Rachel Reckitt (1908 - 1995)

The Tower

£6,750

SKU: 11136
oil on metal, 25 x 30 in. (63.5 x 76.2 cm)

Size:
Height – 63.5cm
Width – 76.2cm

1 in stock

DESCRIPTION

Provenance:
Private Collection
Presentation:
folio

Though Reckitt lived in rural West Somerset she travelled widely. In 1962 she visited Ireland and was fascinated, especially by the West Coast.This painting is likely to have been inspired by Kilconnel Abbey, a ruined medieval Franciscan friary located in County Galway.

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THE ARTIST

Rachel Reckitt
Rachel
Reckitt
1908 - 1995

Artist in mild steel, wood, stone, paint and wood engraving, born in St Albans, Hertfordshire. She studied at the Grosvenor School of Modern Art in late 1930s under lain Macnab, and in 1970-5 at the Roadwater Smithy, Somerset, with Harry and Jim Horrobin. After training Reckitt worked from home in west Somerset at Rodhuish, Minehead. Carried out commissions for pub signs; wood-engraved book illustrations and single prints; and did sculpture in five Somerset churches and for private commission. She was an honorary member of the Somerset Guild of Craftsmen and SWE and a member of British Artist Blacksmiths’ Association. Other group shows included Wertheim Gallery and LG. Had solo exhibitions at Duncan Campbell Contemporary Art and Bridgwater Arts Centre. A retrospective publication, Rachel Reckitt: where everything that meets the eye… appeared in zoos, Hal Bishop’s survey of her work, supported by Somerset County Museums Service and the Golsoncott Foundation, accompanying shows in Taunton, Glastonbury and Exeter. Public collections in Salford and Bridgwater hold examples, as do Withycombe, Old Cleeve and Leighland.

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