Lot 149
ANNE REDPATH O.B.E., R.S.A., A.R.A., L.L.D., A.R.W.S., R.O.I., R.B.A. (SCOTTISH 1895-1965) §
MARSH MARIGOLDS IN A WHITE JUG
Scottish Paintings & Sculpture
Auction: Evening Sale ft. A Century of Scottish Colourists | Lots 88 to 168 | Thursday 04 June 2026 from 6pm
Description
Signed, oil on board
Dimensions
44.5cm x 34cm (17.5in x 13.5in)
Provenance
Ewan Mundy Fine Art Ltd., Glasgow
From the Collection of Roger Lloyd Pack
Footnote
Marsh Marigolds in a White Jug is a charming example of the floral still lifes for which Anne Redpath is celebrated and used to belong to Roger Lloyd Pack, one of Britain’s most distinguished actors.
Redpath’s love for the still life genre dates back to her days as a student at Edinburgh College of Art and the first work she exhibited in public was a still life, which was shown at the Royal Scottish Academy (RSA) in 1919. After marriage and fourteen years spent living in France, Redpath returned to Scotland in 1934 and resumed painting in earnest. The first acquisition of one of her works for a public collection was the still life The Lace Cloth by the RSA in 1944 (acc.no. 2006.37).
The artist loved to collect attractive objects, such as the titular jug in the present painting. Redpath used them to decorate her homes and also to provide subject matter for her brush. Her status as a successor to the Scottish Colourists is clear in her choice of richly yellow marigolds, set in a colour environment of delicate pinks, lilacs and greys. An asymmetric composition and the tilting up of the surface on which the floral arrangement is presented, as well as the scumbled abstraction of the upper background, shows how Redpath challenged conventional expectations of the still life genre, to create images which are at once beautiful as well as forward-looking. She signed the painting with a flourish at the lower left, presenting herself confidently as its creator.
Roger Lloyd Pack (1944-2014) was widely celebrated for his distinguished acting career, with iconic roles including Barty Crouch Sr in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Trigger in Only Fools and Horses and Owen Newitt in The Vicar of Dibley. His theatre career was equally impressive, with appearances at the Apollo Theatre, the National Theatre, the Old Vic, the Almedia and Shakespeare’s Globe.
Away from the screen and stage, Lloyd Pack nurtured a personal passion for Modern British and Scottish Art. Over the years he lived with and collected works by a number of notable British artists, including Scottish, whose contributions to 20th-century art remains influential including woman artists such as Mary Fedden, Winifred Nicholson, Mary Potter and Anne Redpath.
Lloyd Pack’s collection wasn’t assembled as an investment; it reflected personal affinities with colour and form and the expressive potential of painting – and was a complement to his creative output as an actor. He lived with these paintings for many years, experiencing them aspart of his daily environment and intellectual life. Beneath the familiar television persona was a thoughtful, erudite individual, well-read, quietly observant and deeply interested in art.