George William Bissill Paintings & Artwork for Sale | George William Bissill Art Value Price Guide

Feb. 19, 2025
GEORGE BISSILL (1896-1973) landscapes, pair of watercolours, signed, 3.5" x 5.5" (9cm x 14cm)
Est: £60 - £100
GEORGE BISSILL (1896-1973) landscapes, pair of watercolours, signed, 3.5" x 5.5" (9cm x 14cm)
John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers
Sep. 26, 2024
George Bissill (1896-1973) Rural Landscape signed, watercolour, 17cm x 21.5cm
Est: £20 - £40
George Bissill (1896-1973) Rural Landscape signed, watercolour, 17cm x 21.5cm
Bamfords Auctioneers and Valuers Ltd
May. 23, 2024
§ George Bissill (1896-1973)
Est: £150 - £250
§ George Bissill (1896-1973) Foundry Workers; a study oil on card squared for transfer 20 x 30cm
Cheffins
Dec. 07, 2023
George William Bissill (British, 1896-19
Est: £300 - £500
George William Bissill (British, 1896-1973), 'Miner', circa 1930, signed l.l., titled verso, ink on paper, 19 by 24cm, framed
Kinghams Auctioneers
Oct. 05, 2023
George William Bissill (British, 1896-19
Est: £500 - £800
George William Bissill (British, 1896-1973), 'Miner', circa 1930, signed l.l., titled verso, ink on paper, 19 by 24cm, framed
Kinghams Auctioneers
Feb. 22, 2023
§ GEORGE WILLIAM BISSILL (BRITISH 1896-1973)
Est: £200 - £400
GEORGE WILLIAM BISSILL (BRITISH 1896-1973) Folies Bergeres 1926 signed and numbered 4/20 in pencil woodcut print on wove image 11.5 x 9.2cm framed ARR
Chiswick Auctions
Oct. 04, 2022
George Bissill (1869-1973)
Est: £300 - £500
George Bissill (1869-1973) ▴ George Bissill (1869-1973) 'Miner Going to Work Underground', 1964 signed 'Bissill' l.r., inscribed with title verso, also inscribed and dated 'From George to Tony/Xmas 1964' verso 18 x 11.2cm Condition Report: Framed size: 30.3 x 25.5cm. Viewed out of glazed frame, taped at top and bottom to mount, generally in good condition, please see images.
Sworders
Sep. 21, 2022
George Bissill (1896-1973)
Est: £100 - £150
George Bissill (1896-1973) ? George Bissill (1896-1973) Cottages signed and dated 'Bissill, 58' l.r., watercolour 29 x 35cm Condition Report: Framed size 33 x 43cm Paper stuck down. Left corner folded. Ppaer overall yellow in colour.
Sworders
Sep. 21, 2022
George Bissill (1896-1973)
Est: £100 - £150
George Bissill (1896-1973) ? George Bissill (1896-1973) The top of a coal mine signed 'Bissill' l.r., watercolour 28 x 38cm Condition Report: Framed size 45 x 55cm Not viewed out of glazed frame. Paper is buff coloured. Potentially a little faded.
Sworders
Oct. 14, 2021
George Bissill (1896-1973)
Est: £200 - £300
George Bissill (1896-1973) - 'Winter landscape Hampshire', oil on board, signed lower left, 19 x 39.5 cm, gallery label for The Redfern Gallery ltd to verso
Andrew Smith & Son
Oct. 12, 2021
λ George Bissill (British 1896-1973), Miners
Est: £700 - £1,000
λ George Bissill (British 1896-1973)Miners Oil on canvasSigned (lower left)34 x 41cm (13¼ x 16 in.)George Bissill was born in Fairford Gloucestershire, but the family soon moved to the mining village of Langley Mill in Derbyshire where his father worked as a railway brakesman. At 13 George was sent down the mines, where he worked, initially with pit ponies, then at the coal face, until 1915 when he joined the Kings Royal Rifles (First Battalion) to fight in the First World War. He had hoped to escape the underground life but as an ex-miner he was immediately trained to be a sapper, tunnelling, defusing mines and laying mines under enemy lines. While working near Béthune in France, he suffered a catastrophic tunnel collapse and later in the war he was badly gassed. In 1918 he was invalided out of the army.With his army pension, he spent a few months at Nottingham School of Art, but he had already developed his own distinctive style and subject matter, saying later that the pit was the only art school he needed.He arrived in London in 1922 and took a pitch as a pavement artist outside Bush House, which was just being constructed. There he was 'spotted' by a member of the Arts League of Service, who in 1924 took a portfolio of his mining drawings around the country for exhibition.Soon after this, the newly established Redfern Gallery in Bond Street offered him an exhibition, which opened to great critical acclaim in April 1925. Bissill immediately became extremely famous causing a sensation with his pictures of miners toiling underground, a subject matter which was new to the London Art Scene and was ten years before the Pitmen Painters came to fame. The show was reviewed by all the major art critics and newspapers. Other exhibitions at The Redfern Gallery followed and Bissill worked successfully in London for the next 5-6 years.Soon after the first exhibition opened in 1925 Bissill met the ballet critic, writer and art collector Arnold Haskell, who took him on a visit to Paris. Here Bissill learnt the art of wood engraving, producing some of his finest work, and expanded his subject matter to include ballet dancers, harlequins, set designs and pictures of Parisian life.
Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales
Oct. 05, 2021
*George Bissill (1896-1973)
Est: £300 - £500
*George Bissill (1896-1973) *George Bissill (1896-1973) 'Netherton, Hampshire' signed 'BISSILL' l.l., inscribed as titled on exhibition label verso, oil on board 23.5 x 28.5cm Exhibited: Bath Society of Artists 50th Exhibition, 1955, no.1. *Artist's Resale Right may apply to this lot.
Sworders
Dec. 03, 2020
§ GEORGE WILLIAM BISSILL (1896-1973)
Est: £100 - £200
GEORGE WILLIAM BISSILL (1896-1973) Still Life with a view through a window beyond signed Bissill. (lower left) ink and watercolour on buff paper 39 x 27.5 cm (15 1/2 x 11 in) PROVENANCE: with Abbot & Holder, London, where purchased by the present owners in 1993
Chiswick Auctions
Sep. 17, 2020
§ George Bissill (British 1896-1973)
Est: £200 - £400
§ George Bissill (British 1896-1973) Abbey ruins signed 'Bissill' (lower right) oil on canvas 31.5 x 42cm
Cheffins
Sep. 17, 2020
§ George Bissill (British 1896-1973)
Est: £300 - £500
§ George Bissill (British 1896-1973) The lovers signed 'Bissill' (lower right) pencil and ink 18.5 x 21.5cm Footnote: Provenance Sale; Mallams Ltd., Oxford, 25 May 2017, lot 622, where acquired by the present owner
Cheffins
Jul. 30, 2020
§ GEORGE WILLIAM BISSILL (1896–1973)
Est: £800 - £1,200
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF ARTHUR KNYVETT-LEE (LOTS 10, 12, 16 & 78) GEORGE WILLIAM BISSILL (1896–1973) The Student signed and dated Bissill '26 (centre left), titled and numbered 12 (on a label attached to the backboard) pencil and ink 22 x 20 cm (8 3/4 x 8 in) PROVENANCE: Arthur Knyvett-Lee and by descent In 1923 Arthur Knyvett-Lee co-founded the Redfern Gallery with Anthony Maxtone-Graham as an artists' collective. In 1925 the gallery held Bissill's first one-man show, which brought the artist wide acclaim.
Chiswick Auctions
Apr. 22, 2020
§ GEORGE WILLIAM BISSILL (1896-1973)
Est: £150 - £250
GEORGE WILLIAM BISSILL (1896-1973) Still Life with a view through a window beyond signed Bissill. (lower left) ink and watercolour on buff paper 39 x 27.5 cm (15 1/2 x 11 in) PROVENANCE: with Abbot & Holder, London, where purchased by the present owners in 1993
Chiswick Auctions
Dec. 18, 2019
George William Bissill (1896-1973) British. "Winter, Mul's Farm, Hampshire, with a Figure in the foreground, Oil on Panel, Signed, and Inscribed on labels on the reverse, 8" x 15.5". Provenance
Est: £300 - £500
George William Bissill (1896-1973) British. "Winter, Mul's Farm, Hampshire, with a Figure in the foreground, Oil on Panel, Signed, and Inscribed on labels on the reverse, 8" x 15.5". Provenance: Bath Society of Artists, 48th Exhibition at the Victoria Art Gallery, Bath, 1953.
John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers
Nov. 21, 2018
George Bissill (British 1896-1973)/Farm Scene/signed/oil on canvas, 40cm x 50cm
Est: £200 - £300
George Bissill (British 1896-1973)/Farm Scene/signed/oil on canvas, 40cm x 50cm
Chorley's
Oct. 09, 2018
George Bissill (British 1896-1973)/Farm Scene/signed/oil on canvas, 40cm x 50cm
Est: £300 - £400
George Bissill (British 1896-1973)/Farm Scene/signed/oil on canvas, 40cm x 50cm
Chorley's
Oct. 25, 2017
GEORGE BISSILL (1896-1973) - STILL LIFE WITH VIEW THROUGH A WINDOW
Est: £150 - £200
GEORGE BISSILL (1896-1973) STILL LIFE WITH VIEW THROUGH A WINDOW signed l.l.: Bissill watercolour over brush and ink 39 cm by 27.5 cm; 15 1/4 in by 10 3/4 in Provenance Abbott and Holder
Olympia Auctions
May. 26, 2017
George Bissill (1896-1973) Lovers
Est: £100 - £200
George Bissill (1896-1973) Lovers signed (lower right) pen and ink 18.5cm x 21cm, unframed.
Mallams
Jan. 25, 2017
• George Bissill (1896-1973) "Brother to Bert" design for a book
Est: £200 - £300
• George Bissill (1896-1973) "Brother to Bert" design for a book spine pen and black ink 23cm by 5cm; 9in by 2in
Olympia Auctions
Nov. 14, 2016
George Bissill Miners
Est: R3,000 - R4,000
George Bissill British 1896-1973 Miners signed inscribed 'Woe betide the painter who gains the appreciation of woman only! Art is man acting on nature. To my dear friend C. Payne, yours forever, George Bissill', in pencil on the mount ink and gouache 25,5 by 35,5cm excluding frame 48,5 by 55 by 1cm including frame
Strauss & Co
Oct. 19, 2016
GEORGE BISSILL (1896 - 1973) Caricatures, a group of three, each signe
Est: £100 - £200
GEORGE BISSILL (1896 - 1973) Caricatures, a group of three, each signed, pen, ink and watercolour, framed in one.
Mallams
Aug. 23, 2016
George Bissill (1896 - 1973) - Snow, Wiltshire
Est: £400 - £600
Oil on canvas Signed, lower right 41 x 61cm (16 1/4 x 24in.) IMPORTANT: This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Dreweatts 1759
Mar. 17, 2016
•GEORGE BISSILL (1896-1973) WINTER LANDSCAPE
Est: £150 - £200
•GEORGE BISSILL (1896-1973) WINTER LANDSCAPE signed l.l.: Bissill, oil on canvas 40cm by 50cm ; 15 3/4in by 19 3/4in
Olympia Auctions
Dec. 02, 2015
George Bissill (1896-1973) - Crucifixion
Est: £200 - £300
woodcut, signed in pencil, numbered 7/15, on tissue thin Japon paper, with full margins, sheet 171 x 127 mm (6 3/4 x 5 in) IMPORTANT: This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Dreweatts 1759
May. 21, 2015
George William Bissill (1896-1973) 'Hampshire landscape' (possibly Layton's
Est: £200 - £300
George William Bissill (1896-1973) 'Hampshire landscape' (possibly Layton's farm) oil on canvas, circa 1930s; signed lower left 'Bissill'; sight size 60cm x 40cm; Bisill was a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy during the 1950s.
Humbert & Ellis Ltd
Mar. 26, 2015
George Bissill (1896-1973) - Crucifixion
Est: £200 - £300
woodcut, signed in pencil, numbered 7/15, on tissue thin Japon paper, with full margins, sheet 171 x 127 mm (6 3/4 x 5 in) IMPORTANT: This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Dreweatts 1759
Feb. 18, 2015
George William Bissill (1896 - 1973), oil on canva
Est: £200 - £300
George William Bissill (1896 - 1973), oil on canvas in frame - rural scene with a church beyond, signed, 26cm x 39cm. Provenance: Purchased Abbott & Holder April 1965
Reeman Dansie
Oct. 29, 2014
George William Bissill (1896-1973) - Scrubbing
Est: £400 - £600
George William Bissill (1896-1973) - Scrubbing woodcut, circa 1926, signed in pencil, numbered 8/10, on wove paper, with full margins, 76 x 105 mm (3 x 4 1/8 in) IMPORTANT: This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Dreweatts 1759
Oct. 29, 2014
George William Bissill (1896-1973) - Seine Bookstall and Paris Window
Est: £300 - £500
George William Bissill (1896-1973) - Seine Bookstall and Paris Window two woodcuts, circa 1926, both on wove paper, with full margins, 82 x 70 mm (3 1/4 x 2 3/4 in); and 90 x 65 mm (3 1/2 x 2 5/8 in) IMPORTANT: This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Dreweatts 1759
Oct. 29, 2014
George William Bissill (1896-1973) - Along the Seine
Est: £200 - £300
George William Bissill (1896-1973) - Along the Seine woodcut, 1926, signed and titled in pencil, numbered 1/10, on wove paper, with full margins, 102 x 74 mm (4 x 2 7/8 in) IMPORTANT: This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Dreweatts 1759
Oct. 29, 2014
George William Bissill (1896-1973) - Harlequin
Est: £250 - £300
George William Bissill (1896-1973) - Harlequin woodcut, 1926, signed and titled in pencil, numbered 1/10, on wove paper, with full margins, 83 x 37 mm (3 1/2 x 1 1/2 in) IMPORTANT: This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Dreweatts 1759
Oct. 29, 2014
George William Bissill (1896-1973) - Quai Voltaire
Est: £250 - £300
George William Bissill (1896-1973) - Quai Voltaire woodcut, 1926, signed and titled in pencil, numbered 1/10, on wove paper, with full margins, 95 x 95 mm (3 3/4 x 3 3/4) IMPORTANT: This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Dreweatts 1759
Oct. 29, 2014
George William Bissill (1896-1973) - Folies Begeres
Est: £400 - £600
George William Bissill (1896-1973) - Folies Begeres woodcut, 1926, signed and titled in pencil, numbered 1/10, on wove paper, with full margins, 115 x 90 mm (4 1/2 x 3 1/2 in) IMPORTANT: This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Dreweatts 1759
Oct. 29, 2014
George William Bissill (1896-1973) - Timbering
Est: £250 - £300
George William Bissill (1896-1973) - Timbering woodcut, circa 1930, signed in pencil, numbered 4/5, on wove paper, with full margins, 64 x 84 mm (2 1/2 x 3 1/4 in) IMPORTANT: This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Dreweatts 1759
Oct. 29, 2014
George William Bissill (1896-1973) - Timbering
Est: £150 - £200
George William Bissill (1896-1973) - Timbering woodcut, 1930, on wove paper, with full margins, 82 x 120 mm (3 1/4 x 4 3/4 in) IMPORTANT: This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Dreweatts 1759
Oct. 29, 2014
George William Bissill (1896-1973) - 2 Miners (see Garton page 244)
Est: £400 - £600
George William Bissill (1896-1973) - 2 Miners (see Garton page 244) the rare woodcut, circa 1930, on wove paper, with full margins, 153 x 125 mm (6 x 4 7/8 in) IMPORTANT: This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Dreweatts 1759
Sep. 24, 2014
George William Bissill (1896-1973) British. An
Est: £100 - £200
George William Bissill (1896-1973) British. An Extensive Landscape, with a Ruin, Oil on Canvas, Signed, 13" x 17".
John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers
Jul. 29, 2014
*George Bissill (1896-1973), WINTER LANDSCAPE
Est: £200 - £300
*George Bissill (1896-1973), WINTER LANDSCAPE Signed l.l., oil on board 40.5 x 29.5cm *Artist's Resale Right may apply to this lot.
Sworders
Jul. 29, 2014
*George Bissill (1896-1973), A WINTER LANDSCAPE
Est: £200 - £300
*George Bissill (1896-1973), A WINTER LANDSCAPE WITH A FIGURE BY A HOUSE Signed l.r, oil on panel 28 x 37cm *Artist's Resale Right may apply to this lot.
Sworders
Mar. 25, 2014
DDS. George Bissill (1896-1973), Farm in a winter
Est: £200 - £300
DDS. George Bissill (1896-1973), Farm in a winter landscape, Oil on canvas, Signed lower left, 29 x 39 cm (11 1/2 x 15 1/4 in)
Dreweatts 1759
Mar. 12, 2014
GEORGE WILLIAM BISSILL (1896-1973) Two lovers,
Est: £100 - £200
GEORGE WILLIAM BISSILL (1896-1973) Two lovers, signed, pen, black and grey washes, 7 1/4" x 8 1/2"
Mallams
Mar. 12, 2014
GEORGE WILLIAM BISSILL (1896-1973) Miners at work,
Est: £300 - £500
GEORGE WILLIAM BISSILL (1896-1973) Miners at work, signed, watercolour, 9 3/4" x 13 1/2" Prov. The artist's studio Ashmansworth according to verso
Mallams
Oct. 23, 2013
DDS George Bissill (1896-1973) Near Bibury, Glocs. Oil
Est: £300 - £500
DDS George Bissill (1896-1973) Near Bibury, Glocs. Oil on canvas Signed lower left 50.5 x 61cm (20 x 24in) Provenance: with The Redfern Gallery, 1932.
Dreweatts 1759
Oct. 16, 2013
*George Bissill (1896-1973), 'WINTER, MULLS FARM,
Est: £100 - £150
*George Bissill (1896-1973), 'WINTER, MULLS FARM, HAMPSHIRE' Signed l.l., oil on panel 20 x 40cm *Artist's Resale Right may apply to this lot.
Sworders