A superb original oil on canvas by sought after artist Brian Sheilds. Painted in typical Sheilds style depicting a late winters day city landscape with the smoking cimneys of industry in the background and terraced houses set in front. Figures to the foreground. Signed bottom left Braaq "Ann" - attributed to his late sister Ann. Excellent detail and wintery mood to the painting. Superb condition, presented in a quality contemporary black timber and gilt finish frame. Measures overall 29" wide x 25" high. Stock number CS

About the artist:

...Brian Shields (signs work Braaq) was born in 1951 and died in 1997.  He is an English painter born in Liverpool and is best known for painting industrial scenes of northern Britain.  He acquired the nickname "Braaq" in his school days, as recognition of his artistic talent.  The unusual name of ‘braaq’ is a misspelling of the famous French artist Braque.  ‘Ann’ often appears after his own signature, in reference to his sister, who died at the young age of 21, and to whose memory all of his subsequent paintings were dedicated.  Initially a trainee chef in a hotel in Harrogate. He painted a mural in the hotel and signed it ‘Braaq’.  It was a local journalist who eventually identified Brian Shields as the painter.  His first exhibition was in 1974 and in 1977 he held his first of four exhibitions in London, and was described by The Times as "one of the six most successful artists in England."  His paintings are based, in a humorous way, on his childhood memories of Liverpool. He frequently depicted himself as a boy wearing a striped jumper in his paintings.