Vita Gollancz (1926-2009) British, a group of twenty-one oil on panel paintings, depicting various rural scenes, several installed 'VG' and/or signed and dated verso. The largest: 30.5cm x 40.5cm. (21)

After studying at Cambridge University, she worked from 1952 to 1962 as manager of Sir Hugh Casson's architectural practice, and subsequently as Assistant and draughtswoman for Sir Basil Spence from 1964 to 1971. She then returned to painting in her thirties, first studying at Chelsea School of Art and at Byam Shaw and the City and Guilds Schools of Art. She studied etching with Henry Williamson. Among the many exhibitions which have included her work have been the New English Art Club, the Royal Society of British Artists and the Royal Academy Summer Exhibitions. John Kenworthy-Browne commented that "her landscape paintings bring to mind an elusive concept of Constable's, the Chiaroscuro of nature... that power which creates space.". In 1980, Vita Gollancz was elected to Associate Member status of the Royal Society of British Artists.