27th Mar, 2025 9:30
Kathleen Emily Temple-Bird (British, 1879- 1962)
Summer Bounty
signed and dated 'K.E. Temple-Bird 1935' (lower left)
oil on board
59 x 48 cm, framed and glazed 72 x 62 cm
and another still life of a vase of flowers, unsigned, oil on board, 38 x 30 cm
Provenance:
By family descent
Exhibited:
1935 - Royal Institute of Oil Painters
1936 - The Ridley Art Club and Royal British Society of Artists' Art Club
1940 - New Grosvenor Gallery
1941 - St Ives Art Club
1956 - Society of Womens Artists
1960 - The Forum Club
Footnote: Click the following link for further details on this lot - Summer Bounty.pdf. With thanks to the artist’s family for providing these notes.
Biography:
Kathleen Temple-Bird was an artist, teacher and believer in Women’s suffrage. Having been brought up in Ipswich, she trained at the Slade School of Art before travelling to France and Italy. She later travelled alone across Canada, becoming Head of Art at Havergal College, Toronto. She married in 1911 and settled in London, where she exhibited the majority of her paintings, but moved to St Ives for the duration of the Second World War. Further details on the artist are available at the following website - Kathleen Temple-Bird Artist
Sold for £320
Kathleen Emily Temple-Bird (British, 1879- 1962)
Summer Bounty
signed and dated 'K.E. Temple-Bird 1935' (lower left)
oil on board
59 x 48 cm, framed and glazed 72 x 62 cm
and another still life of a vase of flowers, unsigned, oil on board, 38 x 30 cm
ProvenanceProvenance:
By family descent
Exhibited:
1935 - Royal Institute of Oil Painters
1936 - The Ridley Art Club and Royal British Society of Artists' Art Club
1940 - New Grosvenor Gallery
1941 - St Ives Art Club
1956 - Society of Womens Artists
1960 - The Forum Club
Footnote: Click the following link for further details on this lot - Summer Bounty.pdf. With thanks to the artist’s family for providing these notes.
Biography:
Kathleen Temple-Bird was an artist, teacher and believer in Women’s suffrage. Having been brought up in Ipswich, she trained at the Slade School of Art before travelling to France and Italy. She later travelled alone across Canada, becoming Head of Art at Havergal College, Toronto. She married in 1911 and settled in London, where she exhibited the majority of her paintings, but moved to St Ives for the duration of the Second World War. Further details on the artist are available at the following website - Kathleen Temple-Bird Artist
