Alan Blyth was an English artist who primarily painted landscape and botanical paintings, predominantly in the oil medium.

Life and work

It is likely that Alan Blyth was born in Norfolk around 1900. He exhibited at the majority of London galleries including the New English Art Club

New English Art Club

The New English Art Club was founded in London in 1885 as an alternate venue to the Royal Academy.-History:Young English artists returning from studying art in Paris mounted the first exhibition of the New English Art Club in April 1886...

, the Royal Academy

Royal Academy

The Royal Academy of Arts is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly, London. The Royal Academy of Arts has a unique position in being an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects whose purpose is to promote the creation, enjoyment and...

, Royal Society of Portrait Painters

Royal Society of Portrait Painters

The Royal Society of Portrait Painters is a British association of portrait painters which holds an annual exhibition at the Mall Galleries in London...

, Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours

Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours

The Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours , initially called the New Society of Painters in Water Colours, , is one of the societies in the Federation of British Artists, based in the Mall Galleries in London.-History:In 1831 the society was founded as the New Society of Painters in Water...

, Royal Institute of Oil Painters

Royal Institute of Oil Painters

The Royal Institute of Oil Painters, also known as ROI, is an association of painters in London and is the only major art society which features work done only in oil. It is a member society of the Federation of British Artists.-History:...

 and Walker's Gallery.

The label of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters on his portrait in oils entitled 'Vera' gives his address at the time as 'Jacques', Garboldisham, Diss, Norfolk. During the 1990s work by Blyth appeared in auctions at Bonham's and Christie's

Christie's

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. However, for such a widely exhibited artist it is unusual that little other biographical information is known.

Exhibitions

(Solo)

• An exhibition of water-colour drawings: October 31 to November 12, 1927 / by Alan Blyth - Walker's Gallery, London

(Group)

Pictures exhibited at the Royal Academy, London

• 1925 - The Black Mountains, Brecon
• 1932 - Rough Water
• 1935 - Autumn Bunch,
• 1935 - Cineraria
• 1936 - Winter Morning
• 1937 - A Suffolk Road
• 1938 - Coronation fantasy
• 1940 - Evening at an R.A.F. Aerodrome
• 1940 - Building an R.A.F. Aerodrome
• 1945 - The Roads of France
• 1945 - The Aftermath
• 1947 - Blakeney
• 1948 - Quinces
• 1949 - Trees at Preston, Suffolk
• 1951 - The Begonia
• 1953 - Still life