Lot 386: Anne Bruce

Anne Bruce, British 1927-2006- ''On Fort Bay, Jamaica''; watercolour, signed in pencil, 34.7x49cm: together with seven further watercolours by the same hand entitled ''Connemara from St. Martins, Isles of Scilly'', ''from St. Martins, Isles of Scilly'', ''Isles of Scilly from St. Agnes'', ''The River in the Rain'', ''St. Martins, Isles of Scilly'' ''Looking over to Little Arthur, St. Martins, Isles of Scilly'' and ''Hornsbury Mill. Chard, Somerset'', ea. signed in pencil, ea. approx. 29x40cm, (8) (may be subject to Droit de Suite) Note: Anne was the eldest daughter of an Army Brigadier, Ian Bruce, and so from her earliest days she was travelling. Bruce's later paintings were an attempt to capture the inundation of memories she had from those days as a child. Bruce also travelled extensively with her husband Patrick Reyntiens, the acclaimed stained glass artist, visiting Europe, the USA, Mexico, Canada, India, Cyprus, Turkey and Australia.