PRUNELLA CLOUGH (1919–1999)
Fisherman with scales and basket
signed Clough (lower right)
monotype
12.5 x 9 (4 3/4 x 3 1/2 in)
Published in the early 1950s

She began by painting still-lifes. She went on to paint the fishermen and the east coast; these subject matters were influenced by her time working for the Fisheries in Lowestoft drawing plans during the war. Her paintings of the Suffolk coast are very memorable. But when she turned inland and started painting what you might call the urban scene: the gasometers; the power stations; the lorry drivers; the lorries; the entrances to factories, people were amazed. Comments such as ‘they are not the sort of paintings you associate with a woman!’ amused Prunella immensely. But she persisted and has now received the recognition that she deserved years back.

Allen Freer (from an interview with Simon Lake of Leicester City Art Gallery in 2004)

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