Alice Des Clayes "Gathering Seaweed" oil on panel
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Alice Des Clayes was born in 1891 and studied at Bushey School of Art (Lucy Kemp-Welch & Rowland Wheelwright) and Newlyn School of Art, Private Study (Dudley Hardy).
She moved to Canada in 1914 and exhibited at the Royal Canadian Academy, Royal Canadian Academy (1920), the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (1926), National Gallery of Canada and Art Gallery of Ontario. Best known for her animal and rural genre scenes she became a regular exhibitor in the Royal Canadian Academy and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts spring shows between 1914 and 1940 and was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy in 1920. Experimenting with a variety of media, she worked in watercolours, oils, pastels and coloured chalks.
She returned to England in 1938. Her work can be found in several galleries, including the National Gallery of Canada and the Art Gallery of Ontario, Bushey School of Art, Newlyn School of Art.
"Gathering Seaweed" is a lovely quality oil on panel. Measuring 10"x 14" it is signed lower left and is framed in a hand made frame giving an overall size of 17"x 21".
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11604 (AB-264643)
W: 14" (35.6 cm)H: 10" (25.4 cm)
Art Deco (c. 1910-1939)
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