Bernard Dunstan (British, 1920-2017)
untitled (Reclining Female Figure)

oil on canvas, signed l.l.

canvas measures approximately: 12" W x 10" H
frame measures approximately: 15 3/8" W x 13 1/4" H

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About Bernard Dunstan

Bernard Dunstan was a British artist, teacher, and author, best known for his studies of figures in interiors and landscapes. 

Dunstan was born in Teddington, Middlesex, in 1920. He studied at Byam Shaw School of Art in 1939, then at the Slade School of Fine Art in London from 1939 to 1941. In 1947 he was elected a member of the New English Art Club and was president of the Royal West of England Academy from 1979 to 1984. In 1968 he was made a full member of the Royal Academy.

Dunstan taught at the Royal West of England Academy in Bristol from 1946 to 1949, the Camberwell School of Art from 1950 to 1964, the Byam Shaw School from 1953 to 1974, the Ravensbourne Art College (now the Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication) from 1959 to 1964, and City and Guilds of London Art School from 1964 to 1969.

Dunstan exhibited regularly with Roland, Browse and Delbanco, London from 1952 to 1970, with Agnew’s, London, since 1972 and with Stremmel Gallery, Reno, Nevada, USA since 1981. 

Dunstan was elected Royal Academician in 1968, and was President of the Royal West of England Academy from 1979 to 1984. 

Dunstan's works are represented in the National Portrait Gallery, the Royal Collection, Windsor, and the Museum of London, Aberdeen Art Gallery, Arts Council England, Bristol Art Gallery, Museum of London, Herbert Art Gallery, Brighton & Hove Art Gallery, Maidstone Art Gallery, National Library of Wales, National Gallery of New Zealand, Plymouth Art Gallery, Rochdale Art Gallery, Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Collection. He has written a number of books on painting, including 'Painting Methods of the Impressionists' (1976).