Lot 131: English (Grace, 1891-1956). "Flowers and

English (Grace, 1891-1956). "Flowers and Currants", 1943, oil on canvas, of a vase of flowers, including scabious, fuchsias, rudbeckia, gladioli, and delphiniums, aganst a background of patterned wallpaper, with a plate of redcurrants and whitecurrants in the foreground, signed and dated in lower right-hand corner, 605 x 505mm (24 x 20ins), framed, with ms. title label on verso stating that the work was exhibited at Royal Academy in 1943. Born in London, Grace English was a painter and etcher. She studied at the Slade School between 1912 and 1914, where she won a painting prize, then learned etching under Sir Frank Short at the Royal College of Art in 1921. As well as exhibiting at the Royal Academy, she also exhibited at the Royal Society of Portrait Painters and the Royal Society of British Artists, amongst other places. (1)

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