DOROTHEA SHARP RBA (1874-1955), RARE IMPRESSIONIST OIL

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You are bidding on a rare original oil painting by well listed English Impresionist Dorothea Sharp (1874-1955). The painting depicts a lively beach scene with children executed in a colorful impressionist manner that is consistent with Dorothea Sharp's style of painting. The painting is executed in oil on canvas and contains Dorothea Sharp's monogram 'DS'. The painting is being sold with No Reserve. Please do your research and do not hesitate to ask questions prior to bidding. I am optimistic the bids will reflect the significant opportunity this painting represents. Please see additional details, photos and links listed below. Artist: Dorothea Sharp (1874-1955) Signed/Dated: Monogram lower left 'DS'. (See photo) Medium: Oil on canvas. Size: Image size is 17 1/2" by 21" inches, Framed: Antique wood frame. Condition: The painting is in good condition. Frame exhibits some chipping. Auction Style: No reserve. About The Artist: Dorothea Sharp (1874-1955) was born in Kent, England and is best known for her naturalistic studies of children and for her landscapes. She studied at the Regent Street Polytechnic and also in Paris. In 1903 she became an Associate of the Society of Women Artists, becoming a full member five years later, and she was also elected a member of the Royal Society of British Artists and the Royal Institute of Oil Painters in 1906 and 1923 respectively. Sharp exhibited at The Royal Academy from 1901-1948 and lived for most of her life in London. Influenced by the work of the Impressionists, the clarity of her light, her unusual use of colour and her free brushwork all combined to emphasise her significant role in the development of twentieth century British art. She studied at art school in Richmond and, despite parental disapproval, went on to the Regent Street Polytechnic, equipped with a one hundred pound inheritance, studying under Sir David Murray and the plein air painter George Clausen, before going on to Paris. Here she was directly influenced by the French impressionists, particularly Monet`s treatment of subject and colour. In fact, she believed colour to be as important as drawing in the creation of a work, though also exercised a strict concern for the importance of composition. A competent figure, landscape and flower painter, Sharp was a quick worker and painted with a heavily loaded palette, using paint generously. Her brushwork though was economical with detail and spontaneous, as she fully believed in less being more to convey the lightness of her subjects, which were often children. Her resulting pictures are abundant with fresh colour, movement, warmth, dazzling sun - characteristics that fit perfectly with the youth and vivacity of her subjects. After Paris however, Sharp was not restricted to her permanent base at the Maida Vale Studios in London, but travelled widely, both on her own and with fellow painter and designer Marcella Smith, painting prolifically across Southern Europe, working en plein air. Her numerous Royal Academy and other exhibits from 1901 onwards feature a wide range of work from these travels and from her stays with Marcella and the Parks at the Berkshire Downs. Studio Talk`s exhibition review of 1912 reproduces `The Wind on the Hill`, a work exhibited at the RBA and highly reminiscent of her friend Laura Knight, proclaiming it a picture `which gives great distinction to the exhibition this year`. But it was on her summer visits to St Ives in the 1920`s that Sharp could fully indulge in the painting of what has become her trademark, and most sought after, subject; ` children at the beach `. A speciality for which she became justly renowned. In 1928 Moffat Linder elected her to the St Ives Society of Artists as an honorary member and during the late 1930`s Sharp settled for several years in St Ives, working from the Balcony Studio in St Andrews Street. Here she involved herself fully in artistic society, earning the respect of the artistic e... read more

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