The Importance of Being Ernest (Signed) (Original)

Artist: Frank Marsden Lea
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 13" x 14" (320mm x 360mm)
Date: 1964
Signature: Signed by artist lower left
Code: LeaErnest

This is the Signed unique original Gouache painting by Frank Marsden Lea.

The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People is the famous play by Oscar Wilde. First performed on 14 February 1895 at the St James's Theatre in London, it is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious personæ to escape burdensome social obligations.

This scene was chosen for a feature on the play that was published in Look and Learn #138 5th September 1964.

• Artist Biography
  Frank Marsden Lea (born 1910; UK)
  Frank Marsden Lea, born 1910. A talented artist and illustrator who, inter alia, designed posters for London County Council Tramways 1928-1932 and painted many illustrations for Look and Learn during the 1960s.
  
  He trained at the Nottingham Art School; 1916-1917 and also attended Manchester School of Art.