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Norman Thomas Janes, RWS RE RSMA (1892-1980), painter and printmaker, was born in 18 Grange Road, Egham, Surrey, on 19 May 1892, into a Methodist family, and was the younger son of the draper, Arthur T Janes, and his wife, Ada (née Croxson). He studied commercial art at the Regent Street Polytechnic School of Art, during the years 1909-14, while working as a freelance advertising designer. He studied drawing and painting under Henry Tonks at the Slade School of Fine Art, alongside his future wife, Barbara Greg (1919-22).
"Beach in Cyprus" is a fine quality aquatint measuring 9"x 13". It is mounted giving an overall size of 17"x 21". It is signed in pencil lower right "Norman Janes".