Lot 21: Kathleen Isabella Mackie ARUA (1899-1996) SEA CLIFFS WITH GULLS ON A FINE DAY signed with initials lower left watercolour heightened with white 19

Kathleen Isabella Mackie ARUA (1899-1996) SEA CLIFFS WITH GULLS ON A FINE DAY signed with initials lower left watercolour heightened with white 19 by 39cm., 7.5 by 15.5in. 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 E50 Taylor Scholarship. Her interest in landscape led to her friendship with Frank Egginton, whilst another fellow artist, Eileen Reid (see Whyte's auction catalogue, 19 November 2002, Lot 55), encouraged her to exhibit with the WCSI. A retrospective of her work was held by the Ulster Museum in 1996. E800-1,000 (E500-650 sterling approx.)