ALL THE WORKS OF THIS EXTRAORDINARY ARTIST FOR WHICH IMAGES CAN BE FOUND
Annie's 1901 portrait of Lilie, daughter W. McGrath, is up for sale by auction at Lawrence's, Crewkerne, again, having last been offered there in 2011. The estimate is £800-1200 (+ fees = £1090-1630). The auction is live online 5 Jul 2019, 10:00, and has 2104 lots, this being lot 1548. The painting description reads ... …
Continue reading ANNIE’S PAINTING OF LILIE, DAUGHTER OF W. MCGRATH ESQ., FOR SALE.
Visited the Musée d'Orsay, Paris, in March, hoping to see Annie's Mater Triumphalis. A curator I spoke to was not familiar with the painting and to their knowledge it had never been on display. I tried to ask how to make arrangements to see the painting in storage, but they then said they couldn't understand …
No works by Annie have appeared for sale recently, but a portrait of Annie's close friend, Susan Isabel Dacre, by Francis Dodd has appeared at the Galerie Bassenge, Berlin. Dated 1909 and signed by Dodd in pencil, it is a drypoint (hand-engraved) etching. The work is already known, a copy being held at the National …
Continue reading Etching of Susan Isabel Dacre, by Francis Dodd, for sale.
Came across an image of CHERUBS ABOVE THE SEA in place in St. Thomas Church, Ardwick Green, Manchester, before their removal. Hoping to visit MATER TRIUMPHALIS in the Musée d’Orsay, Paris, in a couple of weeks - I will update the page pictures if I can get some good photos. A work I had entitled …
In the exhibition catalogue of the posthumous exhibition of works collected by George McCulloch (1848-1907) and his wife Mary Agnes Mayger (1857-1945), a work by Annie is listed: THOUGHTS ... Half figure of an old woman, seated facing the spectator, leaning on a balustrade. Signed and dated, "Annie. L. Swynnerton, Roma, 1900." Canvas, 28 by …
The redesign of the web site is complete. The purpose was (1) to educate myself about Annie and (2) create a 'home' for all the images of her works that I could find. I will no longer be maintaining the site except to post newly discovered art works, but won't be actively looking for them. …
Image: no image available. From The Art Journal, 1909, p253: Mrs. Swynnerton’s ‘St. Martin’s Summer’ is a most glad and confident painting. It should be seen as a decoration, making a single space of radiant colour, free of the confusions of colours surrounding it in a picture gallery. Her art is careless of particulars in …
