Lily of the Valley, St Bees

Details

Winifred Nicholson (1893-1981)
Lily of the Valley, St Bees
indistinctly signed 'WINIFRED NICHOLSON' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
24 5/8 x 24½ in. (62.5 x 62.2 cm.)
There is a still life of irises by Winifred Nicholson on the reverse of the canvas.

Provenance

with Leicester Galleries, London.
with Lefevre Gallery, London.

Exhibited

London, Lefevre Gallery, Recent Paintings by Winifred Nicholson and John Wells, April 1946, no. 19.

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Lot Essay

For a short time during the war Winifred Nicholson's eldest son attended St Bees School in Cumberland, and as a result she painted a number of paintings looking from St Bees across the Irish Sea to the Isle of Man.

J.N.

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