Background
lieutenant is likely that Alan Blyth was born in Norfolk around 1900.
lieutenant is likely that Alan Blyth was born in Norfolk around 1900.
He exhibited at the majority of London galleries including the New English Art Club, the Royal Academy, Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, Royal Institute of Oil Painters and Walker"s Gallery. The label of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters on his portrait in oils entitled "Vera" gives his address at the time as "Jacques", Garboldisham, Diss, Norfolk. During the 1990s work by Blyth appeared in auctions at Bonham"s and Christie"son
However, for such a widely exhibited artist it is unusual that little other biographical information is known.
(Solo)
An exhibition of water-colour drawings: October 31 to November 12, 1927 / by Alan Blyth - Walker"s Gallery, London
(Group)
Pictures exhibited at the Royal Academy, London
1925 - The Black Mountains, Brecon
1932 - Rough Water
1935 - Autumn Bunch,
1935 - Cineraria
1936 - Winter Morning
1937 - A Suffolk Road
1938 - Coronation fantasy
1940 - Evening at an R.A.F. Aerodrome
1940 - Building an R.A.F. Aerodrome
1945 - The Roads of France
1945 - The Aftermath
1947 - Blakeney
1948 - Quinces
1949 - Trees at Preston, Suffolk
1951 - The Begonia
1953 - Still life.