A standing violinist in shown apparently in rehearsal or casual performance with a seated pianist, a listener shown in the foreground in profile. Watercolor on paper, ca. 1930s, signed lower right. Paper measures 15 x 21.5 inches framed to 23 x 30.5 inches. 

The English artist from Brighouse, Yorkshire studied at the Central School of Art and Design. Focusing primarily on landscapes and architecture, alongside his painting practice Sharp was also a keen etcher, engraver and lithograph artist and exhibited widely, including at the Royal Academy, London, Royal West of England Academy and Birmingham Society of Artists.

From 14 May – 12 June 1937, Sharp had a large scale exhibition at The Foyles Gallery Charing Cross Road, London, titled English Landscapes, an exhibition of oil paintings and engravings of English landscapes, including forty-seven oil paintings, and ten etchings and line engravings.

The works often depicted his surroundings in Nuneaton with this exhibition containing works depicting George Eliot's birthplace, and hospitals and rural settings in and around Warwickshire. These local scenes were painted later in his career when he took up a position as Principal of the Nuneaton Art School between 1925–1952. Some of the watercolours made during this period were exhibited in Nuneaton Museum & Art Gallery in the exhibition Moments in time.