Anne Redpath OBE RSA ARA LLD ARWS ROI RBA (British,...
Anne Redpath OBE RSA ARA LLD ARWS ROI RBA (British, 1895-1965)
Spring in Spain
signed 'Anne Redpath' (lower left)
oil on board
38 x 51cm (14 15/16 x 20 1/16in).
Provenance
With Mercury Gallery, London, 1970.
The Fleming-Wyfold Art Foundation, no.102.
Anon. sale, Christie's, Edinburgh, 1 November 2001, lot 152.
The late Sir John Craven (acquired at the above sale).
Redpath travelled extensively in Europe during the 1950's. Her journey to Spain in 1951 was the first in a series of exploratory visits to new countries which galvanised her work. She loved the intense light, dramatic hillsides and simple architecture. The arid and colourful landscapes lent itself well to her palette and dry impasto.
A critic in The Scotsman wrote 'Spain has done something to her as she passes it on. She has the mark of the artist – a real reaction to a theme'. (Patrick Bourne, Anne Redpath 1895-1965: Her Life and Work, Edinburgh, 1989, p.52).
Preferring to exhibit the products of these trips in groups, Redpath's one woman show at the Scottish Gallery in 1953 were almost all Spanish themed.
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Anne Redpath OBE RSA ARA LLD ARWS ROI RBA (British, 1895-1965)
Spring in Spain
signed 'Anne Redpath' (lower left)
oil on board
38 x 51cm (14 15/16 x 20 1/16in).
Provenance
With Mercury Gallery, London, 1970.
The Fleming-Wyfold Art Foundation, no.102.
Anon. sale, Christie's, Edinburgh, 1 November 2001, lot 152.
The late Sir John Craven (acquired at the above sale).
Redpath travelled extensively in Europe during the 1950's. Her journey to Spain in 1951 was the first in a series of exploratory visits to new countries which galvanised her work. She loved the intense light, dramatic hillsides and simple architecture. The arid and colourful landscapes lent itself well to her palette and dry impasto.
A critic in The Scotsman wrote 'Spain has done something to her as she passes it on. She has the mark of the artist – a real reaction to a theme'. (Patrick Bourne, Anne Redpath 1895-1965: Her Life and Work, Edinburgh, 1989, p.52).
Preferring to exhibit the products of these trips in groups, Redpath's one woman show at the Scottish Gallery in 1953 were almost all Spanish themed.
