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Lot 46: Annie Feray Mutrie (British, 1826-1893)

Est: £0 GBP - £0 GBPSold:
BonhamsLondon, United KingdomJune 28, 2005

Item Overview

Description

Cactus
signed with initials and dated 'AFM /65' (lower left)
oil on canvas
87 x 66.5 cm. (34 1/4 x 26 1/4 in.)

Artist or Maker

Notes


Exhibited:
(possibly) Royal Academy, 1866, no. 370;
Paris Universal Exhibition, 1867.

Annie Feray Mutrie was the younger sister of Martha Darley Mutrie. Born in Manchester, both girls studied at the Manchester School of Design under George Wallis. Both artists specialised in still life painting, regularly exhibiting at the Royal Academy between 1851-1882. The naturalistic style of their work was admired by John Ruskin, who in praise of Annie Feray wrote: 'All these flower paintings are remarkable for very lovely, pure, and yet unobtrusive colour- perfectly tender and yet luscious, and a richness of petal texture that seems absolutely scented. The arrangement is always graceful- the backgrounds sometimes too faint. I wish this very accomplished artist would paint some banks of flowers in wild country, just as they grow, as she appears slightly in danger of falling into too artificial methods of grouping.' (Academy Notes, 1855)

Auction Details

19th Century Paintings

by
Bonhams
June 28, 2005, 12:00 AM EST

101 New Bond Street, London, LDN, W1S 1SR, UK