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JOHN CODRINGTON (BRITISH 1898-1991): A GROUP OF FOUR WATERCOLOUR PAINTINGS ON PAPER DEPICTING VIEWS OF ARMENIA INCLUDING MOUNT ARARAT AND THE MONUMENT OF THE ARMENIAN MASSACRES AT YEREVAN
All signed and inscribed, dated.
Largest 24cm x 17cm
Codrington was commissioned into the Coldstream Guards in 1917 and was sent to France and Europe, from where he painted his way around different countries. He studied at Christchurch, Oxford in 1921 and at Strasborg University. In 1922 he was sent with his Regiment in Constantinople and visited Budapest, Prague, Dresden, Berlin as well as Greece.
He visited Morocco in 1923, Western Asia and Syria in 1925. He attached himself to the French Army in 1926 and visited Beirut, Egypt, Cyprus, and even India whilst on leave. He joined the French Foreign Legion at Sidibel Abbas. From there eh visited numerous countries such as Russia, South East Asia, Africa, China, Manilla, Ceylon. After the war, he started designing gardens and painting whenever he could. He claimed before his death that the only country he didn't visit was Cuba. Adventurous till his death, he was never happier than travelling and recording with his paint brush, the numerous countries that he visited.
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