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Kathleen Isabella Mackie ARUA (1899-1996)
Estimate:
€1,500 - €2,000
Passed
Live Auction
Important Irish Art
Size
14 by 20in. (35.6 by 50.8cm)
Description
Title: TURF CUTTING, ERRIGAL, COUNTY DONEGAL, 1933
Frame dimensions: 21.5 by 28in. (54.6 by 71.1cm)
Note: Born Kathleen Isabella Metcalfe in Belfast in 1899, she studied at the Richmond Lodge School and later at Alexandra College, Dublin. Upon returning home, she enrolled at the Belfast School of Art, whilst also taking private lessons from the watercolourist Jessie Douglas. In 1921, she entered the Royal Academy in London, and the following year won the coveted Taylor Scholarship. Her interest in landscape led to her friendship with Frank Egginton, whilst another fellow artist, Eileen Reid encouraged her to exhibit with the WCSI. A retrospective of her work was held by the Ulster Museum in 1996. For an in-depth study on this fascinating artist and pioneering glider pilot see Kathleen Isabella Metcalfe Mackie: The Life and Work of an Ulster Artist, 2009.See also Lot 29.
Frame dimensions: 21.5 by 28in. (54.6 by 71.1cm)
Note: Born Kathleen Isabella Metcalfe in Belfast in 1899, she studied at the Richmond Lodge School and later at Alexandra College, Dublin. Upon returning home, she enrolled at the Belfast School of Art, whilst also taking private lessons from the watercolourist Jessie Douglas. In 1921, she entered the Royal Academy in London, and the following year won the coveted Taylor Scholarship. Her interest in landscape led to her friendship with Frank Egginton, whilst another fellow artist, Eileen Reid encouraged her to exhibit with the WCSI. A retrospective of her work was held by the Ulster Museum in 1996. For an in-depth study on this fascinating artist and pioneering glider pilot see Kathleen Isabella Metcalfe Mackie: The Life and Work of an Ulster Artist, 2009.See also Lot 29.
Condition
Some surface dirt visible. Otherwise very good condition.
Medium
oil on canvas
Signature
signed lower right
Literature
Eamonn Mallie & Paddy Mackie, Kathleen Isabella Metcalfe Mackie: The Life and Work of an Ulster Artist,2009, catalogue no. 89, pp. 223 & 223 (full-page colour illustration)
Exhibited
Ulster Academy of Arts, 1933, catalogue no. 26
