HEATHER COPLEY (BRITISH 1918-2001) §
THE WHITE HOUSE, FULHAM
£1,625
Auction: 14 November 2019 from 13:00 GMT
Description
Inscribed on label (to reverse), oil on board
Dimensions
70.5cm x 60cm (27.75in x 23.6in)
Footnote
Note:
Heather Copley enrolled at the Clapham School of Art at the age of 14, remaining there for six years until 1939. She then transferred to the Royal College of Art, London in 1940, but her studies were broken by World War II. At the end of the war she returned and her tutors included Carel Weight. From 1948 to 1983 she taught drawing and painting part time at St Martin's School of Art and an example of her work can be found in the Royal Academy Collection (Lake Trasimeno, 1978).
Provenance:
The Estate of the Artist.