WHYTE'S IRISH & INTERNATIONAL ART 26 FEBRUARY 2018

41 Dorothea Sharp (1874-1955) STILL LIFE WITH LILIES oil on board signed lower left; with J. Davey & Sons [Manchester] label on reverse 24 by 18.50in. (61 by 47cm) Dorothea Sharp was born in Dartford, Kent, and began her training aged 21, when, after inheriting £100 from an uncle, she attended the Richmond art school run by C. E. Johnson RI. She went on to study at the Regent Street Polytechnic and then to Paris, where she first encountered the work of the Impressionists, in particular Claude Monet, that was to have a profound and lasting effect on her art, resulting in the highly impressionistic and spontaneous style that she was to adopt for the rest of her life. In 1903 she became an Associate of the Society of Women Artists, and in 1908 a full member, going on to serve as vice-president for 4 years. She was elected a member of the Royal Society of British Artists in 1907 and the Royal Institute of Oil Painters in 1922. Sharp exhibited at The Royal Academy from 1901 to 1948 and held her first one-woman show at the Connell Gallery in 1933; this was a great success and she was described as ‘one of England’s greatest living woman painters’ by Harold Sawkins, editor of The Artist. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s Sharp travelled to Europe to paint, as well as St Ives, Cornwall, where she met fellow artist Marcella Smith, who became a lifelong friend. Sharp was made an honorary member of the St. Ives Society of Artists in 1928. €8,000-€10,000 (£5,710-£7,140 approx.) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid Lot 41