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Benjamin Creme (1922-2016) was born in Glasgow. He began painting in his teens and was encouraged by Josef Herman who saw his work and introduced him to Jankel Adler. Creme was one of Adler's group of students alongside 'The Roberts', Colquhoun and MacBryde. Creme moved to London in 1946 and became part of the circle of 'The Roberts', Prunella Clough, John Minton, Robert Frame and Keith Vaughan. He continued to paint and draw until his death, in London in 2016. England & Co represent the artist's works from 1940-1960. The gallery has held several exhibitions of his work, leading to acquisitions of his works by the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, the British Museum, and the Hunterian Gallery, Glasgow. A major painting by Benjamin Creme, Sybelline Figure is currently on view at the Museum of Modern Art in Edinburgh.

Girl Asleep in a Landscape 1948
15 x 20.5 inches
Gouache on paper

Farm Scene 1945
8.5 x 20 inches
Watercolour on paper

Family Group 1946
20 x 16 inches
Gouache on card

Private collection

Ref: BC230

Seated Woman 1945
20 x 15 inches
Sepia gouache on paper

Private collection

Head of a Woman 1948
20 x 16 inches
Gouache on paper

Portrait of a Young Man 1945
23 x 18 inches

Private collection

Ref: BC248

Head of a Woman 1946 1946
13.25 x 10 inches
Mixed media on paper

Private collection

Head of a Girl 1948

Monotype 12 x 10 inches (image)
Ref: BC244

Kirkudbright Landscape 1945
6 x 8.75 inches
Ink and gouache on paper
Ref: BC252

Portrait of a Woman 1944
20 x 15 inches
Charcoal on paper

Private collection

Untitled 1946
19 x 11.5 inches
Watercolour on paper

Private collection