A1}

Lolita Vanitas, aquatint and drypoint, 13" x 17" {A1}

Study for 'The Old Garden', pencil on paper, 5" x 4" {A1}

Lolita after the First Lovemaking with Humbert', pencil on paper, 13" x 17" {A1~}

Study for 'The Old Garden', pencil and watercolour on paper, 2" x 2 1/2" {A1}

Study for 'Camille', charcoal and conté on paper, 11 1/4" x 9 3/4" {A1}

Camille, coloured pencils on paper, 16" x 11 3/4" {A1} possibly slightly larger {B5}

The Burning Bush, oil on panel, 8" x 9" {A1}

1976

Juliette, Daisy and Peter Blake at Coombe, pencil on paper, 13" x 17" {A1} also known as Juliette, Daisy and Peter Blake at Carpenter's Cottage {B12}

The Trees as Lovers, pencil on paper with some colour, 6" x 8" {A1}

Towards Morenstow, oil on paper, 5 1/4" x 9 5/8" {A1}

The Evening Cornfield, oil on paper, 8 9/10" x 12 1/5" {A1, B5} possibly not completed until 1977 if {B12} is correct

Evening, oil on panel, 6 2/5" x 7 1/5" {A1}

The Autumn Apple Tree, oil on paper, 10 1/5" x 9 1/5" {A1, B5, B12#} possible completed 1978, if {B12} is correct

Landscape near Bath, oil on paper, 6" x 5 1/5" {A1}

Joanna, oil on canvas, 36" x 24" {A1, B5}

Leah, oil on canvas, 18 1/4" x 11 1/5" {A1, B5}

The Old Garden, oil on canvas, 36 3/5" x 54 4/5" {A1, B5} possibly completed 1977 {B12}

1977

Joanna by the Sea, oil on panel, 13 1/2" x 19 1/3" {A1} also referred to as Joanna {B5} andpossibly on paper rather than panel {B5}

Leah del Rivo, oil on canvas, 30 1/2" x 22 1/3" {A1, B5}

Camille, oil on panel, 48 4/5" x 21 4/5" {A1, B5}

Sam, oil on panel, 11 1/5" x 13" {A1} also referred to as Samantha {B5} and possibly on paper rather than panel {B5}

Late Evening, Morenstow, photograph {A1}

1978

Sophie and Kate, pencil on paper, 18" x 14" {A1, B5}

David Inshaw and Camille, pencil on paper, 16" x 13" {A1, B5}

The Great Tree, oil on board

The Valley towards the Moors, oil on panel, 13 3/4" x 14" {A1, B5, B12#} possible completed 1977, if {B12} is correct

Duska as Ophelia, oil on panel, 19 1/4" x 13 1/5" {A1, B5}

Spring Morning, Bodmin Moor, oil on canvas, 8 3/4" x 12" {B5}

Evening, Sharpnose Point, oil on paper, 9" x 7.5" {B5}

Autumn Blossom or the Burning Bush, oil on paper, 8 3/4" x 10" {B5}

Tree at Coombe, oil and watercolour on paper, 7 1/4" x 5" {B5}

Tree at Coombe Valley, watercolour on paper, 10 1/2" x 4 1/2" {B5, B12#} possibly completed earlier, if {B12} is correct.

River Bank at Coombe, watercolour on paper, 10" x 8" {B5}

Small Landscape, oil on paper, 5" x 4" {B5}

Sunset Towards Tregillet, oil on paper, 6" x 5 1/2" {B5}

Selina in Hayfield, pencil and crayon on paper, 19" x 16" {B5}

Nutty as Ophelia, pencil and crayon on paper, 15" x 11" {B5}

Michelle, pencil and crayon on paper, 16" x 11" {B5}

Study for Ophelia, pencil and crayon on paper, 16" x 11" {B5}

Lucy and Leah Del Rivo, pencil on paper, 18" x 15" {B5}

Study on the Bedelda, watercolour on paper, 15" x 10" {B5}

Study of Tree at Woodmill, watercolour on paper, 13" x 15" {B5}

Study near Barley Splatt, watercolour on paper, 8" x 6" {B5}

Peter and Juliette Blake, oil on canvas, 48 4/5" x 36 3/5" {A1#A2, B5, B12}

Sun over sea, Coombe, watercolour, 38cm x 25.4cm {B12} possible an alternative name for another painting, perhaps Study on the Bedelda

1979

Illustration for the poem 'Betty', oil on paper, 4" x 5 1/2" [A1~]

Illustration for the poem 'Betty', cliché papier, 10" 7 3/4", edition of two artist's proof [B6]

Design for an enamel box illustrating 'The Seven Days of the Creation', coloured inks on paper, 7" x 12" {A1}

The First Full Flush, oil on paper, 8" x 7" {A1}

The Obelisk, oil on panel, 16 1/5" x 12 4/5" {A1, B4, B12#} possibly not completed until 1980, if {B12} is correct.

Memoirs of Morenstow, oil on canvas, 29" x 15 3/4" {A1}

Selina, pencil on paper with some colour, 21" x 17", started 1978 [A1~, B12#~] possible completed 1978, if {B12} is correct

1980

Ophelia (drowning and seen from above), pencil and watercolour, 20" x 14" {B15}

Ophelia (head and shoulders with garlands), pencil and watercolour, 13" x 11" {B15}

Nude by Francis Hetling 1848, pencil, 6" x 8" {B4}

Pericles, oil on paper, 9" x 7", cover illustration for The Arden Shakespeare edition. {A1~}

A Midsummer Night's Dream, oil on paper, 9" x 7", cover illustration for The Arden Shakespeare edition. {A1~}

The Obelisk, soft-ground etching, 6" x 4 1/2" {A1}

Jane Eyre in The Red Room, pencil on paper, 7 7/8" x 5 7/8", illustration for Charlotte Brönte's Jane Eyre {A1, B4~, B12}

Study for 'After the Bath', charcoal and ink wash on paper, 14" x 12 " {A1}

Heathcliffe and Cathy, pencil on paper, unused illustration for Emily Brönte's Wuthering Heights {A1}

Wuthering Heights is the name of Mr Heathcliffe's dwelling, pencil on paper, 9" x 7" {A1}

Jane, oil on panel, 11 3/5" x 7 1/5" {A1}

The Communion of the Trees, oil on canvas, 30 2/5" x 24 3/5" {A1, B4, B12}

Tree near Coombe, watercolour on paper, 7 2/5" x 5" {A1}

Eva, oil on canvas, 18 2/5" x 13 1/5" {A1, B4}

Early Morning, oil on canvas, 19 1/2" x 13 1/2" {B4}

Miss Alice at Butts Hill, oil on canvas, 29" x 17" {A1, B4}

Frontispiece for Emily Brönte's 'Wuthering Heights', pencil on paper, 12" x 9, [one of a series of illustrations drawn between 1978 and 1980)" {A1}

Updated: 1 July 2005