Grabelli on the Wall

Miss Gina Grabelli - Oil on Board - Kate Foster. Exhibited at The Mall Galleries - 2004 Exhibition Royal Society of Portrait Painters

Lovely Christmas gift from Alice and Andy. Unable to find out more about the artist Kate Foster. The painting was purchased in Reading - one possible and current candidate found on line has links with the RWA Bristol Art Gallery and Reading University. A more romantic and unlikely candidate for the artist is the model in Richard Carline's painting 'Kate'. Unfortunately her birth in 1904 would have made that particular Katherine Foster 100 years old at the time the exhibition was held at the Mall Galleries. Whichever Kate captured Miss Grabelli she did a brilliant painterly job and the painting looks a treat upon a wall in our bedroom.

'Kate' by Richard Carline  (1896-1980) Credit: Sheffield Art Gallery

For more information regarding Richard Carline follow the link: Richard Carline