tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post5280795190099041692..comments2024-03-12T16:51:34.148+00:00Comments on Bear Alley: Eric TansleyStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12010426017572710283noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-67728594501385435882022-02-21T12:55:20.015+00:002022-02-21T12:55:20.015+00:00I just bought one of Eric's oil paintings, a s...I just bought one of Eric's oil paintings, a striking portrait: Lady in Red. It is dated 1957. She has grey-blue eyes and reddish hair. I wondered whether the lady in the painting is Eric's wife? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15820053660167485637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-58128887696592860592021-02-19T22:16:30.272+00:002021-02-19T22:16:30.272+00:00I just purchased a painting by Eric Tensley that h...I just purchased a painting by Eric Tensley that has a title "Moonlight across the lake" any information on this such as when it was painted ?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06693148627863016227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-27593181480422417112020-09-01T19:49:47.550+01:002020-09-01T19:49:47.550+01:00I am...I am...Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12010426017572710283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-9591839147946409422020-09-01T19:47:44.909+01:002020-09-01T19:47:44.909+01:00Today I bought Birds of the Hill Moor and Marsh wh...Today I bought Birds of the Hill Moor and Marsh whilst visiting Barter Books in Alnwick. The illustrations caught my eye as well as that fact that, living on the edge of the West Yorkshire Moors, I have an affinity as it were for some of the birds that Eric detailed. <br />It was great to find your blog post. I'm not sure if you are still monitoring comments but thanks for explaining more Mark Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06626984011642800230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-35812766627276824252018-01-11T04:29:15.809+00:002018-01-11T04:29:15.809+00:00Hi Its obvioulsy been some time since this convers...Hi Its obvioulsy been some time since this conversation was alive but I have a had a large framed print of "Moonlit Waters" framed in Cape Town South Africa where I lived some 40+ years ago. I always loved the image but only just discovered it was (I presume an image from Africa) I was just wondering if anybody out there knows where the lake scene depicted is exactly?<br />I am hoping Ashley Turnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05971376461329703286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-82887287667964432582016-02-20T23:35:49.151+00:002016-02-20T23:35:49.151+00:00I have a vintage print of 'Moonlit Waters'...I have a vintage print of 'Moonlit Waters' which I bought in a charity shop in Taunton, and am selling on eBay. It shows a wide bay with mountains in the distance, and trees (possibly pine) either side in the foreground, in predominantly blue tones. It has his signature to the bottom right. It has the original framer's label which was Haigh & Sons, of Southall, Middx. I can find Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533100506645525148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-14121312163449866172013-08-04T22:33:56.813+01:002013-08-04T22:33:56.813+01:00Eric Tansley was a childhood friend if my mother&#...Eric Tansley was a childhood friend if my mother's in East Dulwich. I have an ink drawing by Eric of Oast houses at Otford that he drew as a 21st birthday present for her in 1936. I also have a watercolour of clapboard houses in Dulwich village which I think is less successful. Eric painted this for my parents as a wedding gift in 1938.<br />I have recently contacted the Otford Historical ChrisSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-57317255281089730242012-09-19T13:39:16.492+01:002012-09-19T13:39:16.492+01:00I have just acquired a watercolour by Eric Tansley...I have just acquired a watercolour by Eric Tansley dated 1943, it is a scene from a prisoners view point & I wondered if anybody can verify whether he was a prisoner of war? It appears to be far eastern, Burma or Singapore. I have tried war records sites but no records, it is also strange that no mention is made of this in any of the previous comments.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-90983422224415518422012-06-04T15:59:46.415+01:002012-06-04T15:59:46.415+01:00I used to go with my nan and aunt to stay with eri...I used to go with my nan and aunt to stay with eric & june as they were relations of erics when i was young i was always painting odd things & he was so kind watching him paint was a insperation it was very sad when he passed away my aunt was the last one of the family and has now died too it was great to see some of his work on line as i still have two of his prints from my aunts homeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-17079107184625234022012-06-01T19:18:27.900+01:002012-06-01T19:18:27.900+01:00nsmoreco
Eric was a friend of my father, the artis...nsmoreco<br />Eric was a friend of my father, the artist Frederick Victor Bailey, during the 50's and 60's. I have a photo of Eric, his wife June and my mother at the Brighton Art Show,<br />and a photo of my mother and I on the balcony of Eric and June's Montpelier Terrace Flat. I also have a lovely portrait he painted of me as a child. He was a wonderful man and a true gentleman. IAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-90842963266149145542012-05-10T16:51:22.532+01:002012-05-10T16:51:22.532+01:00I knew Eric. As a child I as well as many of the o...I knew Eric. As a child I as well as many of the other children used to gather around at his home, watch him painting and illustrating, he was also my fishing companion. The last work I can remember him doing was a series of self published books on bottle collecting. His wife June was an avid collector. After his death she moved away from the Island to live in Bognor. I do recall that shortly Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02460573609113569587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-64537818912346742132012-03-20T14:00:09.630+00:002012-03-20T14:00:09.630+00:00My Mom has a Eric Tansley Painting of an African w...My Mom has a Eric Tansley Painting of an African woman playing a drum in the middle of a villageAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-49353762924996197292011-07-12T19:15:47.902+01:002011-07-12T19:15:47.902+01:00I too had a painting left to me by my Grandfather ...I too had a painting left to me by my Grandfather - a scene of a forest/wood with a small pond in the middle with primroses in the forefront of the painting, its oil and believe an original. You can actually fall into the scene its breath taking, would like to know more about it? Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-81173382123681598842011-05-29T01:40:58.203+01:002011-05-29T01:40:58.203+01:00I would love to know more about Eric Tansley pleas...I would love to know more about Eric Tansley please.<br /><br />Does anyone know if there has been some prints of his work with his signature? often original work when print the signature will not be on the print but not sure still,I got one of his painting of a tree like just after a hurricane and it has his name at the bottom right.<br /><br />can not tell if it's real or notAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-88461938056543145252011-05-09T11:53:55.162+01:002011-05-09T11:53:55.162+01:00Hi Alan,
Care to add any thoughts and memories ab...Hi Alan,<br /><br />Care to add any thoughts and memories about your Uncle?Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12010426017572710283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-13621284129963994902011-05-01T22:50:12.906+01:002011-05-01T22:50:12.906+01:00Hi he was my my uncleHi he was my my uncleAlan Honeynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-48736045044081230742010-10-27T13:15:09.392+01:002010-10-27T13:15:09.392+01:00I have a beautiful picture called Autumn Woods pai...I have a beautiful picture called Autumn Woods painted by Eric Tansley. My Grandmother used to get great delight from buying pictures from a local aution, but I don't know very much else about it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-26560318329988831802010-09-17T13:53:21.812+01:002010-09-17T13:53:21.812+01:00I'm selling an oil painting by Eric Tansley at...I'm selling an oil painting by Eric Tansley at Wotton auction rooms on 21 Sept 2010.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-60320500614665764902010-09-07T11:11:47.906+01:002010-09-07T11:11:47.906+01:00Simon,
Thanks for sharing your memories of Eric. ...Simon,<br /><br />Thanks for sharing your memories of Eric. It's always nice to put some flesh on the bare bones of a biographical sketch - while I can often come up with a list of works and perhaps some dates for births, marriages and deaths, it's only by hearing from people like yourself that we can ever know what a person was actually like.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12010426017572710283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-90942060329438754172010-09-06T18:39:48.349+01:002010-09-06T18:39:48.349+01:00Eric was a friend of mine. Both he and his wife Ju...Eric was a friend of mine. Both he and his wife June were very popular within our village. Eric had a wonderful sense of humor and as a story teller he could keep us entertained for hours. He used to paint in his studio in Bembridge. The work I saw was almost always landscape. But he would often use his illustration skills for accompanying books on bottle collecting written by his wife.<br /><br Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02460573609113569587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-33840425986712056222010-06-28T11:36:41.508+01:002010-06-28T11:36:41.508+01:00In 1975 I was sailing in the Cowes Week regatta. I...In 1975 I was sailing in the Cowes Week regatta. In search of a souvenir of the Isle of Wight I ended up with an original oil by "Eric Tansley". It is a picture of Bembridge Mere Quite unlike any of the works I have seen on this blog site. A scenic land and water scape - all light blues, greens and yellows, a very soft impression. Puffy white clouds, reeds,low hills and fields It goes MDMSBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01065947644940032880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-74535976545714229692010-05-23T19:17:14.214+01:002010-05-23T19:17:14.214+01:00Jennie,
If your mother is willing, it would be ve...Jennie,<br /><br />If your mother is willing, it would be very interesting to learn a little more about Eric's earlier life. Although I can trace a series of addresses, my knowledge of how he got started as an artist, his war service, what he was like as a person and many, many other questions, is zero... <br /><br />Any clues or comments would be very welcome.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12010426017572710283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-70480028583300566602010-05-23T18:30:35.228+01:002010-05-23T18:30:35.228+01:00My mother was married to Eric Tansley at the begin...My mother was married to Eric Tansley at the beginning of WW2. Alas, she knows very little of his life after 1954.Jennienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-8498844165316357852010-04-06T02:05:03.930+01:002010-04-06T02:05:03.930+01:00i found a painting of eric tansley.it says spring ...i found a painting of eric tansley.it says spring blossom. on the back of it . i know that lisbon library in lisbon n,y. had it because it is stamped on a peice of paper on the back. could anyone tell me when this was painted. an maybe where. thank you.tracynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-68238219346802090502009-11-22T08:10:48.159+00:002009-11-22T08:10:48.159+00:00I have just had an original oil by Eric Tansley cl...I have just had an original oil by Eric Tansley cleaned and reframed. My father bought it in the early 60's from, I believe, the open air gallery alonside Green Park in London. A riverscape with kingfisher.Alinoreply@blogger.com