George Willis-Pryce

[6][7] A son was born in 1904 in West Bromwich, Staffordshire,[5] and in the census of 1911 the family was recorded in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, Willis-Pryce’s occupation being noted as „Artist Painter of Pictures“.

George Willis-Pryce specialised in rustic narrative landscapes, of which the majority are oil on canvas paintings.

However, of those works that do contain people, he places two in the foreground, often below the dramatic scenery to add to the sense of structure and texture in the painting - good examples of this are two of his paintings, Clifton Hill Bridge (in which two are seated on a bench) and Kenilworth Castle (in which two are stood beside a bonfire).

Willis-Pryce not only produced country landscapes, but also a handful of city and town scenes, such as Gateway to Market Square and Workman Bridge, both in Evesham, as well as a couple of pictures in Handsworth, such as View down Church Lane and Handsworth Church.

Willis-Pryce was a fairly prolific artist - and his works appear relatively frequently at auction per year.