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Letitia Marion Hamilton RHA (1878-1964) BRIDGE OF SIGHS, VENICE signed with initials lower right ...

Currency:EUR Category:Everything Else / Other Start Price:NA Estimated At:4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR
Letitia Marion Hamilton RHA (1878-1964) BRIDGE OF SIGHS, VENICE signed with initials lower right ...
Letitia Marion Hamilton RHA (1878-1964)
BRIDGE OF SIGHS, VENICE
signed with initials lower right
oil on board
24 by 20cm., 9.5 by 8in.
Hilary Pyle has written on Letitia Hamilton’s Venetian paintings thus:
"Her Venetian scenes painted in the 1920s and 1930s were to be her most exciting and accomplished work, where the artist was at ease, experimenting with colour, form and light. … Her Venetian palette had original combinations of rich or pastel colours, her shadows and water reflections were often Munch-like in their idiosyncrasy. When she drew on canvas, she used her paint economically, and strengthened the charcoal line afterwards so that it contributes a soft, graphic effect to the whole. This was particularly successful in views of the 1930s, where she concentrates on corners of bridges and canals, or an unexpected side view of a building. Venice was a challenge for her and truly captured her imagination". (Hilary Pyle, ‘The Hamwood Ladies: Letitia and Eva Hamilton’, Irish Arts Review, Vol. 13, 1997, p.131)
€4,000-€5,000 (IR £3,100-£3,900 approx.)
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