17th Apr, 2022 12:00
The Scottish Contemporary Art Auction
MESSING AROUND ON THE RIVER, A LARGE OIL BY KATHLEEN RUSSELL
* KATHLEEN RUSSELL (SCOTTISH b. 1940),
MESSING AROUND ON THE RIVER
oil on canvas, signed
image size 100cm x 95cm, overall size 120cm x 115cm
Framed.
Note: Artist in gouache, watercolour, oil, pastel, pen and wash, and teacher, born in Edinburgh. Studied at Edinburgh College of Art 1958–63, her tutors including Robin Philipson and Sir William Gillies. She lectured there (ECA) full-time, 1963–72, then taught part-time in London schools until 1980, when she became a full-time painter. Had a long series of solo exhibitions, including French Institute, 1965, New 57 Gallery, 1969, and Douglas & Foulis, 1972, all in Edinburgh; Durham University, 1975; and at The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh from 1981 onwards. Durham University, King’s College and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, hold examples of her work and twelve of her paintings are included in UK public collections. Numerous corporate collections including IBM.
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