Dorothea Sharp 1874-1955

STRUCTURE This picture is unlined and in excellent original condition. CATALOGUE COMPARISON The illustration is broadly representative. PAINT SURFACE The surface is in excellent condition with rich impasto and bright colouring throughout. There are no signs of craquelure and the paint surface appears to be stable. This picture is ready to hang. UNDER ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT There are no visible retouchings. FRAME This picture is contained in a simple modern frame.
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'I think I can say without fear of contradiction that Dorothea Sharp is one of England's greatest living woman painters. And I think that I can supplement this by stating that no other woman artist gives us such joyful paintings as she. Full of sunshine and luscious colour, her work is always lively, harmonious and tremendously exhilarating. At the Royal Academy, the Royal Society of British Artists, the Royal Institute of Oil-Painters and the Society of Women Artists, her pictures stand out by reason of their glowing colour. It is undoubtedly a fact that Dorothea Sharp's work is excellent in quality and is popular wherever it is shown. I think the chief attraction of Miss Sharp's delightful pictures are her happy choice of subjects, and her beautiful colour schemes. Rollicking children bathed in strong sunlight, playing in delightful surroundings, her subjects appeal because they are based on the joy of life. And she presents them equally happily, with a powerful technique which enables her to make the most of her wonderful sense of colour.' (The Artist, 1935)