Born in Edinburgh in 1898, Anne Bannatyne Finlay spent her early years in Edinburgh where she went on to study drawing and painting at Edinburgh College of Art from 1917. She moved to Hampstead, London in 1922, supporting herself by teaching French, Art and Music at private schools. She painted portraits of friends and family and invited nieces and nephews to sit for her as models. She regularly exhibited at the Royal Academy and the Scottish Royal Academy. Anne’s personal life included affairs with painters James McBey and Ernest Proctor and a relationship with Philip Connard (1875-1958). She was active between 1932 and 1940 and exhibited 15 works at the Society of Women Artists, 17 at the Royal Academy, 3 at the Goupil Gallery, 10 at the Royal Scottish Academy, 1 at the Glasgow Institute and elsewhere.
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A gorgeous little oil on board of a young woman, possibly one of the artist’s nieces, by the Scottish artist Anne Finlay. Signed by the artist and in good condition.
Measures 24 cm wide by 29 cm deep (30 cm by 35 cm in its frame).
£250
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