Lot 152
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) §
CAP D'AIL
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
46cm x 36cm (18in x 14in)
Footnote
Literature:
Patrick Bourne, Anne Redpath 1895-1965, Atelier Books, Edinburgh, 2004, p.25, pl.9
In his monograph about the artist, Patrick Bourne wrote about this painting: ‘Cap d’Ail c.1934 is one of the few oil paintings known to have been executed in the Cap Ferrat years. The flattened impasto applied with a palette knife, the revealed soft pencil underdrawing and the pale colouring all conspire to give the effect of a work done in pastel. In her choice of subject - the village against the hill - and in her obvious interest in the abstract pattern made by the road zig-zagging up to the village, the picture is … reminiscent of [Charles Rennie] Mackintosh.' (op.cit., pp.23 & 26)