Catalogue no.: 0288

£1400

"The Puppet's Revenge." P.B.B. The third of three paintings telling the story of "Petrouschka" - here the puppet master becomes the victim of the ghost of Petroushka who terrifyingly rises...

Catalogue no.: 0293

£920

Paul loved costume, jewellery and alternative adornment, so was very taken with an article about this tribe. Also known as 'Naga Girl', based on 'The Naked Nagas' by C. von...

Catalogue no.: 0297

£675

Signed PAUL BENEDICT BRAND. The artist's response to the War in Iraq. This was his one "political" painting and incidentally his last. [The reference to Guernica is conscious.]...

Catalogue no.: 0259

£1200

One of three paintings on the theme, probably inspired by Radio 3. This is a playful work in which time appears through the different costumes from different eras in the...

Catalogue no.: 0263

£1560

Chartres Cathedral, embellished with a joyful sky. The foreground owes a lot to the artist's imagination - as it is not known if he visited the place, or took the...

Catalogue no.: 0264

£1465

Shown at Heatherly anniversary Exhibition, 1996, this work is based on the music by Carl Orff, depicting the powerful 'Wheel of Fortune'. The 1934 text is based on a nineteenth...

Catalogue no.: 0265

£1560

An illustration of a local firework party, combining old and new techniques. Perhaps the seated figure in red is the artist watching the show....

Catalogue no.: 0267

£570

This party and painting marked the return of the (prodigal?) son from his globe trotting year. Signed: PBB. Note the similarity in style to 'Sands of Dee' (Cat. No. 0066)...

Catalogue no.: 0268

£1515

Catching the action of a team of electrical engineers, there is an unfinished portrait on the back....

Catalogue no.: 0269

£1480

This was an illustration of the famous Boudicca of the Icini tribe. She led the resistance against the invading Romans who had rescinded their promise. [She lost her social status...

Catalogue no.: 0270

£1320

Probably inspired by a series on Early Music on BBC Radio 3 (always on, accompanying the painter in the studio) the figures appear to be stylisations of younger versions of...

Catalogue no.: 0271

£920

The resemblance to the subject is evident in how she is sitting, and the cloak she is wearing which she favoured at that time. Her love of Christmas brought merriment...

Catalogue no.: 0275

£655

According to Apuleius' "The Golden Ass" Cupid visits Psyche every night but leaves before she wakes up. She has to keep their relationship a secret, and cannot tell her friends...

Catalogue no.: 0277

£790

A much more detailed work that an earlier composition of two Asian women (Cat. No. 176). Perhaps in order to capture the brilliance of the silk clothing the painting is...

Catalogue no.: 0281

£575

This was a late working of a painting begun in the 1950s....

Catalogue no.: 0230

£460

Paul had enjoyed being in Paris after finishing his art degree, and made good friends there. He returned to the UK, however, and did not go back to France though...

Catalogue no.: 0232

£895

Illustration of the poem (Goethe) that was set to music by Schubert, Liszt and Schumann. The golden goblet is a gift from his dying wife and he used it all...

Catalogue no.: 0240

£195

In what appears to be quite an exotic location, the subject may have been the artist's second wife, Mary. 12 years his junior, after their motorcycle trip around Europe, she...

Catalogue no.: 0245

£655

This was worked up in the 90s from an original painting in the 1950s. Signed on 'street sign' on left of painting : 'P.B.B. 14.10.16'...

Catalogue no.: 0250

£2080

Prompted by the new skirt (rather than the hat) this is a later picture of the artist's wife....