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Margaret Shaw (1917-1983) - 20th Century Watercolour Summer Turning
Description
A charming 20th Century watercolour in stylised watercolour, showing a lakeside landscape with Summer trees, some of which are just turning to their Autumn hues. The artist has signed faintly to the lower right and the painting has been presented in a green frame with wide linen mount. The artist's name is inscribed to the reverse. On watercolour paper.Condition
In fine condition. Small chip to the glass at the upper edge.
Size
22.5 x 27.5cm (8.9" x 10.8")Framed Size: 41.5 x 45cm (16.3" x 17.7")
Artist Biography
Painter and lithographer who was born and finally lived in Sheffield, Yorkshire. She studied at the city’s College of Art, 1934–8, then at the Royal College of Art, 1938–41. Taught at King’s College, Newcastle and at Sheffield City Polytechnic, where she was senior lecturer in the history of art. Showed at RA, NEAC, RSA and in the provinces in mixed shows, being president in 1960 of Sheffield Society of Artists. One-man shows included Calouste Gulbenkian Gallery, Newcastle, and Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield. The Graves Art Gallery there and Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, hold her work. Shaw was married to the English scholar Eric Mackerness, senior lecturer and reader in Sheffield University’s department of English, editor of The Journals of George Sturt, 1967, and author of A Social History of English Music, 1976.
| SKU | rl164 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Margaret Shaw (1917–1983) |
| Date | 20th Century |
| Dimensions | 22.5 x 27.5cm |
| Medium | Watercolour |
| Style | Modernism |
| Subject | Landscape |
| Item Returns | This item can be returned |
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