PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION (LOTS 7-14)
ANNE REDPATH, O.B.E., A.R.A. (BRITISH. 1895–1965)
Daffodils
oil on board
50.8 x 40.6 cm. (20 x 16 in.)
Painted in 1951

Provenance
With Mercury Gallery, London, 26 January 1981, where purchased by the family of the present owner

Please note there is a further still life work painted verso

'I do with a spot of red or yellow in a harmony of grey, what my father did in his tweed’ – Anne Redpath

Born in Scotland in 1895, Anne Redpath was the daughter of a tweed designer, so it is no surprise that her awareness of colour and composition was something she was astute to from a young age. Daffodils, is just one example of this. Redpath’s use of colour, line and composition is carefully woven together in this case, and in that many other works she produced.
After graduating from Edinburgh Collage of Art, during the 1920s Redpath devoted much time to family life while residing in France, with children and her husband. Whether it was time spent in France admiring the work of artists such or Cezanne and Bonnard or her classical grounding at art school in Scotland, it is clear Redpath’s influences are plentiful.
In the mid-1930s Redpath moved back to Edinburgh and spent time painting. She was the first female painter Academician admitted to the Royal Scottish Academy in 1947. Her influence among the art circles within Edinburgh has been noted by many and her contribution to the Scottish Academy.