Studio RT Ltd

Description

We are offering for sale this beautifully executed oil on canvas by the well known portraitist and miniaturist Ann (Annie) Underwood, who has signed the painting in the lower right hand corner with her monogram A U and the date of execution - 1908. She usually signed with her monogram, an exaple of which is on google. The painting depicts a head and shoulders portrait of a white haired lady, with her hair coiled up on top of her head with a bow or clasp. She is wearing a navy blue dress with full sleeves and has a white lace tippet crossed over at the neck and held in place with a gold and citrine brooch.

Ann Underwood was born in 1876 in Forest Row, Sussex, the daughter of George M. Underwood, the proprietor of the Crown Inn. She went to school in Brighton, studied at Brighton School of Art and under Sir Hubert Herkomer at his school in Bushey, Hertfordshire. She didn't marry and in the 1911 Census, was recorded still living with her parents at the Crown Inn and working as an artist, living on her own means. She died in Uckfield, Sussex in 1942.

She exhibited at the Royal Academy (35 paintings), Royal Miniature Society (61), Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, (22), Royal Society of British Artists (74), Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour (11) and elsewhere.

She is listed in The Dictionary of British Artists and The Dictionary of Miniature Painters 1870-1970.

She was elected a Full Member of the Royal Society of British Artists in 1911, an Associate Member of the Royal Miniature Society in 1917 and a full Member in 1919.

There are some auction results available for her work, mainly miniatures and some examples on google images. There is currently one of her miniatures for sale online for £650.

The painting is framed in a very nice 2 1/2" ornate, swept gilt frame and will be supplied wired and ready to hang.

Image size 21 1/2" x 17 1/4" - 54.55cm x 43.8cm

Frame size 26 1/2" x 22 1/4" - 67.25cm x 56.5cm

Medium Oils on canvas

Condition Excellent condition with no repairs, craquelure or paint loss. The frame is in very good condition.