And Miss Carter Wore Pink

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Jit!sf orn in Lees, a village outside Oldham, in 1900, Helen Bradley was over sixty when she began to paint - to show her small granddaughter what life was like when she herself was a child. To date she has held three exhibitions, two at the Mercury Gallery in London and one in Los Angeles. At her last London exhibition in 1970, every one of her paintings had been sold before opening day. 'The enchantment of the season,' said the International Herald Tribune, 'and better than whole volumes of social history.' Compared to Grandma Moses, admired by Lowry, Helen Bradley's work is today in astonishing demand. 'The Edwardian era was lovely, gay and exciting, and I love painting it,' she says; 'even the weather was kinder.' Her bright, teeming pictures and her own delightful narrative memorably reflect that gentle period - market day, an outing to Blackpool, fairgrounds and funerals, bread-baking, a day at the races, carol-singing in the snow. The same loved characters make their... Tovább

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Jit!sf orn in Lees, a village outside Oldham, in 1900, Helen Bradley was over sixty when she began to paint - to show her small granddaughter what life was like when she herself was a child. To date she has held three exhibitions, two at the Mercury Gallery in London and one in Los Angeles. At her last London exhibition in 1970, every one of her paintings had been sold before opening day. 'The enchantment of the season,' said the International Herald Tribune, 'and better than whole volumes of social history.' Compared to Grandma Moses, admired by Lowry, Helen Bradley's work is today in astonishing demand. 'The Edwardian era was lovely, gay and exciting, and I love painting it,' she says; 'even the weather was kinder.' Her bright, teeming pictures and her own delightful narrative memorably reflect that gentle period - market day, an outing to Blackpool, fairgrounds and funerals, bread-baking, a day at the races, carol-singing in the snow. The same loved characters make their appearance: three maiden aunts with their sweeping muslin skirts, their friend Miss Carter (who wore pink), Mr Taylor the Bank Manager, and the dogs Gyp and Barney. Primitive in style, idyllic in mood, these pictures are as accomplished as they are imaginative. Reproducing both paintings and Helen Bradley's own charming commentary, this unique volume is an incomparable pleasure, a potential classic. Vissza