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Marian Jeffares (1916-1986)
Estimate:
€800 - €1,200
Sold
€850
Timed Auction
Spring Online Art Auction
ARTIST
Marian Jeffares (1916-1986)
Size
19.50 by 23.50in. (49.5 by 59.7cm)
Description
Title: THE COUPLE
Note: Born Marian Bragg in South London, Jeffares was a relation of William Henry Bragg and Sir Lawrence Bragg (co-winners of the 1915 Nobel Prize for Physics for their work on x-rays). She studied at Blackheath Art School and for five years at the Slade. She also studied design at Chelsea Polytechnic, and in 1939 took a degree in art history at the Courtauld Institute, studying under Sir Anthony Blunt. Shortly prior to WWII she married Ernest Holfenth, with whom she had a child, but the marriage barely outlasted the war. During the intervening years she worked at the War Office in London and taught art in Manchester. Her second marriage was to George Jeffares, an Irishman who lectured in languages at the Royal Naval College in Devon. Together they travelled to China for eighteen months, and Chinese scenes and subjects would preoccupy her throughout the early 1950s. In 1949 they settled in Kimmage, Co. Dublin and Jeffares began showing work at the IELA. In 1956 she had the first of fifteen works hung at the RHA and the following year, from an address in Rathgar, began showing at the annual Oireachtas art exhibitions. She also continued to exhibit in London, sending work to the Leicester Galleries in August 1957. Solo exhibitions were held with the Hendriks Gallery, Dublin, in 1956 and 1960. During the 1960s and '70s her subject matter focused - rather unfashionably - on social issues such as unemployment, women's rights, and Republican prisoners. She died in 1986, survived by two sons.
Frame dimensions: 27 by 30.75in. (68.6 by 78.1cm)
Note: Born Marian Bragg in South London, Jeffares was a relation of William Henry Bragg and Sir Lawrence Bragg (co-winners of the 1915 Nobel Prize for Physics for their work on x-rays). She studied at Blackheath Art School and for five years at the Slade. She also studied design at Chelsea Polytechnic, and in 1939 took a degree in art history at the Courtauld Institute, studying under Sir Anthony Blunt. Shortly prior to WWII she married Ernest Holfenth, with whom she had a child, but the marriage barely outlasted the war. During the intervening years she worked at the War Office in London and taught art in Manchester. Her second marriage was to George Jeffares, an Irishman who lectured in languages at the Royal Naval College in Devon. Together they travelled to China for eighteen months, and Chinese scenes and subjects would preoccupy her throughout the early 1950s. In 1949 they settled in Kimmage, Co. Dublin and Jeffares began showing work at the IELA. In 1956 she had the first of fifteen works hung at the RHA and the following year, from an address in Rathgar, began showing at the annual Oireachtas art exhibitions. She also continued to exhibit in London, sending work to the Leicester Galleries in August 1957. Solo exhibitions were held with the Hendriks Gallery, Dublin, in 1956 and 1960. During the 1960s and '70s her subject matter focused - rather unfashionably - on social issues such as unemployment, women's rights, and Republican prisoners. She died in 1986, survived by two sons.
Frame dimensions: 27 by 30.75in. (68.6 by 78.1cm)
Condition
There is a 1mm square area of paint loss lower right and a 5mm sweep of abrasion lower centre below the figures hands. Otherwise very good condition.
Medium
oil on canvas board
Signature
signed in monogram lower left; signed and titled on reverse
