£1,375
Contemporary & Post-War Art | Prints & Multiples | 635
Auction: Contemporary & Post-War Art | Prints & Multiples
Signed and dated '45 upper right, coloured chalks
Note: Bears note verso, 'An artist, author and esotericist, Creme began painting at an early age and held his first exhibition in Glasgow, his birthplace, in 1940. It was here that Josef Herman saw Creme's work, returning with the artist Jankel Adler, who likewise introduced Creme to the renowned Scottish Colourist J. D. Fergusson. In 1945, the date of the present picture, Creme moved to London with his first wife Peggy, the possible subject of the portrait, and set up his studio in Battersea. Through his association with Adler, Creme continued to be a part of the emerging artistic scene. His circle of friends included the artists Robert Colquhoun, Prunella Clough, Francis Bacon, Keith Vaughan and John Minton.'