Mary E. Oddie Still Life with Dahlia Flowers
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An original 1930 oil painting, Mary E. Oddie, Still Life with Dahlia Flowers.
A very attractive impasto floral still life by Mary E. Oddie, presented in its original frame.
Mary E. Oddie is known for such subjects and in particular her use of impasto to render flower petals with a tactile and expressive realism. There is little readily available biographical information about Oddie. She is said to have exhibited in the 1930s at Royal College of Art, Royal Institute of Oil Painters and Cooling & Sons Gallery in London. Recorded as having lived at Uckfield, Sussex, it seems likely that she was Mary Ethel Oddie (née Moxon) who married the pharmacist Major Sidney Oddie in 1913. They had two sons, one of whom, Hugh, attended Lancing College and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, before being killed in action with the RAF in 1943. Mary Ethel Oddie died in 1969.
Impasto oil on canvas. Presented in its original decorative frame with indistinct historic label, which appears to be dated 1930. 1930 is also inscribed on the framing paper on the reverse of the frame.
Image size: 19.9 x 24.8cm. Frame size: 31 x 36cm.
Dimensions: Height: 31cm (12.2") Width: 36cm (14.17")
Presented: Framed.
Medium: Oil
Age: Early 20th-century
Signed: Signed lower left.
Inscribed: No.
Dated: --
Condition: Overall in good condition for its age. There is a drip within the paint at the left, which slightly obscures the signature, as created by the artist. Minor rubbing to the far edges of the canvas. The impasto oil paint is brittle so requires care when handling. Minor wear to the frame commensurate with age. Please see photos for detail.
Stock number: KB-303
