Margaret O. Hole (1919-2012) - Contemporary Oil, Purple Swirl

Description

With artist's label to the reverse with a short biography. Unsigned. On board.

Condition

With various small surface marks and abrasions to the substrate. Small flakes of paint loss to the outer edges. Inspection under UV light shows no sign of restoration.

Size

27.3 x 27.4cm (10.7" x 10.8")
Sheet: 31.7 x 31.5cm (12.5" x 12.4")

Collection Information

Sulis Fine Art is delighted to present a collection of works by the British artist Margaret O. Hole (1919-2012).

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Artist Biography

Margaret O. Hole was born in 1919. As a student after the war at the Central School of Art & Design, she had a studied textile design but changed to painting upon realizing her true passion. For some years Hole worked as a portrait painter, exhibiting at the Royal Academy, Royal Society of Portrait Painters, the Paris Salon and various other galleries.

Hole's main inspiration from childhood was in botany and astronomy. As her career progressed the bulk of her paintings became more abstracted. She focused her practice on variations of natural forms such as plants, fungi and shells.

Hole studies and became one of the early practitioners of Art Therapy, working in mental hospitals and prisons. A number of her paintings were acquired recently by the Bethlem Museum of the Mind.