1st Aug, 2024 10:00
The Scottish Contemporary Art Auction
* FRANCES WALKER CBE RSA RSW (SCOTTISH b. 1930)
BIRSAY SHORE AND BROUGH
artist's proof lithograph on paper, signed, titled and inscribed A/P
mounted, framed and under glass
image size 79cm x 58cm, overall size 98cm x 75cm
Note: born in Kirkcaldy in 1930 Frances Walker studied at Edinburgh College of Art and then took up a post as visiting teacher of art for the Hebrides . This experience engendered in her a life-long love of wild and desolate places and since then she has chosen to depict the most remote landscapes, her compositions usually based on coastal reaches, craggy rocks and deserted beaches. Moving to Aberdeen , Walker took up a post at Gray's School of Art where she taught for many years. After retirement she has since divided her time between Aberdeen and the Western Isles, especially Tiree, where she owns a thatched cottage, but more recently has also travelled further afield - her latest inspiration being the even wilder and more desolate landscape of Iceland.
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Sold for £500
Estimated at £200 - £400
Condition Report
Condition is good overall, with no visible or known issues.
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