Wednesday 25 May 2022
Helen Bradley MBE, British 19001979- On a warm spring day in May, 1972;
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Helen Bradley MBE,
British 19001979-
On a warm spring day in May, 1972;
watercolour on paper, signed and dated lower right 'Helen Bradley 1972', 26.5 x 36 cm (ARR)
Provenance: with W.H. Patterson Fine Arts Ltd., London; private collection
Note: The work is inscribed on the reverse, 'On a warm Spring day in May Grandpa took mother, the aunts, Mrs Carter (who wore pink), Mr Taylor (the Bank Manager) and, as a special treat, George and I, with him to visit an old friend who had a farm on the shore of Lake Windermere. A man took us across the lake in a boat and would row us back as soon as Grandpa was ready, but although we had taken a picnic lunch we dare not settle down to enjoy it. There were cows slowly snaking their way through a gate into our field - thank goodness Grandpa came, just in time to get us safely back across the lake and the year was 1908. Helen Layfield Bradley 1972.'
In the 1960s, Bradley met L.S. Lowry, who inspired her to pursue her dream of painting professionally, even though the artist was in her 60s at the time. Bradley quickly found international success, painting her childhood memories in a naïve style, appearing on television and illustrating a series of novels in the 1970s, starting with 'And Miss Carter Wore Pink: Scenes from an Edwardian Childhood,' which became bestsellers around the world.
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