GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER | ANNETTE

Mr R.H. Spurr of The Romney Gallery, Southport, where purchased by the grandfather of the present owner in October 1955

Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Academy, Festival Exhibition - Peploe, Cadell & Hunter, 1949;

Rothesay, The Museum, (organised by the Scottish Committee of the Arts Council), Paintings by Leslie Hunter, 1955;

Hull, Ferens Art Gallery, Portraits from Homes in East Yorkshire, 1956

This is a rare painting of a nude model by Hunter and may date to 1930 when the artist attended a life class at the Glasgow Arts Club. Although oil paintings of nude figures are very scarce in the artist's oeuvre he made many pen and ink sketches of the subject, enlivened with bright crayon. The background of the present picture is evocative of the art of Matisse.