Clare WHITE (1903-1997) Moorish Fountain in the Monreale Cat...

Hammer

£350

Clare WHITE (1903-1997) Moorish Fountain in the Monreale Cathedral cloisters, Sicily Watercolour, signed, 37 x 49cm. St Ives artist Clare White had a passion for both painting and travel. Across Europe and beyond, she would set up her easel in a hidden spot, take out her watercolours and paint in some of Europe’s most beautiful places, always capturing the grandeur of the architecture or landscape as well as the intimacy of people’s interactions within that place. Her excellent draughtsmanship and ability to portray human expression with a few simple stokes, give an absorbing quality and real depth to her illustrative paintings. This piece features young boys exploring a Moorish fountain amidst the mosaic-decorated columns of the cloisters at Monreale’s beautiful multi-cultural-style cathedral in Sicily, while nuns walk quietly by. The piece embodies White’s talent for capturing a real moment in time and place.