Lot 130: Kathleen Isabella Mackie ARUA (1899-1996) RESTING

Kathleen Isabella Mackie ARUA (1899-1996) RESTING BY THE CROLLY RIVER signed lower left; inscribed on reverse oil on canvas board 30 by 41cm., 12 by 16in. The Crolly River runs near Gortahork, Co. Donegal. Born Kathleen Isabella Metcalfe in Belfast in 1899, she studied at the Richmond Lodge School and later at Alexandra College, Dublin. Upon returning home, she enrolled at the Belfast School of Art, whilst also taking private lessons from the watercolourist Jessie Douglas. In 1921, she entered the RA Schools, London and the following year won the coveted ae50 Taylor Scholarship. Her interest in landscape led to her friendship with Frank Egginton, whilst another fellow artist, Eileen Reid, encouraged her to exhibit with the WCSI. A retrospective of her work was held by the Ulster Museum in 1996.