Lot 818: A W Chesher, English Naive School 1895-1972-

A W Chesher, English Naive School 1895-1972- Workmen with steam tractor engines; oil on board, a pair, both signed, each bearing labels for the Portal Gallery, London, both inscribed and dated 1964, 43x60cm, each, (2) Note: A W Chesher was born in Bedfordshire. He started life as a farmer before losing the sight in one eye when a gun backfired and then catching his arm in a threasing machine. No longer being able to work he spent the rest of his life painting the disappearing rural way of life. (Twentieth Century British Naive and Primitive Artists, Eric Lister and Sheldon Williams, published 1977, p.42)