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§ John Bainbridge Copnall (British, 1928-2007) Red Landscape near Cordoba signed and dated 'John Copnall 59' (upper left) oil on board 36 x 49cm (14 x 19in) Other Notes: Copnall gained a place at the Royal Academy School in 1949, winning the prestigious Turner Gold Medal for Landscape Painting in his final year. After his first solo show at the Piccadilly Gallery in 1955, he regularly exhibited his work across England and Spain. Copnall lived in Spain between 1955 and 1968, having fallen in love with the Iberian landscape after a short visit he made with his friend, Burt Flugelman, in 1954. After the breakdown of his marriage, Copnall moved to the mountains north of Malaga where the intense light and heat of the arid Spanish landscape greatly influenced his work. He often experimented with bold, earthy colours, leading to a move towards abstraction. The painting shows evidence of light cleaning, with minimal paint loss. Some minor cracks in places. 

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