LIL NEILSON (SCOTTISH 1938-1998) §
COTTAGES ON THE COAST
£4,750
Auction: 16 April 2020 at 12:00 BST
Description
Signed and indistinctly dated, artist's address label verso, oil on board
Dimensions
38cm x 111.5cm (15in x 44in)
Footnote
Biography: Lil Neilson studied at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art from 1956-60 including a post-diploma year under Alberto Morrocco and was awarded a travelling scholarship to France and Italy. On her return she joined Joan Eardley in Catterline as they had become friends during her time at Hospitalfields. During this time Neilson also worked backstage at theatres such as the Traverse in Edinburgh before returning to Catterline to help nurse Eardley in the New Year of 1963. After Eardley’s death Neilson bought No.2 South Side, Catterline and made her home in one half and her studio in the other. It is clear that Neilson’s work owed a great debt to Eardley both technically and her choice of subject matter but at the same time there is little doubt that in her best work she created paintings which were very much ‘Neilson’