Ethel Charlotte Chase Hatch (1869-1975) - Watercolour Flowers in a Metal Vase

Description

A delicate Bloomsbury School still life of flowers by Ethel. C. Hatch. An arrangement of fuchsias, thistles, and carnations . A reflection of the artist has been captured on the body of the vase. Signed to the lower right hand corner. Presented in a wash line mount and early 20th century swept gilt frame. On watercolour paper.

Condition

Overall in very good condition with some light discolouration and foxing to the mount. Small loses to the frame.

Size

24 x 35cm (9.4" x 13.8")
Framed Size: 44 x 56cm (17.3" x 22")

Artist Biography

Ethel Charlotte Hatch was born in Headington, Oxford, the daughter of a clergyman. She attended the Slade School studying under Henry Tonks, Philip Wilson Steer and Frederick Brown during in the 1890's. She was a member of the New English Art Club with whom she exhibited and she also exhibited at the Grosvenor Gallery, Goupil Gallery, International Society of Sculptors, Painters & Gravers, Royal Academy, Royal Society of British Artists, Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, Society of Women Artists, and Walker's Gallery.

Hatch was elected a member of the Society of Women Artists in 1935. She lived in Oxford, Kensington, London, and for many years, in Italy. Her family were friends of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carrol) who photographed her as a child. 'Summer Flowers' a watercolour by Hatch was exhibited at the Macrae Gallery and reproduced in Drawing & Design, July 1921. She died in 1975, aged 105.