Helen Steinthal (1911-1991) - 20th Century Gouache The Dance I

Description

This joyous piece captures a group of women in a moment of dance. With flailing arms and rhythmic steps, the women appear to move in a ritualistic manner under the light of the setting sun. Bright stockings glare against the earth and the figures close and the artist shows their dresses swaying as the move. Unsigned. Part of a pair of similar scenes by the artist. On paper.

Condition

The condition is typical for a picture of this age including some discolouration.

Size

34 x 63cm (13.4" x 24.8")

Collection Information

Bustling with colourful characters and scenic views, Helen Steinthal leaves us with a body of work that embraces the magic in both mythology and the natural world around us. From Welsh landscapes to dynamic figurative studies, this vibrant collection captures the artists unique creative flair.

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Artist Biography

Helen Steinthal was a painter born in Manchester, daughter of a German-born corn merchant and a French-born artist Bertha Noel Steinthal (1880-1970). Helen studied at Salford Polytechnic from 1928 to 1929, Grosvenor School of Art, 1930 to 1932 under Ian McNab and at the Slade School of Fine Art, where she studied stage design and decorative painting under Vladimir Polunin, 1933-38.

She worked as a scene painter at the Old Vic and Sadlers Wells, before returning to Manchester at the outbreak of World War II. She exhibited at Manchester Academy of Fine Arts, Leeds City Art Gallery, Manchester Society of Modern Painters and relocated to Wales c. 1945. In the Principality, she exhibited National Eisteddfod and was included in Welsh Arts Council exhibitions of Contemporary Welsh painting at the Royal Academy, Royal Cambrian Academy, Howard Roberts Gallery, Cardiff, Roland, Browse & Delbanco, Ceri Richards Gallery at Swansea University and at the Business Design Centre, London. Bangor University holds examples of her work and her death was recorded in Tremadog, Gwynedd.