Mary Chugg (1935-2024) - Framed Contemporary Oil Exploring Woodland

Description

Oil on canvas board. Signed to the lower left. Well presented in a contemporary wooden frame.

Condition

In fine condition. In fine condition.

Size

50 x 50cm (19.7" x 19.7")
Framed Size: 57.5 x 57.5cm (22.6" x 22.6")

Collection Information

Optimising the effects of colour is a running theme for Mary Chugg. Her bold aesthetic vision and expressive painterly style holds consistent throughout, capturing landscapes, gardens and seasons as they unfold. The collection also contains several of Chugg's earlier works from her years as an art student. We also have a collection of artworks by her husband, Brian Chugg.

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Artist Biography

Mary Cooper was born in Bristol on 28th August 1935 but later moved to Barnstaple in North Devon when she was just three or four years old. This is where Mary developed her lifelong love with Exmoor and its landscapes. She studied Education in Art & Design at Bristol University and married fellow teacher and Exmoor Society Founder Brian Chugg in 1955. She was a renowned local artist and exhibited annually at the Westward Ho!, Bideford Art Society and had a solo retrospective in the White Moose Gallery in Barnstaple.