Frances Hodgkins (1870-1947)

Corfe Castle village

Details

Frances Hodgkins (1870-1947)
Corfe Castle village
signed and dated '1945 Frances Hodgkins' (lower left)
pencil and gouache
20 x 27 in. (51 x 68.5 cm.)

Exhibited

London, Leicester Galleries, Artists of Fame and Promise, July-August 1945, no.145, where purchased by the present owner.

Lot Essay

The Dorset village of Corfe Castle became a frequent motif in the artist's work after she converted a non-conformist chapel there into a studio in 1934. She continued to visit the village until her death in 1947.
(see E. Eastmond, M. Dunn & I. Buchanan, Frances Hodgkins Paintings and Drawings, London, 1995, p.170).

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