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In St Andrews over the next few days for the Lammas Market? If so, do pop by Smedley Fine Art, open as usual.
07/08/2026

In St Andrews over the next few days for the Lammas Market? If so, do pop by Smedley Fine Art, open as usual.

05/08/2026

It’s often said that St Andrews is the home of golf. But what if you could bring some golf home with you?

Adrian Daintrey (1902-1988). Pen, ink, and watercolour on paper, with a female n**e in pencil on the reverse. Framed within single mount.

05/08/2026

It’s often said that St Andrews is the home of golf. Well, why not take some golf home with you?

Adrian Daintrey (1902-1988). Pen, ink, and watercolour on paper, with a female n**e in pencil on the reverse. Framed within single mount.

03/08/2026

Henry Bartlett started painting whilst at St Paul’s, later attending the Ruskin School of Drawing whilst studying at Oxford. He then spent four years in Paris studying art, where he was married in 1940. He went on to serve as a diplomat, with his last post being as British Ambassador to Paraguay, before retiring to Australia in 1976; the painting features an Australian gallery label on the reverse.
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But why exactly was he painting armoured cars? Well, his war record - much like the service history of the Guy armoured car - remains somewhat limited. From December 1942 he worked within the Ministry of Information as Assistant to the Director of the British Overseas Press Service. He then moved to Algiers, helping the French Committee for National Liberation with propaganda production. Post-war, he was sent to Gdansk in September 1950, where he was soon involved in a John le Carré-esque abduction of the French Vice-Consul by Polish intelligence.
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Despite his involvement with the Ministry of Information and his artistic talents, Bartlett was never commissioned as a war artist. Yet, he continued to paint throughout his career, exhibiting in Paris in 1947 whilst serving as British Vice-Consul, and similarly selling off artworks when he left Gdansk in late 1950. The most likely explanation is that he probably painted it for his own interest whilst back in England in late 1943.

Nothing quite like a bit of renovation! The old vinyl LVT flooring in my gallery was looking increasingly tied and worn,...
01/08/2026

Nothing quite like a bit of renovation! The old vinyl LVT flooring in my gallery was looking increasingly tied and worn, so I decided to close the gallery for a few days and restore the original floorboards underneath. Here’s the end product - swipe to see the journey!

This excellent painting by Henry Bartlett is now hanging in Smedley Fine Art! For more details, please message or visit ...
28/07/2026

This excellent painting by Henry Bartlett is now hanging in Smedley Fine Art! For more details, please message or visit our website.

Available for £850.

Yet another update to the window! Featuring the new Adrian Daintrey watercolour, as well as drawings by Leonard Squirrel...
27/07/2026

Yet another update to the window! Featuring the new Adrian Daintrey watercolour, as well as drawings by Leonard Squirrel, Alexander Blackwood, and John Aldridge, a study of Wells Cathedral by Harold Bateman, and the splendid Battersea poster by Brian Barnes.

This excellent painting is by the fascinating Henry Francis Bartlett (1916 - 2014), depicting three Guy armoured cars on...
23/07/2026

This excellent painting is by the fascinating Henry Francis Bartlett (1916 - 2014), depicting three Guy armoured cars on exercise somewhere in the south of England. Bartlett had a very intriguing career - working for the Ministry of Information, the Algiers-based French Committee for National Liberation, and briefly in Gdansk as the British Vice-Consul. Rest assured, a reel will be coming soon - but in brief, he was likely some sort of spook…

For more details, please message or visit our website. The painting will soon be available for view in the gallery in St Andrews.

The perfect memento for a summer spent golfing in St Andrews, I’m delighted to have recently acquired this excellent pai...
20/07/2026

The perfect memento for a summer spent golfing in St Andrews, I’m delighted to have recently acquired this excellent painting by Adrian Daintrey (1902-1988).

Educated at the Slade School of Fine Art before continuing his studies in Paris, Daintrey moved within a distinguished circle of twentieth-century British artists; his first exhibition, held at Dorothy Warren’s gallery in 1928, was shared with Paul Nash. During the 1950s he served as art critic for Punch magazine and later taught at the City & Guilds of London Art School.

For more details please message or visit our website - it’ll be on view in Smedley Fine Art from Friday onwards!

Here’s a look at our current window display in the glorious St Andrews sun! Featuring a watercolour by Oliver Hall, and ...
15/07/2026

Here’s a look at our current window display in the glorious St Andrews sun! Featuring a watercolour by Oliver Hall, and drawings by John Aldridge and Leonard Squirrel.

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