Elsie Gledstanes RBA FRSA - Early 20th Century Oil on Board - Portrait of a Baby

Description

Elsie Gledstanes RBA FRSA - (British 1891-1982) oil on board - a very well executed portrait of a baby. In fine condition. Signed in pencil lower right corner.

From a collection of her work that we acquired, a few are unsigned but they are all unquestionably by her hand. You can see our full collection here
A member of the Royal Society of British Artists and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Elsie Gledstanes was an artist in tempera, oil, pastel and watercolours. Granddaughter of Sheldon Burrows Adam, she studied at the Slade and Byam Shaw schools of art and in Paris. Throughout the 1930s and 1940s she was a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy and RBA, SP, SWA, RPS, NPS PS
A number of here paintings are currently on display at the Imperial War Museum which can be seen here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/artists/elsie-gledstanes
She worked during the war as a London auxillary ambulance driver and a driver for the Woman's legion.
Size: 35 x 25cm (13.8" x 9.8")