12th Sep, 2024 10:00
The Scottish Contemporary Art Auction
* ETHEL WALKER (SCOTTISH b. 1941)
PLATED & PRIMULA
mixed media on board, signed, titled and dated 1992 label verso
mounted, framed and under glass
image size 51cm x 77cm, overall size 80cm x 105cm
Label verso: The Gatehouse Gallery, Glasgow.
Note: Ethel Walker was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, in 1941. She graduated from the Glasgow School of Art in 1964 where she had been taught by David Donaldson, once the Queen's portrait painter. Beginning her career as a teacher, by the age of twenty-seven she was a full-time artist. Walker is one of the most successful female painters working in Scotland today. Her talent in capturing the ever-changing light of the Scottish landscape is outstanding, and her subtle but strong still life paintings are highly-prized. Work is held in many public and corporate collections worldwide, including the Royal Bank of Scotland and Sara Lee Holdings. In The Scottish Contemporary Art Auction of 12th September 2021 "The Silver Table" (lot 562), a mixed media by Ethel Walker sold for £2600 (hammer) and in our December 2021 auction "The Lace Cloth" achieved £3000 (hammer).
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Estimated at £500 - £800
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