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Two LS Lowry artworks from BAFTA-winning actor’s collection being sold at The Canterbury Auction Galleries

Freya
July 30, 2025
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A huge collection of valuable artworks, including two Lowrys, originally belonging to a BAFTA-winning Kent actor are set to go under the hammer.

They are from the estate of Peter Barkworth, who, in his day, was a much-loved household name with many film and TV roles – including Where Eagles Dare, Wilde, Dr Who, The Avengers, Colditz and Telford’s Change.

Bafta-winning actor Peter Barkworth who died in 2006. Picture: Canterbury Auction GalleriesBafta-winning actor Peter Barkworth who died in 2006. Picture: Canterbury Auction Galleries
Bafta-winning actor Peter Barkworth who died in 2006. Picture: Canterbury Auction Galleries

Born in Margate and later living in Folkestone and London, Barkworth was an avid collector of art.

Following his death in 2006, he bequeathed 55 works to the National Trust, but about 100 of his favourite pictures were left to his partner David Wyn Jones who died last year and are now being sold by his family.

The artworks include two by LS Lowry, together estimated at up to £37,000, as well as a painting by Bridget Riley which could fetch up to £30,000 and other works by Ivon Hitchens, William Scott and Samuel Peploe.

The subjects range from portraits to landscapes and abstract art and are being sold at the Canterbury Auction Galleries on Friday, April 12.

But some of the pictures are estimated as low as £50.

A pen and ink drawing by Lowry, signed and dated 1971, could fetch up to £30,000A pen and ink drawing by Lowry, signed and dated 1971, could fetch up to £30,000
A pen and ink drawing by Lowry, signed and dated 1971, could fetch up to £30,000
Peter Barkworth's BAFTA and other framed award certificates are estimated to sell for up to £1,200Peter Barkworth's BAFTA and other framed award certificates are estimated to sell for up to £1,200
Peter Barkworth’s BAFTA and other framed award certificates are estimated to sell for up to £1,200

The sale also includes one of Barkworth’s BAFTA statues he won for Best Actor – first in 1975 for Crown Matrimonial and then in 1978 for his roles in Professional Foul and The Country Party.

The actor had a home in London but kept his seaside retreat in Folkestone until his death, becoming president of the town’s Metropole Arts Centre.

Samuel Peploe's oil painting, called Comrie Sky, is estimated to sell for up to £10,000Samuel Peploe's oil painting, called Comrie Sky, is estimated to sell for up to £10,000
Samuel Peploe’s oil painting, called Comrie Sky, is estimated to sell for up to £10,000
Bridget Riley's - Gouache - "Short Sequence, Study for Painting", estimated to fetch up to £30,000Bridget Riley's - Gouache - "Short Sequence, Study for Painting", estimated to fetch up to £30,000
Bridget Riley’s – Gouache – “Short Sequence, Study for Painting”, estimated to fetch up to £30,000

Early in his career, he went into repertory theatre with the Arthur Brough Players in Folkestone, making his debut in 1948 and appearing many times at the town’s Leas Pavilion.

Reportedly, Brough fell out with him quite spectacularly when Barkworth left the players for a similar role in Sheffield.

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