Manchester Art Fair 2019

'Beyond the North'
Paintings by John Alvaro Caldas, (1934 - 2006), and Maurice Wade, (1917 - 1991).

Where is 'the North' exactly? I suppose the easy answer would be that you know you're in it when you're there. Its geography and architecture, the thicker accents and heavy duty cuisine, the sombre light and cooler temperatures, bound together by the region's economic, social and cultural history, give the North its unique identity. Its art too has, arguably, a distinctive flavour. Just prior to WW2, L S Lowry put the milling throngs of Salford and Manchester on the map and others, including the Ashington Group, (the Pitmen Painters), in the North East and Theodore Major in Wigan added something definably 'northern' to the artistic landscape. At this year's Manchester Art Fair, we will be focusing on the work of two artists, John Alvaro Caldas and Maurice Wade. Although their artistic sensibilities are deeply rooted in the North and North Midlands, they are perhaps closer in spirit to artists of Northern Europe such as Grosz, Beckmann, Hammershoi and Munch.

• J.A.Caldas. Untitled oil/oil stick on stained Arches paper. 22" x 30". Signed and dated '88.
  
• J.A.Caldas. Untitled gouache on paper. Sheet size 23" x 33". Signed and dated '84.
• J.A.Caldas. 'Four Women'. Oil on canvas. 40" x 45". Signed and dated '84.
• M. Wade. 'Mutilated Trees' oil on board.48" x 36". Signed and dated 1964.
• M.Wade. Untitled. 24" X 32".
• Untitled oil on Arches paper by John Alvaro Caldas, (1934 - 2006). 22" x 30". Signed and dated '85.
• Untitled oil on paper by John Alvaro Caldas, (1934 - 2006). 30" x 22". Signed and dated 82-83.
• Untitled oil on Arches paper by John Alvaro Caldas, (1934 - 2006). 30" x 22". Signed and dated '87.
• 'Houses At Barnfields'. Oil on board by Maurice Wade, (1917 - 1991). 24" X 36". Signed and dated 1961.
• 'Westport, Winter' by Maurice Wade, (1917 - 1991). 30" x 30". Signed and dated 1962.
• Untitled oil on canvas by John Alvaro Caldas, (1934 - 2006). 152 cms x 184 cms. Signed and dated '87.