* MARIE DE BANZIE (SPANISH 1918 - 1990)
CRAIL

oil on board, signed and dated '45, titled label verso
framed

image size 44cm x 34cm, overall size 61cm x 51cm

Exhibition label verso: Independent Painting In Glasgow 1940 - 55, William Hardie Limited, Glasgow.
Note: The New Scottish Group was a loose collection of artists based in Glasgow, who exhibited from 1942 to 1956. It was formed around John Duncan Fergusson after his return to Glasgow in 1939. It had its origins in the New Art Club formed in 1940, and had its first exhibition in 1942. Members did not have a common style, but shared left-wing views and were influenced by contemporary continental art. Members included Donald Bain, William Crosbie, Marie de Banzie and Isabel Babianska. Tom MacDonald, Bet Low and William Senior formed the Clyde Group to pursue political painting that manifested in urban industrial landscapes. The group helped start the careers of a generation of Glasgow-based artists and was part of a wider cultural "golden age" for the city. Marie de Banzie was influenced by expressionism and particularity the post-expressionist work of Gauguin, as can be seen in her 1945 painting Shadow, which borrows from his Haitian pictures.