Helen Steinthal (1911-1991) - 20th Century Watercolour Surrealist Ceremony

Description

An unusual vibrant watercolour by Helen Steinthal, depicting two figures performing a rite or ceremonial blessing over a nude female figure using coloured ropes. Monogrammed to the lower right corner. There is a landscape study to the reverse. On paper.

Condition

In very good condition overall. Graphite construction lines are visible and show the artist's process.

Size

32.5 x 46.2cm (12.8" x 18.2")
Sheet: 37.6 x 50.9cm (14.8" x 20")

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.