Featured Watercolour painting

Hum... Doesn't look like the work of Rosa Somerville Hope. She had almost a pointillist technique.

Debora

 

Agree that her later work had a [almost pointillist technique] but an early work 1940 of Drakenberg Mountains is a more formal type of watercolour,and the Drakenberg Mountains in South Africa may be a possability for this scene.

 

Or ARE? Associate Member of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers
https://www.sahistory.org.za/people/rosa-hope
"Hope had trained at the Slade and Central Schools of Art, London, and in 1926 won the Prix de Rome for her etching The Adoration of the Shepherds, which was subsequently shown at the RA. She was then elected an ARE."

 

Many thanks. I don’t know much about art. Personally I think I now agree with you that it could very well be Rosa Hope and that the scene is most probably then the Drakensberg.
https://www.davidlay.co.uk/auction/...lle-hope-1902-1972-drakenburg/?lot=38221&sd=1

 

That’s very interesting. Great info. Thanks. I was thinking its ARET but it could very well be A.R.E and a date. Then it makes sense

 

Again,much appreciated. Great information!

 

I think that what looks like a T, are the full stop after the C and lines in the canvas. I see a space between the dot and the line above. Zoomed in on that part and outlined the full stop:

 

The Drackenburg example appears to be oil, not watercolor. And I think @Antiquefab is right re attribution.



Debora

 

I think you're right, and that the letters are A.R.E., standing for Associate of the Royal Society of Painter-Engravers, which RS Hope became in 1923:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Hope
https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/hope-rosa-somerville-1902-1972-born-338-c-1f64cb7019

 

Well done, @Antiquefab!

Debora

 

If the Drakensberg, this would be your window: "In 1938 she was made a Senior Lecturer in Fine Art at the University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, where she remained until 1957. Once in Natal, she painted in the Drakensberg and travelled to the Transkei."

Debora

 

Thank you for the reply and opinion.

 

Definitely,very well done! Many thanks again. Always very nice to have a name..

 

Thanks Debora! Is this an example of negative painting?

 

I don't know what a "negative painting" is! Off to the internet... Back soon.

Debora

 

I wouldn't call it such but I can see where one might where the sky meets the mountains. A1 definition: "Negative space painting is a technique that involves painting around the subject of a painting instead of on it. The goal is to focus on the empty space around the subject, rather than the subject itself. This technique can add depth and dimension to paintings, and can be helpful for beginners or when trying to create a specific effect." Yours is a simple landscape but quite skilled. Notice, for instance, how the base of the trees lies in heavy shadow. One knows exactly where the sun is located and what time of day it is.

Debora

 

Many thanks Debora. Your opinion is always much valued and appreciated. I was just really wondering about the negative painting. I also only read about it a day or so ago. I note what you say regarding the shadows.

 

You're too kind, @Boland.

Debora

 

It s a lovely picture.I wonder if it could be a print. That doesn't devalue it at all but the style reminds me very much of a super print that I had a year or two back by Frances Walker ( I know this is a completely different artist but the finish is similar)

 

Not at all,your knowledge is a great asset to this forum.