£3,900.00
Constance Rea oil painting on wood was made circa 1908. An inscription is painted in red paint on bottom left margin ‘To Richard Loke Constance Rea’ . On the verso of the painting is written ‘C Rea, 1 Landsdown House, Holland Park, 1908 RL.’ in biro. There is slight damage along top edge to right, where it looks as if a fragment of wood has chipped off, else good. (I can send further images on request.)
Size 400 x 310 mm (15.5 x 12 inches)
With Frame 570 x 490mm (22.5 x 19 inches)
Constance Rea was a member of the Society of 25 Artists and her work is typical of the atmospheric style popular at that time. She exhibited 191 paintings in Britain with 27 at the Royal Academy, 27 at The Fine Art Society; 28 at the International Society and others at Liverpool, Society of Women Artists and the Glasgow Institute among others.
Although no dates are found for birth or death, she had died before 1935 (but after 1923, see Exhibition list) her husband was living at Garden Lodge, Logan Place, and a member of the Chelsea Arts Club.
Exhibitions
The Royal Academy in 1892.
Salon De La Nationale Des Beaux-Arts 1911
Brighton Art Gallery, Autumn Exhibition (‘Ladies of Quality’no.95) 1912
British Women Painters, Lewes1913 (‘Ladies of Quality’)
Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh,USA (Slumber Song)
The International Society of Sculptors Painters and Gravers ,Grosvenor Gallery.
Butterflies in a Bower (77) in 1915
The Wayfarer (18) in 1916
The Ladies Lament (60) in 1916
The Sentimentalists (32) in 1917
Over The Hills and Far Away (36) in 1921
Gossips (99) in 1921
Royal Academy of Arts 1923, ‘Silent Moon’ (392)
