ARR - The estate of the late Barbara Tate (1927-2009) - Barb...

Estimate

£300 - £600

ARR - The estate of the late Barbara Tate (1927-2009) - Barbara Tate PSWA RMS FSBA FRSA (1927-2009) - 'CATHERINE HOWARD' (no.32 in Barbara's catalogue) - oil on canvas, 46 by 35ins. (116.8 by 88.9cms.), framed - signed lower left. Footnote - aside from a few of her miniatures we and the beneficiaries of the estate are unaware of any of Barbara's works ever appearing at auction - most of her exhibited works were NFS (Not For Sale). Artist and writer, Barbara was President of the Society of Women Artists from 1985-2000, and the Barbara Tate Prize is still awarded annually in her honour. Barbara was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Artists, a member of the Society of Botanical Artists, a member of the Royal Society of Miniature Painters, and was appointed an Honorary Professor of Thames Valley University. Accolades for her paintings include Gold and Silver Medals from the Paris Salon and Grand Prix de la Cote d'Azur (the original certificates for these are held with us, alongside copies of her exhibition catalogues and artist's catalogue, one of which will included with each of her works sold). Barbara was author of The Times Bestseller 'West End Girls'. Second Footnote - this painting was exhibited at The Society of Women Artists Exhibition at The Westminster Gallery, 1990, marked NFS (Not For Sale), and can be seen in the background of the photograph of Barbara Tate on the website of The Orion Publishing Group, publisher's of her book 'West End Girls'.