11th Dec, 2024 13:00
British & International Pictures
* MARY HOLDEN BIRD (BRITISH 1889 - 1978)
THE CLOUD
watercolour on paper, signed, titled label verso
mounted, framed and under glass
image size 24cm x 35cm, overall size 45cm x 55cm
Label verso: Ian MacNicol Fine Art, Glasgow.
Note: Mary Holden Bird was a painter and etcher, mainly of seascapes and landscapes. She studied at Heatherley’s School of Fine Art and went on to show at the Fine Art Society (where she had frequent one-man exhibitions), The Royal Academy (London), RSW, RBA and the Paris Salon. Mary was married to the prominent cartoonist Cyril Kenneth Bird, who drew for Punch as "Fougasse". She was especially fond of the area around Morar, Scotland, where she came to live and produce much of her well known and loved paintings. One of her transparent-washed watercolours is illustrated in Percy V Bradshaw’s book Watercolour: A Truly English Art. Mary Bird – known to her friends as Molly – lived in London for a time and then in Morar, Scotland. She invariably signed her work with a monogram.
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