A painting depicting St Ives has sold for almost £200,000 at auction.

St Ives, Cornwall, 1947 by David Bomberg went under the hammer in Newcastle on January 27 and fetched £193,350 (including fees). Spirited bidding from multiple telephone bidders, far exceeded its pre-sale estimate of £50,000 to £80,000.

Born in 1890, David Bomberg’s uncompromising approach led to his expulsion from the Slade School of Art in 1913, but he is now recognised as one of the most compelling figures in 20th-century British art.

An expressive oil on canvas, St Ives, Cornwall, 1947 was conceived out of his only painting trip to Cornwall in August of that year. It exemplifies Bomberg’s powerful post-war landscape style, influenced by his experiences as a soldier during the First World War.

Having formed part of the collection of Bomberg’s wife Lilian, it passed into the ownership of Newcastle businessman and former Burtons chair Lionel Jacobson and remained in his family by descent.