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Artist: Peggy Wickham
Title: Farmyard at Dusk (title assigned)
Date: c. 1940s–1950s
Medium: Gouache / screenprint-style composition on paper
Dimensions: (sight) approx. [to be confirmed]
Signature: Signed lower left “Peggy Wickham”
Frame: Period giltwood frame with scalloped inner slip
Description
A charming mid-century decorative composition depicting an idyllic rural farmyard under a stylised evening sky. The scene is rendered in a distinctly modernist, almost cut-paper aesthetic: flat planes of colour, simplified forms, and rhythmic patterning define the architecture, livestock, and figures.
At the centre, a farmhouse anchors the composition, flanked by outbuildings, carts, and a small pond populated with ducks. Figures engage in quiet pastoral tasks—watering a horse, tending animals—while birds animate the sky. The palette is striking: deep midnight blue ground offset by cream buildings, punctuated with vivid accents of orange, yellow, and cobalt.
The work reflects the influence of British interwar and post-war decorative arts, recalling the visual language of contemporaries working in illustration, textile design, and printmaking.
Condition
Appears in good overall condition. Some minor surface reflections from glazing; unexamined out of frame. Frame shows light wear consistent with age.
Notes
Peggy Wickham’s work sits within a broader tradition of mid-20th-century British decorative art, where narrative rural scenes were stylised for both domestic and commercial appeal. Pieces of this type are increasingly sought after for their strong graphic presence and interior design versatility.
Artist: Peggy Wickham
Title: Farmyard at Dusk (title assigned)
Date: c. 1940s–1950s
Medium: Gouache / screenprint-style composition on paper
Dimensions: (sight) approx. [to be confirmed]
Signature: Signed lower left “Peggy Wickham”
Frame: Period giltwood frame with scalloped inner slip
Description
A charming mid-century decorative composition depicting an idyllic rural farmyard under a stylised evening sky. The scene is rendered in a distinctly modernist, almost cut-paper aesthetic: flat planes of colour, simplified forms, and rhythmic patterning define the architecture, livestock, and figures.
At the centre, a farmhouse anchors the composition, flanked by outbuildings, carts, and a small pond populated with ducks. Figures engage in quiet pastoral tasks—watering a horse, tending animals—while birds animate the sky. The palette is striking: deep midnight blue ground offset by cream buildings, punctuated with vivid accents of orange, yellow, and cobalt.
The work reflects the influence of British interwar and post-war decorative arts, recalling the visual language of contemporaries working in illustration, textile design, and printmaking.
Condition
Appears in good overall condition. Some minor surface reflections from glazing; unexamined out of frame. Frame shows light wear consistent with age.
Notes
Peggy Wickham’s work sits within a broader tradition of mid-20th-century British decorative art, where narrative rural scenes were stylised for both domestic and commercial appeal. Pieces of this type are increasingly sought after for their strong graphic presence and interior design versatility.