Art influenced by the art and themes of the Pre Raphaelites with biographies, auctions and information on these artists.
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale
I've featured these before but they came up for auction in London in 1990 (Sotherby's) but didn't sell.
[Gather Ye Rosebuds]
signed 'EFB' (lr)
Watercolour over pencil
18.5 x 11 1/4"
The gardens are Condover Hall in Shropshire.
The title is basedo Robet Herrick's
"Gather ye rosebuds while ye may
Old Time is still a-flying"
[Today for Me]
signed l.r. with a monogram and dated 1901
Watercolour and bodycolour over pencil
20 1/4 x 30 3/4
1872 – 1945.
She studied at the Royal Academy and worked at first mostly in illustration, moving to paintings influenced by the Pre-Raphaelite artists. Later, she also worked with stained glass. She was a staunch Christian, and donated works to churches.
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/speel/illus/brikdale.htm
http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/picture-of-month/displaypicture.asp?venue=7&id=126
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
4 comments:
Wow, love that "Rosebuds" piece :-D Those wings!
Thank you. I just love her work - most striking.
It's a good painting and it'd be nice if you can annex more about the same piece of art. I think watercolors are beautiful, specially with this characteristics.
lovely painting it is. very good piece of work.
Post a Comment